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They Are Growing So Up

Tonight while going over an alphabet book with Evie we got to the Strawberries (and of course the letter S) and she said, “We have strawberries! They are growing so up!”  Her expression of their getting bigger and ripe is so fun.  She’s growing so up herself.  My two girls sure do bring me joy.

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My Best Fan

This evening, over far too many minutes, I installed a ceiling fan in Evie’s room.  I had to install a support rod with complementary electrical box first.  Insulation fell all over me - I itched then, I’m itching now.  I somehow missed one of the steps in the installation and had to back track to [...]

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Security in Light of Comedy

I have a friend who went through security holding onto a Mountain Dew soda beverage.  Security at the airport.  The airport where congress in the United States has made that illegal.  So my friend was told by security, “You cannot take that drink through security, sir.”  His curt reply was, “What?  Am I going to [...]

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All By Myself…

This evening upon exiting my office I walked out into the living room and there on the couch was Jessica curled up in the fetal position.  On my own, all by myself, I determined that she would not be making dinner tonight.  In almost ten years of marriage I have learned this important lesson: if [...]

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My Children are Insane with a Capital N

Warning: this post contains lots of non sequiturs, I’m tired, and non sequiturs make me chuckle when I’m tired.  I’d ask if you follow what I”m saying except that that’s what a non sequitur is.  Elephants wander through the African planes and such.
Both girls have been in a mild to extreme melt-down mode since coming [...]

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