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encouraging a young reader & v reader giveaway

July 21, 2010

This week with VTech Voices is full of fun.
We are being challenged to come up with a list of ways to encourage kids to read.
If you have been around The Nirvana for any length of time, you know that I have been trying out a few of my own this summer:

Bribery

Scheduling reading time

Threats

(not really me)
Oh, [...]

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slices of fort worth

July 2, 2010

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potluck of sheer exhaustion…sounds fun!

June 27, 2010

whew.
*Holly collapses on the floor*

OK, so I have been organizing toys all day.
Oh, and the great thing is that I am not even CLOSE to being done.
In fact, I am at the point that if I stop…it is worse than when I started.
Lord help me.

And now for a little story…
Blog-Stedman just came home from Target [...]

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Suburban obsession uncovered

February 28, 2010

For the last few months Blog-Stedman and I have had a little obsession.
It might even be an addiction.
But since we both do it, we rationalize that it is OK.
Enablers.
When done well, it can cause an extreme high.
Yes, we admit we are playing Words with Friends on our iPhones…

Shhh….don’t tell Words with Friends that there is [...]

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Public Restroom Tourapalooza 2010

January 26, 2010

Last week we took a road trip to Colorado.

Yes, we like a LOT of other Texans think that Colorado should just be part of Texas (in fact I would be willing to negotiate a map fold arrangement where we cut out about 7 hours of the trip between DFW and Vail). One of the things [...]

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Color restriction

June 24, 2009

I am a huge fan of play-doh.

I love the fun.
I love the creative process.
I love the smell…
Except I distinctly remember that it smelled MUCH better in the 1970s, but it still smells good. So good that they invented Play-doh perfume*. So good that it is out of stock.
*sigh*
Over the years we have accumulated a lot [...]

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Priceless real estate

March 23, 2009

Despite rough financial times I have identified an area of real estate that is still a hot commodity.
It came to my attention while visiting the mountains of Colorado.
Because as we all know when it comes to real estate…
Location.
Location.
Location.
This real estate is TINY, yet in such high demand I have personally witnessed three members of the [...]

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The Ultimate Parental Jigsaw

February 5, 2009

I sure hope you kept the box so you know what the finished puzzle looks like…

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Why no one calls me Holly Homemaker

January 28, 2009

I have my talents, but some of the job description of homemaker is a bit out of my skill set.
Here are three homemaking-related questions that have come up over the last 12 hours:
1. What are these greenish-blue crystals that appear in Rhett’s tub?

The crystals magically appear while the tub is being filled. There [...]

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Let's shop with Holly!

December 12, 2008

While in the toy aisles of Wal-Mart last night I came across the perfect gift for all the 8 year old boys on your Christmas list.
These toys are brought to us by the geniuses at WWE.
They are:

Ruthless Aggression is a series of “action” figures that ages 8 and up can play with at home!

If your [...]

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O Tannenbaum! Gesundheit!

December 11, 2008

Blog-Stedman and I have celebrated 18 Christmases together. 15 of those have been celebrated under the plastic boughs of a faux-tree.

The first few Christmases we had a fake fir for financial reasons. Once we were a bit more established (Christmas #4) we jumped in our Cherokee and drove to a local tree farm.
I love [...]

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