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- Courtesy of Beth Sits on Nov 23, 2009 in Beth Sits Deck The Halls Ditto Surrender
As you prepare to deck the halls sometime soon, enjoy this gem from my dear-friend-that-I’ve-never-met-in-real-life-but-have-a-feeling-we’d-have-a-damn-fine-time-together, Beth. I have her blog listed over there —-> on the rig...
- Kirtsy on Nov 23, 2009 in Katherine Center Kirtsy laughing through tears love being a girl love being a woman mary-janes smiling while crying the strength and brightness of a thousand suns
Hi, me again. Can you tell I’ve been catching up on my computer time this morning? This may or may not correlate to my kids not feeling so hot and so being cuddled up on the couch, all three, watching a movie. Also, I’m still in my...
- Pee Wee Basketball on Nov 23, 2009 in Life In Austin Chuck Taylors Kindergarteners playing basketball Pee Wee Basketball swarm the ball thumb-up sign from your mom on the sidelines Time freezes
Let’s talk about Kindergartners playing basketball, briefly (that “briefly” is sort of an inside joke for anyone who has, well, ever read my blog before. Briefly. That’s quite a chuckle). Anyway . . . Eli is on a basketball...
- Cynics need not read on Nov 18, 2009 in Life In Austin Running On The Trail Yes I will occasionally write about something besides my kids 1000 Awesome Things 1st Street Bridge affect versus effect big red sharpie compound contractions cynics need not read graffiti Gratiffiti possessive form then versus than uber-edgy attempt by some misguided activist
Hi there, Happy Tuesday! Oh wait, it’s Wednesday. Ah, well, it doesn’t matter because I have two, and only two, things to tell you about today. The first is this little gem I photographed while I was running this morning. PLEASE DO PA...
- Post 181, wherein Rosie The Dog Has An Adventure. on Nov 12, 2009 in Life In Austin Celebrating turning fabulous crowbar dog stuck under the deck fetal position in the closet freaked-out mama raccoon Houston party clothes stuck under the back deck wiffle balls
Last Saturday, my husband and I were leaving for Houston for a birthday party. My dear friend Tracy and her husband were both celebrating turning forty fabulous and we were all packed and ready to go. On time. ON TIME. Do you know us personal...
- Mermaids and Warrior Leaves on Nov 11, 2009 in bikini tops cowboy-esque free sno-cones mad eyebrows mermaid tops mermaids stunning creatures warrior leaves warriors writing a book
In what can only be described as the HIGHLIGHT OF MY WEEK, my four-year-old daughter drew this: Mermaids. Two mermaids and a little baby mermaid, too. Mermaids with sweet smiles and cute little tails, coming out of the ocean to say hello. But...
- Stop and Smell The Crayons on Nov 5, 2009 in 64 pack crayon box coloring companionable silence craft cabinet cut-n-paste mudroom office smells like crayons Stop and Smell The Crayons
We have a little craft cabinet in the playroom where we keep all the coloring books and markers and stickers and gluesticks and pipecleaners and playdoh and WOW, no wonder that cabinet is always kind of a huge mess. But a good, fun mess that SMELLS...





