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Boxing Day
Low-key sort of day. Goose is in the oven – yes, it should have been for Christmas, but when I started to prep it yesterday, one of the initial instructions said to “scald and dry it,” which involved a 24-hour … Continue reading
From Gabe
(For the record, Skylanders is in the basement, wrapped and ready to go after he’s in bed Christmas Eve. )
Posted in Gabriel, Pictures and movies
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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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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
Posted in Completely random, Pictures and movies
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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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More doctor fun
Had my follow-up check with my doctor this morning. As I suspected, the new doctor hadn’t given her the whole story; she was under the impression that I was still peeing blood when I showed up, which, yeah, would have … Continue reading
Posted in Fitness and Health, Pictures and movies
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Mushiness
Here’s the thing: the boys elected, when asked their opinion, to have a later Thanksgiving dinner today than an earlier one, so the meal preparation has been happening through the day, leaving me to wander through the kitchen, trying not … Continue reading
Posted in Familial things, Pictures and movies, Warm fuzzy
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Recovery underway
I can walk down stairs forward-facing without first steeling my nerves against the first drop! Go, me! Actually, at this point, most of the ordinary muscle soreness has abated. If my shoulder and knee weren’t aching from the falls, I … Continue reading
