Time to Get Your Holiday Groove On...

You've probably seen this, but it is new to me. I think it is cool and fun and quite amazing in its technical brilliance. Enjoy.....

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Book Review

How the Garcia Girls Lost their Accentsby Julia AlvarezI was very interested in this book group pick (I read it for The Nook, my beloved online book group) and enjoyed aspects of it very much. It is the story of the Garcia de la Torre family and their...

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On to Chile

Right about now, if everything went okay, my second son is boarding a plane in Dallas bound for Chile. I'm not sure which city he's flying into-Santiago or Valparaiso, but no matter. He's in the Lord's hands and he'll be fine. I'm so excited for his...

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Sick Days

The cough came on a week ago, with little surprise, as Sara and Sam are just barely finished with their two weeks of coughing. It is one of those insidious viruses that leaves one feeling mostly okay, but sounding awful and not fit for human society....

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Recent Fun Times

Mixed in among the anti-procrastination efforts and the drooling over Daniel Craig, this last week has been chock full of fun times with friends. Here is a quick run-down:So You Think You Can Dance Concert: This was so fun. I am a poser of a fan of...

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Me and James Bond

I love James Bond. And, as if I'm not geeky enough about other stuff, I can tell you way more about the whole Bond Thing than you'd ever want to know. It is one of those shallow, completely useless indulgences that act as the whipped cream on my chocolate...

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4 Mailed Boxes, 3 French Hens, 2 Turtle Doves

And a Partridge in a Pear Tree...Yes! I got the 4 packages out the door. They are currently on my porch awaiting carrier pickup this very day. I used all recycled packaging, so my shelf full of boxes and envelopes in the basement earned its keep. I...

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Book Review

Child 44 by Tom Rob SmithAdult FictionThriller/Drama/MysteryThis book is about Leo, an MGB (Security Police) officer in Stalinist Russia. The principal action takes place in 1953. While the story is excellent-a thriller about trying to stop a serial...

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Anti-Procrastination Week

I'm back from one of my three weekends a year where I play a working woman. This time, I was just 15 miles up the road in downtown Baltimore, but it is easier to just pretend I'm out of town and stay in the hotel rather than commute to the conference....

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Eagle Project

Eagle ProjectOriginally uploaded by lelliekin Here's Ev doing his bit for the trees and scouting. It was a hugely successful day with 67 volunteers (a large number of which were members of the Oakland Mills HS JV football team.) 220 trees planted, and...

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Pentagon Memorial, Nov. 3, 2008

Pentagon Memorial, Nov. 3, 2008Originally uploaded by lelliekin Our visit to the Pentagon Memorial was really nice. It is an easy metro ride down-we caught the green line at Greenbelt, then changed to the yellow line at Ft. Totten, which took us all...

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Catching up

I have a lot of post titles with those words in them, apparently. Oh well, that's what I'm doing. Today is November 3rd. The Election is tomorrow. I'm sure many of you didn't know that. We'll be out of limbo one way or the other.School is out today...

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