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• blogging, summer

  Unscheduled Blogging Break: the Good, the Bad, and the Still Dirty House

  08.19.08 | Permalink | 13 Comments

  I haven’t posted in nine days, which in blogging terms is closer to seventy-four years. Didn’t plan it, didn’t resurrect posts from my archive (most of which make internet bulimia look good). I don’t really know what happened, beyond your common-or-Dr. Seuss-variety slump.
  A few years ago, Angela from New York sent us the children’s book [...]

• recipes

  Banana Popsicles: Potassium, Fiber, and Chocolate, Oh My!

  07.23.08 | Permalink | 32 Comments

  Last week I threatened to throw the blender off our balcony if it got left out ONE MORE TIME. Dick likes to make smoothies, which is great because the kids love them, they’re pretty healthy, and blah blah blah.
  But who has to clean up after them? Me. That’s who. And somehow putting the blender back, [...]

• Sally, school

  Dear Sally, Grandma thinks you’re autistic and she can’t stop talking about it

  07.21.08 | Permalink | 11 Comments

  {Back to HELP WANTED.}
  Sometimes I think about homeschooling. This thinking usually peaks around May and plummets in July. The timing is handy, making me look forward to both summer vacation and to school starting again. And even though I know it’s a cycle, I can’t avoid it because let’s face it: two universal truths are [...]

• marriage, summer

  For Nana and Grampa in Florida — Thanks for the dorky husband. Also, you’ll be glad to know your grandkids can swim

  07.14.08 | Permalink | 8 Comments

  For a few months after my sister’s husband left her, Dick and I were really nice to each other. I cooked his favorite meals (or at least I cooked: not sure if they were actually favorites). He started putting Spot to bed along with her sisters.
  Of course he does this completely wrong, letting Spot play [...]

• Family

  A Man for Marcy — Updated

  07.11.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  We took the kids to Lagoon yesterday (more on that next week). I expressed some purely platonic (”He is sooo cute!” “What a great smile” “Look at that those shoulders!”) admiration for one of the young men in the Broadway Rhythm show, and when Dick pointed this out to me, I told him I was [...]

• summer

  Sugar and Sugar, and Everything Nice

  07.08.08 | Permalink | 10 Comments

  Last week Mary Poppins visited, and she brought a craft. I think she got the idea from church, where the nice ladies helped the kids make sugar cube temples. Families are big at the Mormon church. By big, I mean important, though often they are above-average-in-size, too.
  Dick and I were married in the Manti temple ten years ago, and the [...]

• summer

  “Bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb. You gonna arrest me? Bomb bomb bomb bomb! During the war I was a BOMBadier!”

  07.07.08 | Permalink | 4 Comments

  Diet Coke and Mentos on the 4th of July from jane on Vimeo.
  My younger brother Ryan has been wanting to show us the beauty of a Diet Coke/Mentos bomb for some time now. What better day than the 4th of July? Notice Sally trying to save Spot.
  And that is not me screaming.

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