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A Long Weekend

Started off Thursday with a 2.5 hour trip to Yakima for my grandfather’s memorial service. I managed to get sunscreen on my face, but neglected the rest of me. Apparently that wasn’t an issue except for one arm — I thought I’d found shade, but I guess I thought wrong. Oops. […]

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Things and Other Things

Things: I have *no* impulse control, apparently, when left unchaperoned in a bookstore. To my credit, I only walked out with two books for me — one recommended by a co-worker (Good Omens by Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett) & one that I stumbled upon serendipitously (The Stone Gods by Jeanette Winterson). […]

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I Survived

I totally earned a lot of Mommy points too.  It was *wet*, it was *cold*, it was *rainy*, it was *windy*.  And did I mention it was cold?  It was *cold*.  And *windy*.  And stuff.  I’ve got a lovely case of windburn — my dry skin just doesn’t take much wet/windy/cold exposure to become very […]

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Meh.

The Creek House is no longer on the market. Maybe we’ll get the scoop on that from our agent when she gets back in town. I suppose not that it probably really matters. There’s a couple other houses that I guess we should go look at. I’m so completely over this […]

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Relaxation

So… the thing with relaxation… I’ve been pretty wound tight for the last I don’t know how many years. I relax and all I can do is realize how tired I am… I slept a lot of today. Now I’m hennaing my hair.
This morning we got another call, three realtors brought clients by […]

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The Awesome Continues

Yep. M2 kept saying her neck was sore. And she started holding her shoulders funny to protect her neck. And then she got a headache. I took her to the emergency room because… stiff neck, headache, high temperature (well, it was 100 this afternoon which isn’t as bad as the 102-103 […]

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Well.

This has been quite a weekend. Suspenseful in not quite the way I had hoped for, for sure. There’s been something in the air the last few days since Thursday that have caused my “PANIC!” neural pathways to light up and every little thing that happens that is minor cause of concern just keeps […]

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Random Sunday Night Update

M1 & I spent two hours reading the Cat Who Talked to Ghosts to each other tonight. I made her read me a chapter while I put the bread together, then I read her… two? three? chapters. We’re getting to the good part where all the clues start coming together & the […]

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WASL

M1 has come home the last couple nights really worried.  Tonight when we got home she says to me, “Mom, I’m scared.”  Scared?  Whatever for?  “The WASLs are next week.”  Why does that scare her?  “They’re the biggest test I’ve ever <i>taken!</i>”  I don’t know what they’re telling the kids, but they’re terrifying them.  I […]

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Bread-y

I made sourdough today. It’s the very best fresh out of the oven, crunchy on the outside, tender on the inside. OM NOM NOM NOM!
It’s been interesting watching the remaining kitties adjust to the lack of Siobhan. She was definitely our alpha female who ran the place. ‘Spew is […]

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