This morning Meredith presented me with a class selection sheet from which she was supposed to choose three classes she is interested in taking during the second half of the school year. Here is the description of her first choice: It’s Your Thing: Are you more artist or engineer? – poet or scientist? – writer [...]

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It’s 5:11 in the evening, and it just occurred to me that I haven’t stopped by today. Let’s see. I’ve been working on a freelance gig and juggling dogs all afternoon, and it’s surprisingly hard to clock hours when you’re constantly having to break up fights and remove objects from mouths. In less than an [...]

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When November rolls around, I know it’s time to make my eye appointment and my mammogram appointment. (May? Gynocologist! January/June? Dentist/Dentist!) Last week I called Metro Imaging and set myself up for the mammogram. (Confession: I used to think that Metro Imaging was a Glamour Shots sort of place where you go for image enhancement [...]

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Despite the fact that I felt all self-conscious about my lack of dress-up clothes, Jeff and I left the house early yesterday evening to see Ben Folds play with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. In case you’re wondering what I wore, I dressed pretty much like this: (Three differences: I was with Jeff—not the stiff [...]

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You know, when I’m in the mood that I’m in right now, I typically don’t log in and write at Fluid Pudding. BUT, here we are less than a week into NaBloPoMo, and I’m leaving the house in a few hours and won’t be back until super late, so now you get to see me [...]

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It’s 9:06 in the evening, and I was actually getting ready for bed when I remembered the NaBloPoMo thing. I am destined to fail. Let’s see. I rolled some cake balls this morning, we saw Puss in Boots, I’m just a thumb away (Mick Jagger) from finishing another pair of fingerless mittens, I won a [...]

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Monday night was not a good night. Scout woke us up at around three o’clock in the morning by throwing up all over the inside of her crate. Jeff took her outside for some fresh air, and I grabbed the paper towels and started cleaning up the mess. I hope you’re not eating right now. [...]

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Here we are. Three days in at NaBloPoMo, and I’m ready to start puking out excuses as to why I’m not Killing It. This photograph was taken about three minutes ago. The good news? I’ve now been approved for physical therapy for my ankle, and my antibiotics are waiting for me at the grocery store. [...]

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As you know, I’m a fan of knitting. AND, I’m a fan of giving things away. Four months ago (Really? Has it been that long?! Yes! It has!), we helped raise some money to get Aaron a bike. I paired up a giveaway with that post, and I’m pleased to report that the fingerless mitts [...]

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Two years ago, I made a quick video to document a day in my life. I did it again last year. AND, here we go again. I ate a breakfast burrito, I drank coffee and practiced fogging up my glasses, I ate a salad with beets and pinto beans (and chickpeas and regular peas and [...]

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