Monthly Archives: September 2009
The little hooligan
I posted some photos on my Flickr page of young George today. See, my sweet boy found a pencil, so naturally, he drew. On the wall. All over the wall. After I posted the pictures, a few friends commented that maybe … Continue reading
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Gotcha!
So, I have no idea if Kanye West is a jackass. I don’t know him. I know that taking the microphone from someone who just won an award and basically yelling out that she didn’t really deserve that award is … Continue reading
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Truth and consequences
So there we are, sitting in church. No seriously. We belong to a church. Me. And Jim. We go to church. No really. This is new for me, newer for Jim, and unfortunately and much to my own surprise, he … Continue reading
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Eight years later, I see him still
I suppose the “blogosphere” will be swamped today with messages and memories of September 11. The fact that the disaster happened at all seems surreal in a way — especially when we all take the time to reflect on our … Continue reading
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Open the door and in rolls the hate
My husband and I often like to visit the website “Fox Nation.” It’s the site put up by Fox, apparently some sort of response to sites like News Hounds, where they basically put up blogs and opinion pieces as if … Continue reading
Cleaning house
Wednesday is my day off. All that really means is that on Wednesday I get to be lazy all day, as opposed to other days, when I am lazy until I realize I am late for something. My Wednesday often … Continue reading
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It’s over, and my God, it was worse than we thought!
Actual quote from Barack Obama to the children of America: “I expect great things from you.” See? He is demanding things of our children. The President of the United States just told my children that they must take responsibility for … Continue reading
Stay in school? How dare you, Mr. President. How dare you.
I received an e-mail from the Superintendent of my son’s school district over the holiday weekend, which read in part: I am [writing] today to share how we are planning to handle the upcoming address to students that is scheduled to … Continue reading
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I have a girl crush on Contessa Brewer
Anyone who knows much about me knows that I am a liberal. I wouldn’t consider myself a bleeding heart liberal, but a liberal none the less. I have slight deviations from the Democratic party, I have in fact voted for … Continue reading
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The weight of it all
I have a love-hate relationship with my bod. Mostly, I love to hate it. I am not qualified to speak for the majority of women in this town, this state, this country or even this world, but I am going … Continue reading
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