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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As you know, we’ve been talking about getting a sibling for Scout. Last week, the wonderful woman who helped us adopt Scout sent this link to me. We immediately fell in love with ALL of the puppies, but were most interested in adopting either Brownie (a female) or Scout (a male). Long Story Shortened Because [...]

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We’ve spent the past three weeks becoming familiar with Scout’s puppy quirks. She is an ankle biter. If I’m in the bathroom, she tends to relieve herself on the floor outside the bathroom door. She loves running full speed under the couch, and has actually ripped up a lot of the fabric beneath both couches. [...]

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Last year at this time, my parents presented me with a Disneyland Floribunda Rose Bush. A few days later, I decided to get all floricultural and replant the little bush in front of our house. Within seconds (give or take about a week), all of the roses and leaves fell off of the plant. I [...]

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Do you remember when I told you that I was holding on to a pair of socks because they smelled like Beezus? Scout managed to find those socks a few days back and she killed them. (She is forgiven.) Question: Why did three attorneys who specialize in divorce decide to follow my Twitter feed on [...]

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Jeff has been in San Francisco this week, which means I’m currently parenting at a level of eight point five. (I normally hover at around five or six.) Eight point five means I often come down on the girls for not clearing their breakfast dishes, I clean the litter box every other day, and I’m [...]

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A few months back, it was brought to our attention that the school district’s literary magazine was accepting submissions, and that this year’s theme was Discovery. I talked to Harper, and she decided that she would love to write a poem. Because her class had recently written a few sensory poems, that style was fresh [...]

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Every year, Neil puts together the (always amazing) blogger holiday concert. Every year, I plan on putting together something really outstanding for you. Every year, it sort of falls through. This year is no exception. It occurred to me on Friday that I needed to check the date to see when this year’s submission was [...]

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So, missing yesterday really wasn’t that bad, was it? It occurred to me this morning that I want to leave something truly delightful on the top of my page since I’ll be away for the next few days. The following video, although made over three and a half years ago, includes Ira Glass discussing vegetarianism [...]

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