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(For the record, Skylanders is in the basement, wrapped and ready to go after he’s in bed Christmas Eve. )
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Honk
It started with the schmaltz. Eric was in Germany last week, and a few days into the trip, a coworker traveling with him posted to Facebook a picture of part of the meal they were eating. It was bread, and … Continue reading
Posted in Food and drink, Pictures and movies
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Wiped out
So tired. For some reason, with Eric out of town, I’ve felt compelled this time around to soothe my loneliness by filling All The Minutes with activity. Got a bug up my butt to clean the kitchen, and it sort … Continue reading
Posted in Completely random, Eric, Fitness and Health
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“The Thing that Goes Wrong”
Never fails: Eric goes away, and something goes wrong. The car, or the heat, or a rodent intrusion, or getting locked out of the house my personal favorite, I think). Turns out this time, it looks like rotavirus (or some … Continue reading
Posted in Familial things, Fitness and Health
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I miss my husband
And I’ve overcompensated for that, I realize now, by making and decorating cookies with the kids (pre-shaped and frozen ginger cookies, but SHUT UP), making their most recent favorite meal (pork chop sandwiches; I don’t try to understand the fascination), … Continue reading
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Tick-tock
6:30 in the morning. Little hands cupping my cheeks; warm breath in my ear. “Mommy? Mommy? Did you know that Diwali is the ‘festival of lights’?” Yawn. “Sure, Gabe…” “And my whole group was supposed to be working on it, … Continue reading
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Fired
Know what? I give up. This day needs to be canned, thrown out on its rump, if only I knew how. First, I didn’t really sleep well at all last night; my shoulder and knee inexplicably decided to start hurting … Continue reading
Posted in Rants and vents
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Somewhere, somehow, there will be Holidailies
You know, the annual community thing, where all the bloggers/journal-keepers/diarists/whatever-they-want-to-be-called folks come together and solemnly swear to try to update every day throughout the holidays, unless we get really busy or the eggnog is too good? Yeah? Been some confusion … Continue reading
The brain, she is not working
I really feel like I should have this big long entry to post, full of interesting, fun, and enlightening life stories, but I’m wired on cookies from the benefit we just went to (a friend’s husband has ALS), so full … Continue reading
Posted in Completely random, Gabriel, Pictures and movies, Samuel
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