So What Are the Chances?

Tonight, my pal Cami was picking me up to go to the big Relief Society meeting (our church's women's group), at which we happened to be performing a song together. I saw her come, grabbed my stuff and went out the door. She started to get out of the...

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Feelin' Posty

I believe this marks my first 3-post day on my blog. See what happens when I'm not ridiculously busy? I couldn't let the day end without a quick tribute to Eric as he officially leaves his youth behind and starts plummeting down the slope to old age....

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Found in the New Yorker

First, I loved this cover. I might have to frame this. I like the idea of climbing up to the clouds and over the obstacles of life up a staircase of books. I also like the imagery of the man as an adventurer, on safari among the stories, with the next...

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Unusual for me

Today, I went into Target, chose several sets of Legos for a birthday gift, walked past the display offering 10 little bags of chips for 3 bucks because I didn't have Mendy's number with me to call and see if she thought it was a good deal, walked directly...

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Wednesday Chocolate

Eric and I are not a gushy, demonstrative couple. I can count on slightly over one hand the number of times I've received flowers. We often skip the gifts on birthdays and anniversaries. Our family's traditions are simple and we only have a few. It...

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Is it only 10:45 am?

Since I was up late last night, thus I "slept in" till 5:15 this morning, dragged the kids down for prayer at 5:30 (bless their hearts, they come every morning), taught at 5:50, got Sam out the door at 6:45, then Sara and Evan at 7. From 7-7:50 I started...

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Sine Nomine

I am proofing a wedding, waiting for the back up disc to burn so I can clear the pictures off my camera's data card. It was a long day, but fun to be part of a good friend's celebration. With this friend especially, it was an honor to be involved. ...

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Weird Week (Warning: Whiny and pathetic content. Read at your own risk.)

I am glad it is Friday. I don't know if it's because this is the first actual 5-day week of the school year, or if I'm in my usual post-cycle-hormonal-dropout wasteland, but this week felt like swimming through jello. And not yummy strawberry jello with...

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New Look

One of my goals this fall is to learn more about web page design. I've invested in several books and am beginning to work through them. I'm not ready to head back to school yet, so I've set up my own University of Life, Department of Self-Paced Studies....

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Saturday in September

Yesterday was busy right out of the chute, but it was all good. I had a seminary meeting at 8 am. I have to admit that I sometimes wonder why it wouldn't be possible to have a Saturday meeting for early morning seminary teachers start at, say, noon....

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Day Off with Jane

Yesterday, the house sighed a deep breath. Best of all, even the calendar was whispering instead of giving strident orders: Piano lessons at 1 then Soccer practice at 6:30, then Enrichment at 7. In between, long hours of that rarest of all commodities:...

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You forgot What?

This is not nearly as funny as it could be because we can't remember the original comment, but in the vein of several of my other blogging friends' recent posts, this just cracked me up and I wanted to share. Sara and I were talking about something...

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This is Us

I finished this last night and then forgot to post it. This was very fun. I've seen it on several blogs.iPod fun...In honor of my 2-year old, now dinosaurish 60 gig, pre-video, fat iPod, I offer my answers to this game. Even though the new iPods are...

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A Funny For Fans

This was in Parade Magazine today. Enjoy...

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List Fun

Here is one from Jann. I loved reading hers. Jobs I've held:1. Shop girl at Woolworths2. Waitress3. Kelly Girl Temp4. 4-in-the-morning janitor at BYU5. Day-care mom6. Stampin' UP! consultant7. Knitting ProMy Guilty Pleasures:1. Staying up late2. buying...

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Thanks

Thanks for all the sweet good wishes and gentle support after my post yesterday. It was pretty raw, but writing it helped a lot. All is well today. Eric wasn't even sore. He is my man of steel. No word yet about whether or not the truck is salvageable....

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MIracles

So, It's 6:55 am. I'm getting ready to drop the kids at school and head down to the temple for the morning and Eric calls and calmly says, "I've had a bit of an accident, you'll need to come get me." At this point in time, I'm in the middle of 4 different...

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Meme 7

Here is my meme from Julia. I'm pretty quirky, so narrowing it down to 7 was tough. Here are the rules:A. List seven habits/quirks/facts about yourself.B. Tag seven people to do the same.C. Do not tag the person who tagged you or say that you tag "whoever...

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Funny From the New Yorker

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Beautiful Weekend

We went on our annual pilgramage to Blue Knob State Park for a family camp that was started 11 or 12 years ago by a group of families in our stake. The families have mostly changed except for a few who have been coming all along, but the fun is the...

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