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Our parent/teacher conference is on Thursday evening, and I have volunteered to bring a food item to school for the teachers to snack on during the conferences. Because my mind tends to swim around in paltry waters and I want my food item to be a Memorable and Thoughtful food item (preferably containing a protein [...]

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I believe Meredith’s dance on the soccer field today pretty much sums up how I feel to have this weekend behind me. Good News: Our next book club selection is Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides, and I couldn’t be more pleased. Even better news: The next book club meeting will include flaming cheese.

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This afternoon will find us wining and dining a six-year-old girl who has never been to our house before. (To the mom of the six-year-old girl who has never been to our house before: I’m exaggerating on the wining part.) We’ll be picking her up shortly and heading straight out to the root beer factory [...]

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The girls are home from school today. I’m not sure why, but I think it has something to do with either staff development or the birth of Matthew Sweet. As I prepared my very large cup of coffee this morning, I glanced out into the back yard where I noticed a fairly large bird with [...]

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The first book my book club read was Revolutionary Road. Because I recommended the book, I read it. On book club night, we watched the movie, discussed the book while eating at Canyon Cafe, and chose our next book . The second book my book club read was The Other Queen. I tried to read [...]

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Thanks to all of you, my family will be eating chili for the next three weeks. High fives to one and all. I’m leaving the house in a few minutes to get a little bit sushified. I may or may not add on a trip to the book store to pick up Eating Animals. I’ve [...]

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My father and I have a problem. We’re chili fans, you see, and it seems that RB Rice has stopped producing their chili block, which was a vital ingredient in our Perfect Chili recipe. Without the RB Rice chili block, we’re left shaking our heads and throwing beans and spices around all willy nilly. Dad [...]

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One of the Pudding kids is not eating the turkey we pack for her lunch. According to her best friend, she throws her turkey away Every Single Day. That’s a lot of wasted turkey. One of the Pudding kids has not been washing her hands after using the bathroom. Instead, she finishes using the bathroom, [...]

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According to my calendar, this week we’ll see the frost moon, a day to vote, and Roy Roger’s birthday. Last night found the girls dressed up exactly as they were for last week’s Trunk or Treat minus the rain plus the pink hair. The night before last saw us posing to show off my recently [...]

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