On Saturday evening, I went to the grocery store to pick up some miscellaneous items for Easter dessert while Bart worked on the new bathroom sink. I’d planned on painting that day, so I was wearing a sweatshirt, no makeup, and I had my hair in a ponytail. The H-E-B by our house always has gobs of samples on Saturdays,…
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Hooray! It’s Friday!
It’s Friday morning, and I’m just happy to be alive. How can you not be happy on a Friday? All growing up, I never really understood the draw of weekends (I know, I was a weird kid). Even in college, it just wasn’t that huge to me, since I’d still have homework to do over the weekend. But now? That…
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Closing Time
In our house, Bart does the dishes. Not only does he do the dishes, but he cleans out the sink, starts the dishwasher, and wipes off the counters. On Monday, I purchased some spiffy counter-cleaner-disinfectant-mutant-bacteria-strain-causing spray. After dinner, I said “Use this on the counters please. And let it sit sixty seconds before you wipe it up so that it…
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Princess Academy by Shannon Hale
Shannon Hale’s Newbery Honor book, Princess Academy, is a fantastic middle grade novel that feels like an instant classic. Don’t let the name fool you – this book has great appeal for both boys and girls! And check out the Princess Academy audiobook; it’s done by a full cast with original music and tremendously good. Princess Academy is the second…
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Sometimes I Think I Might Actually Only Be Twelve
We went to see “Night at the Museum” last night because it’s finally at the dollar theater. Yes, indeed, we are a pair of cheapskates. Not only did we go to the dollar theater, we paid with a gift certificate. And worrse, we complained to each other that, because it was Friday night, the tickets were two dollars a piece…
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