Tag Archives: Parenting
Black Hole
Posted on 13. May, 2009 by Deb.
“My room is a black hole. I never find half the stuff I bring.” So was the lament of my youngest child on Sunday night and Monday morning. Missing were a camera, IPod headphones, a white camisole, and a blue blouse. I managed to find most of her things before she left to go to [...]
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…and a Very Nice Sunday
Posted on 26. Apr, 2009 by Deb.
As I was putting another load of laundry on to wash, I realized something: today has been a wonderful day. It isn’t that I’ve done something extraordinary, but the day-t0-day activities have been, in reflection, special in their own right. I was able to sleep in a little, fix some coffee and mediate. Spent some [...]
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It’s Art
Posted on 06. Apr, 2009 by Deb.
When I was a little girl, I loved to play with Barbies. They had furniture and cars and lots of clothes. My grandmother made Barbie clothes for me, I attempted to make Barbie clothes, and my mother bought clothes for my Barbies. I loved nothing more than changing their clothes and shoes and when I [...]
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Week Eight of 52 Stories: Into the Woods
Posted on 25. Feb, 2009 by Deb.
This is for the 52 Stories group on Flickr where we take one picture a week and write a story. This is mine for Week Eight. On our walk at the park today, Greta and I took veered off of the paved trails and onto a narrow dirt path carved along the creek. This is [...]
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Instead of Sheep
Posted on 18. Feb, 2009 by Deb.
If you are a lover of old movies, you may recall this from White Christmas…. If you’re worried and you can’t sleep just count your blessings instead of sheep and you’ll fall asleep, counting your blessings.. It’s good advice, even if it came from the mind of Irving Berlin and the lips of Bing Crosby. [...]
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Week Five of 52 Stories: Rex
Posted on 07. Feb, 2009 by Deb.
This is for the 52 Stories group on Flickr where we take one picture a week and write a story. This is mine for Week Five. All was quiet in the Smouse House. I remember that it was a Sunday and the sun had barely peeked over the horizon and had not yet risen enough [...]
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Do These Groceries Make My Butt Look Big?
Posted on 29. Jan, 2009 by Deb.
Outings with my youngest daughter (find her on Twitter) are always a bit of an adventure. In that, she has a sense of humor much like mine, only much sharper. And she is goofy like me, only cute when she is goofy. And she seems to have this confidence that I wonder if I ever [...]
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Foggy Morning Memories
Posted on 29. Jan, 2009 by Deb.
With the foggy conditions here this morning, I thought it wise that kid and I leave early for school. I haven’t talked about it here, but at semester change, I worked with the counselors and the principals to transfer her to a different campus. The whys and and benefits and negatives are neither here nor [...]
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All of Those Tourists…
Posted on 26. Jan, 2009 by Deb.
On the way to taking the 13-year-old to school this morning, the IPod Song God of Shuffle played Margaritaville. “They played that song over and over on the cruise. Almost too much.“ She had gone on a cruise with her dad and step mom this summer. I smiled. “Well, it’s Jimmy Buffet and it is [...]
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tales of the day….
Posted on 14. Apr, 2008 by Deb.
I just watched the (downloaded) finale for the mini-season of Dirt! It was good, but overall, was anti-climactic. I guess I was expecting a bit of a cliffhanger like last year…..but, to be honest, it was more on the sweet side. I got an email tonight from the youngest kid. The title of the email [...]