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Dear Golden Boy, Yeah. About last night. You know when I screamed at the top of my lungs when I discovered you and the neighbor boys flying down the bike path behind our house, racing each other WITHOUT ANY HELMETS ON??? You came up to me incredibly furious Read More...
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I went to school yesterday, and found this card in my mailbox. It was just what the doctor ordered. (Blogroll and the cover girl winners will be finished tonight. Maybe.) Read More...
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Tightwad and I have spending quite a bit of time of late examining our lives. After a lot of yelling, crying, fighting, listening, talking, thinking, hurting and healing, we have come to several very important conclusions. One, anything that you value Read More...
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As Joe Cocker and the Beatles like to say, I DO get by with a little help from my friends... This guest post is from my good friend, Ann from Ann's Rants . (Thank you, my friend...) And she surely made me laugh... This is what happens when a rookie parent Read More...
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I haven't been myself lately, for reasons I'm not quite ready to share. I know this is quite unlike me - this blog is basically a diary of my life. I like to write daily, and usually it's something that has happened to me, my darling children (and I use Read More...
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My darling Janie couldn’t WAIT to talk to me this morning. She ran into the room shouting my name. (Which is basically what ALL the 25 kids do each morning! It’s music to my ears. Mushally. ) “Mrs. Smythe, this morning my sister choked on a xylophone! Read More...
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Dear *** and Sassy, The events of this afternoon have restored my faith in the "power that makes all things right”. I’ve been feeling a little out of sorts lately, off kilter if you will, with how things have been going. You two have been having coffee Read More...
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My very best friend in elementary school was a girl named Beth Fearnow. She lived two doors down from us on Lemon Road in McLean, Virginia. Her father and mine were in JAG together at the Pentagon, and our mothers used to love to host outrageous cocktail Read More...
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Dear person of European descent that I saw on the very fast HIGHWAY today: Call me crazy, but in our country, we pull over to the SIDE OF THE ROAD when reading a real ROAD MAP. We do NOT travel 40 miles an hour in the FAST LANE. Just a heads-up. Thank Read More...
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When taking a walk along the bay with your nephew , you might want to get a more clear picture about how far away those bluffs are. Me: "You said they were right around the corner? How far away are they?" "Don't worry Aunt V., it's only another mile or Read More...
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My family has sent me to my sister's for a little R&R. (You know how much fun THAT can be! Remember The Funny Farm ??)Frankly, I'm afraid they might be boxing up my stuff and selling it on ebay, but it's a chance I'm willing to take. While I'm enjoying Read More...
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I still have a scar below my knee where my sister K. pushed me off of her bed when we were young. Do you have scars like that? The sibling relationship is a curious mix of love and hate. When we are young, it is a terrible itch that we are constantly Read More...
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This is a little heads-up to all parents who have ANY hopes that their children MIGHT be going away to college some day. (Guess what, that day DOES come. I'm getting the party hats ready as we speak.) Here are the things you will need; pay close attention. Read More...
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Today, after an interesting and exhausting brainstorming session involving words that start with "sh" (DON'T DO IT), I asked the class a question, "Are there any more questions or comments? Jack?" Jack: "Mrs. Smythe - What's your last name?" Me: "What?" Read More...
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Someone around here is going to have to help. (And I don't mean the dogs.) Read More...
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