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Daily Dick and Jane
She declined my offer to tie her tooth to the doorknob
01.13.09 | Permalink | 9 CommentsSally is now missing three of her teeth. That crooked incisor (eye-tooth?) on the right fell out the day after the top one. Sally’s teeth have a way of disappearing after they fall out. I’ll give her a ziploc bag with reminders to keep the tooth safe for the tooth fairy, but she can’t resist [...]
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works for me
Great-Great Grandmama Olene would be so proud (maybe)
01.13.09 | Permalink | 12 CommentsI really have no idea if Grandmama Olene was crafty. I do know that she joined the Mormon church in Norway with her husband Andrew. They came across the plains to settle in Utah, but they didn’t stay long. Perhaps it was the cushy locomotive transportation then available rather than the soul-refining hardships of the [...]
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Susan
The Massacre at Seagull Fountain
01.12.09 | Permalink | 6 CommentsWe’ve been worried for some time that Susan might be, well, just a little different. Grampa gave these horses to Spot for Christmas; Spot was kind (and naive) enough to share them with Sally and Susan. So far, so good. And then Susan had them in her room as she did not go to sleep [...]
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Family
Would you rather . . . bleat like a sheep OR cackle like a hyena?
01.10.09 | Permalink | 17 CommentsWe had fancy plans for New Year’s Eve: my first grown-up party, with actual (digital) invitations and fancy people from Dick’s work. Then the fancy people got sick and the party was canceled, which turned out to be a good thing because the stress from choosing something to wear from my extensive wardrobe (mom jeans [...]
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giveaway
And the Walking With Dinosaurs Winner is . . .
That’s Larry, who said: Our 5-year old dino lover, Seth, fractured his wrist (ice skating) three days before he is coming to Salt Lake for the big ski adventure due to start this weekend. Now, he’s wearing a nice cast and skiing is out of the question but he sure would love to spent some [...]
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parenting
The Curious Case of the Never-Good-Enough Mother
01.08.09 | Permalink | 48 CommentsToday I went to a mandatory court appearance with my good friend “Annie.” A month ago Annie left her two children, ages 2 and 4, in her (not-running) locked car for twelve minutes while she ran into Best Buy. The car was warm, as she had been running errands all morning. It was about noon [...]
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works for me
And how did that work out for you?
01.06.09 | Permalink | 14 CommentsA couple months ago I said something rude to my sister. It didn’t even really make sense, but it was definitely potentially rude. There we were, planning Thanksgiving, who would bring the sweet potatoes (me) and who would make the rolls (her) and who would cook the turkey (mom), and Marcy said that we didn’t [...]
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