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A momentous occasion in the life of a 4yo

Posted on January 5th, 2009 by kimc

Her Christmas gift brought a few tears, but she’s happy now!  4yo Rachael couldn’t wait to get her ears pierced, so at Christmas we gave her a card full of pierced earrings.  She knew just what that meant, and Sunday was the day!  She smiled nervously while she waited, chose her earrings, and when it happened the smile on her face froze. After a long 5 seconds, just as I thought she was going to shake it off and loudly proclaim that she didn’t feel a thing, she burst into tears.

Talk about ovarian guilt.

The whole event was captured in video on my phone and you might see it someday, but at present I’m finding it a challenge to transfer the footage so you’ll have to settle for a photo:

rachies-earrings

Just in case you can’t tell, they’re pink hearts.  Nothing less than the best for my Little Red.

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Samaritan Ministries: an alternative to health insurance

Posted on January 5th, 2009 by kimc

I’ve posted about Samaritan Ministries in the past, and I can’t say enough good things about them.  I think they have a fantastic system worked out, and if you’re looking for an alternative to traditional health insurance, this might be perfect for you.

I’m still receiving some questions about Samaritan, so thought I’d share the answers here in case anyone else is interested.

I think I read on your blog that you use Samaritan for your insurance program.  We are facing a substantial rise in our insurance costs and hoped you would give me some info. on it?  We are a family of 8 and are really only interested in major type medical coverage.  One of our boys tends to be accident prone so we definitely need insurance that actually will cover expenses if/when he hurts himself! Thanks for your help.

Samaritan has a $300 deductible and then full coverage above that, so it sounds like just what you’re looking for.  The cost is just under $300/month for a family of any size.  It’s very easy to make claims, and I have a whole pile of lovely cards with personal messages from members’ payments when Bethany was born.  We even received cards from people who weren’t assigned to send payments.  That’s what you get when you are joined with Christian brethren.  :)

My husband is a little hesitant about not having traditional insurance.  Do people actually pay what you what they are supposed to?

When you place a claim, you receive a checklist of who is supposed to send payment and how much.  After a certain amount of time, you send it back to Samaritan.  We have found that most members pay very promptly but if anyone didn’t pay, that share is assigned to a new member and Samaritan deals with the non-paying member.  It’s very easy on your end.
For example, when Bethany was born we were supposed to receive payments from 21 members.  By the end of the month, 19 had paid and I sent my checklist back to Samaritan.  The next month we received a new checklist, and the other 2 payments came from different members.

When I read the paperwork, it said that the monthly amounts don’t change unless the board initiates it.  Has that ever happened?

Yes, it’s happened once or twice since we joined several years ago.  Of course we don’t like to see prices go up, but the increases were moderate, based upon the total amount of claims received, and it’s still far cheaper than if we were to buy traditional health insurance.  The current price for family coverage is $285, and much less for singles or single parents.

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We especially like Samaritan Ministries because they don’t charge per person; in a big family, the “family rate” becomes a really great deal.  I also love that they waive the $300 deductible for homebirths.  While traditional health insurance often penalizes people for choosing to birth at home, Samaritan Ministries seems to recognize that it is both safer and less expensive.

Um…we also like their generous referral program, so if you decide to join up please tell them we sent you.  Because the only thing nicer than the current price tag of Samaritan coverage is getting it for half price.  If you’re interested, Samaritan will send you an info packet.

More questions?  Look here.  If you don’t find your answer, try me.

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Happy Birthday to Natalie

Posted on January 3rd, 2009 by kimc

Our little millennium baby turned 9 on January 1.  She’s not so little anymore and she’s never been short, but here is a short list of things we love mi-vida-locaabout our Natalie.

Dad says

  1. Natalie’s affection is endless
  2. Her eyes are amazing
  3. Her care of Bethany is fantastic
  4. Her friendship with Becca is admirable
  5. Her eagerness to work hard is enviable
  6. Her desire to please is predcitable
  7. Her hugs are addict-able
  8. Her kisses are impressionable
  9. Her laugh is irrepressible
  10. She is the most beautiful Natalie I know! << one to grow on :)

Mom loves…

  1. Her willingness to help anyone who asks.
  2. Her deep brown eyes and crazy-thick wavy hair.
  3. The “ease to please.”  Her favorite dinner is spaghetti.  Small gifts and favors thrill her simple nature.
  4. Her eagerness to read to her younger siblings.
  5. How much she loves and helps with her baby sister Bethany.
  6. Her cheerful nature and zany sense of humor.
  7. That she is quick to forgive & forget.  No grudges with this girl.
  8. Her sweet and correctable spirit.
  9. How much she loves me.

Deanna’s list:

  1. she is humble
  2. she takes care of bethie
  3. she helps me bag up the trash
  4. she likes to cook
  5. she is creative
  6. her hair is beautiful
  7. she was born with brown eyes
  8. she is my charge
  9. she is a good helper with the dishes

Kait’s 2 cents:

  1. She likes to share
  2. She loves to learn new things
  3. She’s my sister
  4. She’s diligent
  5. She likes to cook
  6. She works cheerfully
  7. She’s funny
  8. She is the “actress” of the family
  9. She was a sweet babyNatalie makes pancakes

Lydia:

  1. She’s good with the younger kids.
  2. She’s always happy.
  3. She has a sense of humor.
  4. She is a good worker.
  5. She is patient.
  6. She is a good charge.
  7. She voluntarily works.
  8. She is my sister.
  9. She is nice.

Megan thinks:

1. She’s a good charge
2. She’s honorable
3. She’s good at taking care of the little ones
4. She’s patient
5. She’s never stressful
6. She’s a good worker
7. She’s never immature
8. She’s always calm
9. She’s always eager to learn

Becca says…

  1. She is my best friend.
  2. She plays games with me.
  3. Her eyes are beautiful.  I like the color of them.
  4. She plays Barbies with me, and sometimes makes them do what I want them to do.
  5. I like the color her hair is.
  6. The clothes she wears all the time.
  7. How good she is at math.

Rachael says…

  1. Her hair is pretty.
  2. Her eyes are pretty too.
  3. I like it how she plays with me.
  4. I like the houses that she makes for me with Legos, and I like how she makes the top of them.
  5. I like the dress that she wore to the year-end party.
  6. I like how she makes Lego cars for me.
  7. She makes good Lego people.

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Yahtzee!

Posted on January 2nd, 2009 by kimc

We have a new birthday girl around here as of yesterday.  Birthday post is under construction. Today she got the game of Yahtzee in the mail today from her Oklahoma grandparents, and we’re playing this very moment.  I used to love this game as a child, and I still do.  It’s still just as much fun as I remember, but now I love it for new reasons too.  I’m simply stunned at the array of math skills and logic being honed in the 7yo and 9yo as we play.

Skills include:

  • simple multiplication
  • single digit addition
  • 2 long columns of double-digit at the end of the game

And endless strategizing, analysis of probabilities, and comparing of options: should I take 15 on my 5’s, or 21 on 4 of a kind?  Should I use my chance now, or scratch out yahtzee now and hope for a better chance later?  Should I sacrifice my shot at a large straight to save my bonus on the top half of the game?  Should I use my four 6’s to lock in the bonus on top, or use them for 4 of a kind?  What is my chance of getting a 2 to finish out a large straight?

And the most beautiful part?  They don’t even think they did math today…

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Happy belated birthday to the prettiest girl in the world

Posted on January 1st, 2009 by Perry C.

From Perry:

My Hunney has been very faithful, over the life of our blog(s), to do birthday posts honoring the birthday person in question. The rest of us have been terribly negligent in reciprocating. Her birthday posts  have usually taken the form of a number of things you should know about the birthday person in question, the number corresponding to the age of the birthday person in question. Therefore in as much as it was her birthday a week ago and it takes one husband and 6 kids a week to get their act together and furthermore since a gentleman never reveals a lady’s age we present our list of 28 things we love about our Hunney, Mom, Mama, Mommie each in our own words.

So without further ado here are our lists

From Daddad-and-mom

  1. She has great taste in men
  2. She reads her Bible everyday
  3. Her deep dish pizza
  4. The way she lights up when she spots me across the room
  5. She gets up and cooks my breakfast in the morning
  6. She is neater than me
  7. Frugality is where she shines
  8. She works without complaining
  9. She shares my vision for training the children
  10. Her second and third toes overlap cutely
  11. She taught me to love Degas, and Renoir
  12. She always remembers birthdays and anniversaries in the family (and NO I don’t forget our anniversary)
  13. She likes books as much as I do
  14. The way her toes always point down when she crosses her legs is adorablemom6
  15. I love her long brown hair
  16. Her sense of humor - just like mine only gentle and kind
  17. Her civilizing influence
  18. The way she “translates” all the girl-speak and emotions into a language I can comprehend
  19. Her green eyes are deep enough to get lost in
  20. She has the most wonderful hugs in the world
  21. She makes sure I get my coffee
  22. She paints her toenails
  23. She buys history books
  24. She loves to read history books
  25. She is very patient even when I am not
  26. She is forgiving
  27. She reminds me to be forgiving
  28. Did I mention she has great taste in men?blind_date.jpg

Deanna’s list

What I like about Mom:

  1. She is a good cook
  2. She is patient
  3. She sets me  an example of godly femininity
  4. She sets anmom8 example of being a good helpmeet
  5. From the time I was little she has raised me to be a homemaker
  6. She has taught me to despise the example of ungodly feminism that the world holds up to me.
  7. She taught me to cook
  8. She taught me to read
  9. She taught me to love reading God’s word
  10. She potty trained me
  11. She she taught me the value of having a clean house (okay, fine, I’m still learning :)
  12. She taught me to sew
  13. She made all of us beautiful Easter dresses when I was six
  14. She bears with me even when I’m not the best daughter she could wish for
  15. She has taught me to love children and aspire to be the mother of as many as I can.
  16. She has taught me many of my comebacks and has added many smart-alecky lines to my arsenal
  17. She is teaching me to shop frugally
  18. She has taught me to love blogging
  19. She raised me with the rod of correction and didn’t let me be a little hellion
  20. She didn’t put me in a school, she chose to homeschool me instead
  21. She, and Dad have taught me to think, and not to mindlessly absorb the feminist, socialist agenda of modern American culturemom7
  22. She shares her chocolate chips
  23. She shares her clothes
  24. She doesn’t grudge my being at work with Dad too much
  25. She shares her jewelry
  26. She lets me have way too many knives
  27. She lets me burn things (hahaha fire!!)
  28. She usually cleans up when the dogs poop on the floor at 3 am

Kait
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1. She taught me to tie my shoes
2. She’s good at writing
3. I look like her
4. She has a good sense of humor
5. She taught me to love chocolate
6. She bought ice cream for breakfast the other day
7. She let me keep my tarantula after it got loosemom9
8. She taught me to read
9. She wears her hair long

10. She’s patient

11. She’s good at math
12. She has good taste in clothes
13. She’s calm
14. She’s funny
15. She’s observative
16. She’s a good cook
17. She’s a good teacher
18. She strikes a good balance between too helpful and letting us do it all ourselves
19. She lets us try new things
20. She’s not squeamish
21. She fed my conscience spinach when I was little
22. She’s creative
23. She’s encouragingmomswish.jpg
24. She generous
25. She’s diligent in everything
26. The way she reads out loud
27. She’s beautiful
28. She’s my mom

Lydia says

1.  She made me who I am.
2. She taught me to cook.
3. Her humor.
4. She loves to share.
5. She taught me to read and to love it.
6. She taught me to cook.
7. She taught me to love just looking at God’s creation.
8. She taught me to draw.
9. She is a friend and a Mom to me.
10. She shares her Dark Chocolate.
11. She put up with me for 12 years.
12. She still loves me after 12 years.
13. She taught me to tie my shoes.
14. She let us do crazy things.beccapc
15. She helps me before I have time to ask.
16. She taught me to sew.
17. She is patient.
18. She taught me my love for horses.
19. She drew hundreds of horses for me when I was little.
20. She taught me to take care of myself.
21. She let me buy copies of books so that I have my own.
22. She let me keep a snake (Sestra).
23. She encorages me.
24. She has a brother that is younger than me.
25. She helps me.
26. She let a nagging little 8 year old(me) buy 2 rabbits.
27. She taught me to paint.
28. She is my Mom.

Megan loves the following about her Mom

  1. She is a good cook
  2. She likes garlic
  3. She puts up with us even when we are boogers
  4. She is understandingthe-crew
  5. She loves us
  6. She is patient
  7. She likes reading
  8. She doesn’t let us turn into brats
  9. She taught me to read
  10. She taught me to cook
  11. She taught me to sew
  12. She bought us ice cream for breakfast
  13. She buys me pretty clothes
  14. She bought us a globe
  15. She has beautiful eyes
  16. She layered my hair
  17. She likes chocolatemoms-shoulder2
  18. She taught me to like chocolate
  19. She buys lots of chocolate
  20. She buys lots of books (we have over 2000)
  21. She give me ideas for the story I’m writing
  22. She allows me to keep lots of books
  23. She has a precious baby
  24. She makes delicious pizza
  25. She teaches me to act and speak like a lady

Natalie opines

  1. How she teaches me
  2. How her eyes are green
  3. How her hair is brown
  4. How she taught me to draw
  5. How she taught me to do school
  6. How she makes chicken pot pie
  7. How she makes me love horses
  8. How she reads
  9. How she taught me to read
  10. How she is a good cook
  11. She taught me to cook
  12. She is going to buy me shoes
  13. She takes me shopping
  14. She loves usmom1
  15. She let’s us play computer games
  16. She loves Christmas
  17. She let’s us get on the computer
  18. She taught me to do jobs (household chores)
  19. The makeup she wears is pretty
  20. She makes me breakfast
  21. She taught me to walk
  22. She makes spaghetti
  23. She taught me to tie my shoes
  24. She lets me go outside
  25. It was her idea to buy a trampoline
  26. She taught me to love her
  27. She loves to read the Bible
  28. She lets us watch moviesmomgun.jpg

Becca’s list

  1. She taught me to walk
  2. She taught me to draw
  3. She does good french braids
  4. She helps me with my jobs
  5. She taught me how to tie my shoes
  6. She is teaching me to read
  7. She gets me good presents like : Shoes, dresses, and toys
  8. I like the styles she does in my hair
  9. The makeup she wears
  10. She shares
  11. The way she talks to me
  12. She reads to me
  13. She helps me make pancakes
  14. She helps me with my math
  15. She has green eyes
  16. She lets precious out for me sometimes
  17. She reminds me to clean my room
  18. She reminds me to make my bed
  19. She always wears a skirt
  20. The color of shirts she wears
  21. She puts games on the blog
  22. I like the posts she puts n the blog
  23. She is teaching me to sew
  24. The Shoes she wears
  25. She is teaching me to cook
  26. She taught me to brush my hair
  27. She is my mom
  28. She is nice to me

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Book recommendations

Posted on December 31st, 2008 by Perry C.

From Perry III

Tomorrow is the end of the Vision Forum end of the year inventory reduction sale.  I was browsing the sale before bed and saw a few items I would like to humbly submit for your consideration. A few I personally own and a few I’m going to invest in for the future - after all these are likely to be the best prices we see on these items.

JP hat

Jonathan Park Hat, the most comfortable, durable, heck it’s the best baseball cap I’ve ever owned! Really :)

Hollywood's Most Despised Villain

Hollywood’s Most Despised Villain - Over the 59 minutes of this cd Geoff Botkin unpacks the Hollywood worldview with such skill that you will never watch movies the same way again. This challenged my perspective on what I allow to “entertain” my family and refreshed my commitment safeguard my family’s heart with regard to our entertainment.

How to Disciple

How to Disciple Your Family: A Plan for Generational Victory (10 DVDs): Kim and I were privileged to have been at the conference when these lectures were originally delivered.  I was happy to help edit the audio version so I could listen to them again.  Thought provoking and worth the investment.
The Vision Forum new hardback trifecta - three of our best selling new books at 40 - 55% off.  You can own all three of these for $31.20 while the sale lasts.

Little BoyJohn CalvinReformation and Revival

To Have and to HoldLast and certainly not least is To Have and to Hold - at 60% off this 429 page hardback is a steal. My girls report that it is NOT the Jamestown version of Plymouth Plantation (also on sale :) ) but a novel full of love, adventure and daring do. Your kids will love you for this one, I promise.

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Evolution of a family portrait

Posted on December 29th, 2008 by kimc

Hubby is the oldest of six children.  Last week was the first time that hubby’s entire family has ever been together on Christmas.  It was a momentous occasion, and needed to be preserved.  Of course, they wanted to include all of the spouses and children as well.

“Listen up, people!  It’s picture time!  Front and center!”

picture-time

That’s a total of 22 people, 13 of them children.  It’s like herding cats.  Have you ever tried that?  Have you? HAVE YOU?

bysons-head

Hey, down in front!  Pick a place and plant yourself!

catherine-in-front

You too, Thomas.  Like herding cats, I tell you.

grandpa-in-front

Finally, we’re getting somewhere.  Um, Ben?  In the crazy 8 shirt?  Are those your pajamas?  Forget I asked.  But maybe you could stand behind Thomas?  Let’s just get the baby swing out of the foreground.

move-swing

Right, Ben - just peek out from behind everyone.  Perfect!  And let’s get rid of that big chair on the right.

move-furniture

And the sippy cups and socks that were under the chair.  Hey, where did Thomas go?

move-trash

Thomas!  You needed a sweater? Get back in your place!

thomas-walks

Now, set the 2 second delay, hit the button, and RUN.

didnt-make-it

Oops.  2 seconds is a little faster than I thought.  Let’s try that again.  I can do this.

almost-made-it

Maybe Thomas would be better at this.  After all, he played high school football.

barely-made-it

Not bad, Thomas, but can you look a little more natural?  Like you were standing there all along?

family-pic

And we’ve got a winner.  Merry Christmas, everyone!

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He gives His beloved rest - and ice cream

Posted on December 28th, 2008 by kimc

If you’re keeping track, we’re not home yet.   We stopped in for a 9:00 dinner with the aunts in Fort Worth last night, then hit the road again some time after 10.  Very soon we were straining to keep our eyes open, so we decided discretion was the better part of valor and started looking for a cheap affordable hotel.  We wanted to get home soon, but not in the eternal way.

The exit we chose had 4 hotels so we pulled into 3 of them, one after another, and asked for their best rate on 2 rooms with 2 beds each.  The 3rd was a winner and we decided to forgo the fourth in favor of an extra 15 minutes of sleep.   We scored a total of 4 queen size beds for $129 plus tax.  They looked more like full size to me, but we were no in mood to complain.  The adjoining rooms were clean and simple, and the beds were spectacularly comfortable.  We all collapsed simultaneously at ten til 1.  By 1, everyone was out.

Breakfast would have been free this morning, but we slept late.  It was worth it.  We went across the street to Braum’s for some sausage biscuits and a half gallon of peanut butter pretzel ice cream with chocolate covered nuts and 9 plastic spoons.  Who is a cool mom?  Yeah, that’s right.  Me.

So here we are, still on the road, but generally well rested, well fed, happy and alive.

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Holiday hangover

Posted on December 27th, 2008 by kimc

We’re making our way home, slowly, with a holiday hangover.  Not the one you get from drinking too much.  This is that headache you get from too many sweets and too many loud happy people in one house.  It’s a good sort of complaint to have, but it doesn’t feel good.

We drove for hours this morning through hurricane winds, gusting up to 50 mph and tossing every fool on the road - er, I mean all the homeward bound families - from one side of the highway to the other.  If you’re a kid, it’s a crazy fun theme park ride.  If you’re grown up,  not so fun.

I will say that it was funny to see whole flocks of birds flying backwards, and the Mississippi River looked like it was flowing upstream because the wind was creating waves.

Around 1 PM the wind finally let up and we breathed a sigh of relief.  We made good time for an hour or two in relative calm (winds at less than 20 mph, perhaps?) and stopped for a late lunch.  Got back into the van and drove straight into torrential rains with - guess what? - heavy gusts of wind.  Whee!

As I type, it’s dim outside.  It looks more like dusk than mid-afternoon, and the radio is announcing severe thunderstorm alerts.   Your prayers for safe travel would be appreciated.  Good weather would be nice, too.  I hear it’s sunny in Dallas already, so once we make it through this storm front we should have a pleasant drive.

Oh, and since we won’t be home til the wee hours of the morning, the kids think it would be appropriately crazy to just go straight to church.  We could sleep in the parking lot for a few hours, and actually be early to church! What do you think?  Too crazy?

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Mission Accomplished

Posted on December 24th, 2008 by Perry C.

The secret mission was to “drop in” on my parents who live 1000 miles away and are frequent readers of this blog.

Christmas joy and photos to follow.

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Top Secret Christmas Mission

Posted on December 24th, 2008 by kimc

Remember what I was going to do yesterday?  Hubby and I had a better idea.  First I thought of it, but it was too crazy and I didn’t mention it.  Then he called me with THE SAME IDEA.  So we decided it was a good one.

We’re on a mission.

Details to follow.

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Christmas recipes

Posted on December 23rd, 2008 by kimc

We’ve had a lot of long days and late nights over the past 2 weeks, and in spite of the paper snowflakes and chains and the enormous poinsetta in the corner of the room, our house just doesn’t “feel” like Christmas this year.  We don’t have a tree, and the colored lights on the deck blew a fuse over a week ago.  There are a few wrapped gifts here and there on the bookshelves, but we have yet to unearth the nativity scene.

We have done absolutely no Christmas baking so far, and no Advent readings of any sort.  This could be our most un-Christmas-y Christmas ever.  I might just start wishing people a happy holiday season.

Or maybe we’ll get in gear.  I think we’ll make some of these and these today, and put the nativity right in the middle of the dinner table.  And I’ll wrap more gifts.  The 7 packages dropped off by our mail carrier just a minute ago will help.  And I bought a package of fasteners to try this fun craft too.  I heard about it from the Headmistress.  Not so frugal if you have to buy the fasteners, but it just sounds fun.  You can see the Headmistress’s results here.  We could work on these while somebody reads Luke’s account of the birth of Christ.

We have lots of apples, and I’m even thinking about making some apple pies for breakfast tomorrow.  Mmmm.  I feel better already.

What’s on your plate today?  What’s on the menu for Thursday?  What new recipes or crafts have you tried this month?  What do you plan to try?

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My fun house diet

Posted on December 22nd, 2008 by kimc

Here’s a little science lesson from real life.  Remember those fun house mirrors?  Do you know how they stretch you out and make you look tall and slim?  It’s because they are curved inward - a concave curve, it’s called.  Concave curves stretch the image, while convex curves compress the image.

Guess what happens when you prop a full length mirror against your wall rather than hanging it properly?    If the bottom is kicked out too much the mirror will curve and you get instant improvement of the self image.

But what if it’s just slightly tilted out at the bottom - just enough to keep it stable, so it doesn’t fall down?  Then the mirror will start out nice and straight, and gradually acquire a curve over the next couple of weeks.

You’ll think you are shedding weight effortlessly as you look a bit slimmer day by day.  It probably won’t occur to you that your clothes aren’t fitting any differently; you’ll just be glad that the last 7 pounds of baby weight are finally coming off without dieting.

You might feel a little proud of your own self control: losing weight without dieting means that you have self control even when you’re not concentrating on it.  You don’t have to get obsessive about dieting like some people.  You simply eat what your body needs, and stop when you’re full.  Losing weight isn’t so hard.  Anyone could do this.

If you happen to step on the scale, you might decide that your new fancy-schmancy digital scale is not as accurate as you thought because it says nothing has changed even though you are clearly slimming down.  Maybe you are building muscle and losing fat, rather than losing pounds.  At any rate, you are looking positively slender.

And then you’ll notice that the mirror is out from the wall so far that it’s beginning to curve alarmingly.  And you’ll set it back up nice and straight.  And you’ll feel very silly when you realize you’ve fallen for the old fun house trick.

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’tis the season

Posted on December 21st, 2008 by Perry C.

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He takes baths

Posted on December 19th, 2008 by kimc

The boy is old enough now to know when he’s getting the short end of the stick.  As I was getting ready to leave the house yesterday with several of the girls, he came to me with barely suppressed tears, trying his best to be grown up and mature.

“Mom, can I go with you?”

I kneeled down to explain to him that I was going to a bridal shower, and it was for girls.  He wouldn’t like it, and he needed to stay home this time.

His face brightened.  He seemed to be taking this very well.  My little man is growing up, and he can handle disappointment.

“Oh,” he said. ” I don’t like showers.  I take baths.“

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