From the monthly archives:

August 2008

Prepositions at the park

August 31, 2008

Inside. Over. With. Atop. Behind. Beneath. Through. Above. Into. Please visit Sarcastic Mom for more fun.

I was LATE for a very important date at Meg’s (MomTwoBoys)yesterday… I am at a dinner party today at Foolery. I am hoping to have a new episode of Holly’s Animated Life up later today. If you are looking for the initial Ikea Adventure it is here. No first visit to the Nirvana would be [...]

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Potluck: free cabbage patch with every visit

August 25, 2008

Happy Potluckday!*cabbage patch pause**feel free to join in**really**seriously, can you think cabbage patch and not join in?**How can you be so anti-cabbage patch?* *butterchurn pause**I’m joking!**Really, you are so serious this Monday!* For today’s potluck we are honoring Standing Still‘s wishes and heading to the basement because… I lurrrrrrrve a good Lutheran church basement pot [...]

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It rained

August 23, 2008

It rained inspiring green. It rained melting leaves. It rained liquefying sidewalks. It rained encouraging budding depression. It rained magnifying yellow. It rained celebrating ferness. It rained cheering growth. It rained crushing exuberance. It rained animating puddles. Please visit the water whisperer for more photos.

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Holly's quantitative theory of potty training

August 19, 2008

Historically, toilet training success of a two year old has been measured in: 1. # of “productive” visits to the toilet per day.2. # of trips out of the house without an accident.3. # of loads of laundry avoided.4. # of naps/nights the child wakes dry. I agree that will give you good information, but [...]

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A pb&b potluck

August 18, 2008

Happy Monday! Today is the first day of school for my first born so the potluck will be abbreviated due to “labeling fatigue”. Any mother of a lower grade school student can feel my sticky, sharpie stained pain. After labeling pencils, crayons, markers, rulers, pencil boxes, books, notebooks, backpack, lunch box and water bottle I [...]

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Water fun

August 16, 2008

deluge festivity.sprinkle mirth.spit jest.geyser sport.douse blast.oasis antic.stream gaeity.splash tomfoolery. Please visit Lotus for more amusement.

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Living in the zone(s)

August 14, 2008

I live in central standard time (CST). This means that anytime a show is advertised on TV I usually have to subtract an hour from EST to determine what time I can watch the show. But that is nothing compared with the time zones I negotiate when moving from room to room in my home. [...]

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And then he sold his birthright for some soup…

August 13, 2008

The Nirvana economy is not unlike that of major countries. Those in charge met for a financial summit to determine the outcome of the poorest Nirvana citizens. After much negotiation, it was decided that a welfare system of allowances would be enacted. Reid (5) is now receiving $2/week and Ryan (7) is receiving $3 per [...]

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Catalogs Save the Day

August 12, 2008

Julie is a friend who should have a blog, but doesn’t. Her last Nirvana appearance was to upgrade my beaver trapping apparel. She is funny, cute and smart. She is a freelance writer at home with her three children. Today I am taking advantage of her blogless situation by posting the following story that she [...]

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Hey, it's a potluck. What do you expect?

August 11, 2008

WOW! I have no idea where that came from. I know it is always hard to detect tone when reading, but that title is quite hostile. But it is Monday!And it is Potluck! So let’s get this potluck started… I will absolutely not be serving “That green bean casserole with the mushroom soup and the [...]

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