From the monthly archives:

November 2008

A Sticky Potluck (like the seats at IHOP)

November 30, 2008

*rubbing eyes**stretching**BIG yawn* Is it Monday already? Allllllll right…it is potluck. Today you can bring anything you want. I am feeling very hungry and a bit grumpy. Why am I hungry and grumpy this fine Monday morning? Thanks for asking! It has a little to do with this extravagant purchase from the shelves of my [...]

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Two boys on a beach in autumn

November 29, 2008

Fly. Dig. Search. Sift. Explore. Compete. Enjoy. Go.

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Post-Thanksgiving Fridge Report

November 28, 2008

This is what the inside of my fridge looks like: Image borrowed from www.rinovelty.com If you want something near the back of the fridge you need to decide how many moves it will take to get to that position. It is a serious game of strategy. I am out shopping and will return later… Happy [...]

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Thanksgiving

November 27, 2008

We visited Thanksgiving Square in Dallas this week. The photos are from our visit. The words are from their plaques. The path of Life is sometimes uphill. What can help us? Make us look up? JUST one grateful thought –that changes everything.

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MOM vs. TODDLER

November 26, 2008

The boys get up early. As in hours before daylight that God didn’t intend for people to BE AWAKE or He would have sent the sun earlier, early. After several years of Nirvana management I came up with a clever scheme to assure that I didn’t see the boys TOO EARLY. At first, before they [...]

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Brotherhood against girls…

November 25, 2008

For some reason, probably do to lack of distractions, the minivan has become the place for conversation. The boys feel free to express opinions and pelt me with questions whenever we are in the car. Often they carry on conversations between themselves and when I try to interject something it is met with a trio [...]

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Eye of the Potluck

November 24, 2008

Is it Monday already?Seriously?I feel like someone put a fold in my calendar last week.There is NO WAY it is already Monday… Alright then.Monday it is.Potluck, of course. Today the food is being provided by Manic Mommy. She is bringing over her crockpot full of yummy-ness: To me, potluck = crockpot – especially those ‘sweet [...]

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A time for play

November 22, 2008

On your mark. No time to get set. Go! (again) Going down. Slowing down. As still as it got. On Sunday, please go play at Lotus’ place.

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Holly make-over, I mean take-over…

November 21, 2008

Hi, My name is Holly and I am a low maintenance girl. It isn’t that I don’t like to look nice.It isn’t that I don’t want to look nice.It is just it takes so much effort… I have tried to change. If you don’t believe me, please click here for the story how I nearly [...]

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Potluck: System Failure

November 17, 2008

Yip, Yip, Yipeeee….Monday is back.And it is better than ever.*please don’t mind Holly, she is a little delirious* Today no one is allowed to bring Glop: The fruit salad with marshmallows, maybe even jello or cool whip.. I don’t know what it’s called other than GLOP. I kinda like Glop, but want to be sensitive [...]

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Legal tree climbing and other random pics

November 15, 2008

This week found Reid in a legal tree climbing situation… We saw wagons, wagons, and more wagons… Rhett was on a train to no where… And then in a wagon that wasn’t any faster… The three boys rode in circles… I was mesmerized by my sweet baby BIG BOY… And I found out what you [...]

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