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Weird, long Saturday

October 22, 2011

Today was a day of having to get stuff done, and nearly everything going wrong. Lloyd went to his auction, which was a total bust. He sat around grading until the things he wanted sold (not to him) at 2p.m., and it turned out that he was supposed to meet someone at his school at [...]

Now THAT’S a bad idea.

July 13, 2010

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So, the boys are off having all kinds of fun while I had all kinds of meeting. Booooo. I don’t even have good back-up post material, so I was forced to re-create one of the more pleasant aspects of last week’s days off: roasting marshmallows. I have always loved roasting marshmallows, but I have never [...]

That’s one ugly candle.

March 17, 2010

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Naps – especially Sunday afternoon naps – are very precious to me. On Sunday when we were in Lincoln, Lloyd had to go to school for a while before choir. I went to the school library and arranged seven padded chairs to make a remarkably comfortable bed. (Any students who might be reading this – [...]

Solar S’mores

October 20, 2009

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This really isn’t so much a post as it is, “I need to go to bed and these are the photos I have on hand”. For snack the other day we were given graham crackers, marshmallow creme, and chocolate chips. We could have just eaten them separately, or had crunchy bits in a s’more-type sandwich, [...]

Fire and Water and Trees (oh my)

July 21, 2009

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Merry Bradaptation Day! Beth and Harold had a tree trimming company come to their house and take out some trees, and they were also able to come to our house and trim up our buckeye and the big pin oak. My heart started beating wildly when I came home and saw all the branches in [...]

Bubbles, Babes ….. and Tim

July 14, 2009

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We had company this evening! Deborah, her daughters Macy and Bethany, Kristi, her daughter Joanna, Beth, her children Tara and Tim, and of course – Brad (but he’s not really company). We visited, had pizza, then went outside for some HOT fun. Everybody pulled a bubble blower out of nowhere and started blowing bubbles. Seriously [...]