shell on April 20th, 2010

1.) Playoff hockey tonight. Sure they raise my hopes and then crush them flat, but isn’t that what professional sports is all about? Go Sharks!
2.) David got the baby’s armoire into the house and level and all that other stuff that needed to happen before I could wash clothes and put them away. [...]

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shell on April 16th, 2009

Nate: Mama, orange ball?
Mama: Um, you have a blue soccer ball, but you don’t have an orange ball.
N: Orange ball, peas?
M: But sweetie you don’t have an orange ball.
N: I say peas. Orange ball. Peas.
M: But…
N: (grabbing me by the clothes and pulling me out of the chair) Orange ball. PEAS! I say [...]

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shell on March 2nd, 2009

She asked …

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shell on February 14th, 2009

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shell on December 13th, 2008

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shell on December 8th, 2008

And quite blow-y! From a look at the sheltered area around the side of the house it looks like we got four to five inches since about six tonight. Not bad. PLease excuse the picture quality. A rather ginormous hot toddy was consumed to fortiefy me for picture taking in the elements.  Or [...]

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shell on November 17th, 2008

Nathan woke up fussing a bit ago and so now I am awake and I can’t turn off my brain.  Specifically the part where we are looking at record high temperatures this week. And zero chance of snow in the foreseeable future.  Today I noticed six new buds on my rose next the garage door.  [...]

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shell on November 11th, 2008

Or, why I love Keith Olbermann.

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shell on November 6th, 2008

David stopped for gas on the drive home tonight:

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shell on November 4th, 2008

with the Presidential results, the Hate propositions on the state ballots are making me sad.  And angry.  One step forward.  Two steps back.

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