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Splashing around DFW

February 16, 2010
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Yes, last week we were SNOWED in…
12 1/2 ” ya’ll!

C.R.A.Z.Y.
A few days later we are still shivering, but the snow is almost gone.  It was so weird seeing SNOWBANKS in local shopping center parking lots.
Anyway, we are slowly thawing out and I am trying my best to segue into some WATER information.
Not messy spring thaw [...]

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Math time

January 20, 2010

I have had an issue of time in my home for the last 18 years – coincidentally, the exact number of years I have been married.
My home is divided into time zones, but not in coordinated lines of one hour intervals like the real world.  Each house clock is the epicenter for it’s own random [...]

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They get it

January 19, 2010

It may be because it is rare,
or because it often requires a long trip,
it appears that Texas born and bred boys…
truly value a good snowbank.
Snow is not a static object to be observed,
but something that requires active participation.
Snow calls their names.
Snow plays along.
Snow giggles.

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Context

January 17, 2010

Bad words have been an issue lately.
I have requested NOT to hear about any bodily functions unless assistance is needed.
I have requested NOT to hear judgment on a brother’s intelligence if the assessment is below average.

Ryan(8) is my biggest policy enforcer…and offender. He has a little issue controlling his own use of these words, but [...]

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The week in a blur

January 10, 2010

Blog-Stedman got me a fancy new camera for our anniversary.  It is what I have been dreaming of…
Holly taking fabulous pictures just like a REAL photographer with her SLR.  Obviously, until this point it was an issue of equipment.
I read through the camera manual and found that my SLR has some of the same automatic [...]

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Skiing the scenic route

January 5, 2010

This was a monumental year on the ski slopes.  I am now the proud mother of three chairlift-riding skiers.  Rhett began skiing last year, but he just wasn’t ready to go up to the top of the mountain and we spent a lot of time on the bunny slope riding up the magic carpet and [...]

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Texas Snow

December 31, 2009

For the first time in 80 years, we had a seriously WHITE CHRISTMAS.

Everyone was excited…

…even the patio furniture.

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