So, yeah. We did the Halloween thing. Meredith was Scary Selena Gomez, and Harper was Rose Princess. I don’t really get into Halloween, although I try my best to put on a good show, what with the “Ooh! You look so spooooky!” and the “What a beyooootiful princess!!!” schlock that I tend to puke up every [...]

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Well, good morning! I currently have three things written on my calendar for today. First off? It’s my sister-in-law’s birthday. She lives in Seattle. If you live in Seattle, please raise your drink to Susan at some point during the day. Also, today is Breast Cancer Awareness Day. I checked that item off fairly quickly. [...]

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——————————————– My roommate once told me I was Very Wide. Follow this link to read the story, and you could win $150!

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Last night I went to a taco slash cupcake gathering and it was just as amazing and fun as it sounds, and when I returned home I found this picture (created on the computer by Harper) sitting on top of my knitting. As if I wasn’t feeling warm and fuzzy enough, this put me right [...]

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My youngest partner in crime is now spending her days in kindergarten. Her older sister is right down the hall in the second grade. Although they have no idea who Rizzo is, I’m sure they would appreciate that whole “We’re gonna rule the school!” thing. Harper: If it’s okay, I want to take an apple [...]

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It appears that Harper Rose will be embarking on a kindergarten adventure one week from today. I’m not going to be one of those lachrymose moms who puts her hand on her bosom and sings minor-keyed songs about saving time in a bottle and is this the little girl I carried and something about the [...]

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Enjoy your weekend, whether it contains a holiday or not. I’ll be sitting over here in the kitchen assembling one of those cold vegetable pizza things with spinach dip and tiny biscuits. Also, please know that The Puddings are in possession of punks, glow worms, and smoke bombs. (J to the Ollification, Mr. Hancock.)

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A few days back, Harper decided that along with being a Doctor of Bunnies, she would also like to work in a nail salon when she grows up. She knows how important experience is when applying for a position in a nail salon, so she asked Jeff if he would like to be her first [...]

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Today was the last day of this particular school year. As I’ve mentioned in the past, every morning I drive Meredith to school, and every morning the coach gets her out of the car with a smile and a “Good morning, Meredith!” (This is the coach involved in the Great Hat Drama of January 2010. [...]

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A few months after Meredith was born, our computer crashed and we lost all of her baby photos. I was absolutely devastated. The End. The only photos we were able to recover were the tiny files I had put up on Fluid Pudding, Volume One. (That was the version done in Microsoft Publisher. When I [...]

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