We made it through my birthday without the traditional freezing of the pipes, but 2010 is a new year with troubles of its own.
We woke up Friday to dry taps in the tub, and only cold water in the kitchen and bathroom sinks. We’re hardy, pioneering stock so we didn’t panic. We heated water on [...]
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There’s a first time for everything.
Today as I was leaving Costco, I was rear-ended by the vehicle behind me. Legally, I’m sure it was her fault, but under the circumstances I completely understand why it happened and I feel partly responsible.
I was turning left out of the Costco driveway. There was no traffic coming from [...]
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If the water in the toilet is going up instead of down, let go of the handle. NOW.
If the water in the toilet bowl is already overflowing, it’s still a good time to LET GO OF THE HANDLE. NOW.
If you are transfixed with horror at the growing flood surrounding you and your hand just won’t [...]
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Yesterday, The Boy took a long nap in my bed. When he finally woke up, he headed straight for his room and shut the door.
“What are you doing in there?” I called after him.
“Oh, I’m changing my clothes. I peed when I was sleeping.”
“You what?!”
He emerged looking a little sheepish and followed me to my [...]
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…to shut the door!
The weather has cooled beautifully here in south Texas. The sweating has come to an end, and we’re enjoying the sort of fall weather that leaves us with silly grins on our faces. But the mornings can be chilly sometimes, and we’re putting off the trip to the storage shed for the [...]
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Becca just came to me out of breath, straight from the henhouse.
“Mom! I think one of the chickens is sick!”
me: “How do you know, honey?”
Becca: “She was still on the roost, and I was petting her and she was making a noise like this: wheeze! gasp! wheeze! gasp! hack! hcckhpbbt! And then wah-bam! She fell [...]
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Heart attack #1
I had my first heart attack of the day a few minutes ago.
I’m out grocery shopping. At my first stop, I used the restroom. An employee had just finished cleaning and was leaving as I went in. It was quiet, and I thought the restroom was empty. I entered [...]
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Today did not go according to plan.
We left the house at 6 AM – all 11 of us, dressed according to the highest Vision Forum code. We were wearing our khaki skirts and white shirts for the annual staff photo.
We didn’t technically have to leave at 6, but leaving later just doesn’t leave enough margin [...]
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I think we all have this list tucked away somewhere, and everyone’s list looks different. Here’s the Headmistress’s list. I would love to know what’s on yours.
First, a few basics:
If you learned it from Calvin and Hobbes, it’s probably not allowed.
Emulate The Three Stooges and Little Rascals with great caution.
Don’t be stupid on purpose.
And some [...]
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I got a great deal on whole pork loins and made a pig of myself. I refuse to say just how much I bought, but if you are what you eat we’ll all be sporting floppy ears and pig snouts soon.
It was such a great deal that I was planning to do the unthinkable and [...]
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If vacations were perfect, what would we talk about in years to come?
I said that a lot during our time away from home.
Let me just preface this by saying it was wonderful to be with family. I saw cousins I haven’t seen since we were children, and our lumberjack uncle who lived in Alaska for [...]
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When I left my bag with all my clothes at a friends’ house 10 hours behind us, I said it could only get better.
I may have been mistaken.
This morning, hubby and 5 kids are throwing up.
On the bright side, I’m not throwing up yet. And only one person has missed the toilet, sink, or puke [...]
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I’m struggling. I could very easily complain right now. It would be so, so easy. But I’ll try to give thanks instead, like this:
I get to buy all new clothes while we’re here in Branson! Even underclothes, which I really needed anyway. And hubby will get to buy some new casual clothes, and Bethany will [...]
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We’ve had a lovely trip so far. Everything has gone just right.
We left the house right on time at 5 AM.
We made great time on the drive, and I didn’t do it by speeding.
We had a wonderful visit and tour of Samantha’s blackberry farm! Her family also had ducks, chickens, turkeys, milk goats, lavender, figs, [...]
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We weren’t sure it would happen, but it did. After all the suspense, our van was ready this morning in time for our scheduled early-afternoon departure.
David Colbath Transmission came through for us. A few days earlier, they had given us an estimate to replace the torque converter. It wasn’t the lowest estimate in town, but [...]
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