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My Funny Valentine…
Hi, everyone! Greetings from the free-for-all we call Winter Break! I figured I’d tell you about Valentine’s Day. I find it amusing that for THAT ONE DAY each year, you’re supposed to go all out for your significant other. Be thoughtful. Be romantic. Pick just right card, and just the right flowers. Or gift. Come up with the perfect blend of romance, thoughtfulness, generosity, and mystique. But the next day, you can go back to taking your loved ones for granted again. 🙂 Lest you think I’m cynical due to prior Valentine’s Day disappointments, nothing would be further from the truth. The Captain has always had a knack for being…
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Wigging Out
Now you know from my last post that we were away for a weekend recently, but reality hit HARD when we got back. There was one thing we (read, “I”) had neglected to remember while luxuriating in the Jacuzzi… THE WIGWAM. Before I begin my rant, I WILL say that there is no one to blame for this one but myself. Through fatigue, excited anticipation of a great weekend away, and a sprinkling of denial, I neglected to give not one tiny shred of thought to… THE WIGWAM. On the Wednesday preceding our little getaway, #2 unearthed an assignment sheet from her school folder, & jammed it into my hands.…
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Gimme A Break!
Back in mid-January, The Captain and I celebrated our 14th wedding anniversary. How’d that happen?? It’s hard to imagine yourself having been married for 14 years when internally, you still feel like you’re about 22. But 14 years and a bajillion kids later, we’re still cute. The Captain & SixPack, circa 2000. Outside of the 10 year statute of limitations, so The Captain can still remain anonymous. Not that he looks super-old now or anything. Because he looks fine, but different from here. That sounds worse, doesn’t it? Like I’m digging a bigger hole for myself? Oh… never mind.) Now despite the crushing busyness of our day to day lives,…
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I Was CONN-ed
Hi, everyone! Finally have a spare moment to post (spare as in: only while spooning baby food into tiny tot’s mouth), so here I am. It’s been quiet here lately. Quiet NOT as in, “oh boy, this is SO peaceful and relaxing!” No. Quiet as in, I’ve been going about my normal business of handling 1,094 tasks per day, but nothing noteworthy for intrepid observers to read about. And with all of the snow and frigid cold of the last few weeks, I’ve been feeling a bit like this in the house: SixPackMommy in her natural habitat. Since we had last Monday off from school, I decided to take the…
