A Pearl of Wisdom

“You know, they invented schools so that we would have a safe place to make mistakes..” –Gavin, May 21, 2009, 7:10 am

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Never stand under a tree in a hurricane.

“You do know that you should never stand under a tree while wearing glasses in a hurricane, right?”  My young one informs me on a bright sunny desert day. However random this advise is, it seems so timely as life continues to be this weird dream of oddity.  So I thought I would pass this 7-year-old advice on…you never know [...]

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My TiVo is smoking…..

So much TV and so little time!! I will admit that my house is a bundle of excitement for American Idol to  start tomorrow!  A new judge, new bad singers, Paula and the boys…oh it just doesn’t get much better than this!  Or does it?  In these last few months of chaos I have not [...]

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Loving my garage

With the new year comes new organization and home improvements for me.  The list is long and a bit scary at times, but it is time to stop avoiding the leaky faucets and neglected walls.  This weekend was me versus the garage.  Yikes, what a disaster.  I had no idea what was out there but I [...]

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Family Tree

For those of you who know me well, know that my familiy tree is somewhat extensive and often downright confusing.  Once, while in a “maintenance session” the therapist stated she wanted to graph my family tree and grabbed and 8 x 11 1/2 piece of paper and I informed her she better get more paper [...]

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Fog is lifting

So as life continues to be completely unpredictable and crazy, I am happy to report that the fog is lifting.  It always seems that everything happens at once and to complicate matters, it never fails that all of the chaos happens during the holidays.  So with my fog starting to dissipate I have a lot to [...]

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Halloween Wisdom

Top phrases from last nights trick-or-treaters that remind me why this is my least favorite holiday… “I wanna pick what I get” “Only one?” “Candy, Candy, Candy” “This bag is for my husband who is waiting in the car” “This bag is for the baby” (Please note, the baby was still in the womb) “You [...]

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I should never make assumptions

Sitting next to Gavin on the couch, I look over to see his finger in his nose. Which is not out of the ordinary for a 7-year-old.  However, before I can say anything, he responds immediately to my look with… “What? I am NOT picking my nose! I am just scratching the inside.” Duh!!! Well, thank [...]

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“I just couldn’t live without the Internet”

“I just couldn’t live without the Internet”.  Were the words that came out of my son’s mouth this morning as I encouraged him to play with his toys and not jump right onto Hotwheels.com when his playdate arrived.  Raising a techno kid is a challenge, mainly because things are so different now then they where [...]

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Mama is always right, at least this time.

This last week the school had it annual book fair.  The kids were allowed to preview the book fair and make a list of all the books they want, enabling parents can be informed shoppers.  The list came home to our house with the following titles: Bug Vacuum Monster Truck Building ATM personal bank and lastly….Calculator [...]

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