Happy Birthday to Meredith Claire!

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Happy Birthday to Harper Rose!

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Yesterday I found myself at a bookstore stocking up on birthday gifts for Meredith (Henry Huggins! The Boxcar Children!), as she will be turning six on Wednesday. Before leaving, I decided to stop by the magazine rack and check out the latest Bust. (This may or may not be important: I was wearing a denim [...]

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It’s been a busy week at the Pudding house. As you know, we adopted Ramona last Saturday, and are now struggling with keeping her sequestered from Sidney (our other cat) as she gets over that whole Humane Society Upper Respiratory Infection thing. (By the way, I HATE giving medicine to a cat.) Apparently, Luna’s death [...]

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“I’m ten weeks old, I weigh three and a half pounds, and I’m ready to flap your jack, twisted sister.”

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The sound of children singing has always given me the creeps. Even when I WAS a kid, my flesh often crawled during the elementary concerts when I had to stand on the risers and sing with the other kids my age. Those scary movies that feature kids warbling hymns as the final credits roll? Yeah. [...]

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As you can see, it was partly sunny with a 75% chance of wicked storms. At least the girls had an absolutely delightful morning. Such a beautiful day. I simply couldn’t stop smiling! (Although it was something like twelve degrees below zero this afternoon, Jeff wanted to take a family photo after church. Meredith was [...]

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So, last year I made a video of myself writing all over my face for Easter. About a month after I posted it, all hell broke loose. Let’s just say this: There’s an amazing dead pianist out there with a crabby family who doesn’t appreciate his music being played while a complete idiot marks herself [...]

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So, I posted the following few paragraphs and reviews earlier today, and then it seemed weird to be posting anything in light of the terrible news about Madeline. (You can donate to March of Dimes in her honor by heading over here.) Anyway, I’m always completely speechless in these situations, and then I read what [...]

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I just returned home from the fabric store, where I purchased the following items: I’m setting the goal of having one dress completed before Mother’s Day. Apparently, the really good scissors go on sale for Mother’s Day, and if the sewing is going really well, I can almost justify purchasing really good scissors! And then [...]

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