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Mother's Day, Anniversary, Graduation
May 25, 2006 14:44
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Tags: scrapbooking movies food lindsey mike

Wow, it’s been a busy month! Of course, earlier in the month was Mother’s Day. I had a wonderful, very low-key day. Mike and the kids got me the movie Walk the Line (Adam chose it, after Daddy informed him that mommy “likes country music and falling in love”), so I just scrapbooked and watched movies all day. Can’t beat that with a stick!

Tuesday was our anniversary. We did what we usually do on that day – took off from work, ignored the phone, and just spent time decompressing and enjoying each others’ company. Seven years, now, and still no itch my man can’t scratch!

Last night, our friend Nanci took the older three kids for awhile so that we could enjoy a nice dinner (almost) alone. Lindsey joined us, of course, but she was mostly quiet and pleasant. Dinner was barbequed country pork ribs, wilted fresh kale, fried potatoes, crab salad, and regular salad. Delish!

This past weekend, Lindsey and I...
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Hooray for Bandwidth!
May 17, 2006 15:09
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Tags: music

At long, long, lonnnnnng last, we finally have the T1 line we’ve wanted since we moved in. Our connection is roughly ten times faster than what we had before. So what have I done with my newfound speed? Well, among other things, I watched this. No buffering! Instant play! I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO addicted. w00t!!!
Enough?
May 12, 2006 15:20
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Tags: parenting

How many of the world’s oceans have been filled since the beginning of time, by mothers shedding tears of frustration, joy, hope, fear, or anger? How many of us wonder if we’re doing this Mommy thing good enough, long enough, often enough, fast enough, slow enough, softly enough, or just… enough? How do women not crumble under the weight of the guilt we feel?

Surely the fiber of a mother is the strongest substance known to man.
Earmuffs
May 11, 2006 15:21
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This is what happens if you fall asleep and you have an older sister. Kayla says she was putting earmuffs on him so he wouldn’t wake up.
Big Brudder
May 08, 2006 15:44
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Pine Cones
May 01, 2006 15:35
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Tags: kayla movies parenting

Yesterday, I took Kayla to see The Wild, and afterward to the park to play. Lindsey had fallen asleep, and I was lucky enough to get a spot where I could watch Kayla playing ten feet from where I was parked. She was the only little girl on the playground at first, and she bored of the play equipment and started collecting pine cones. She had a nice handful of them when a couple of older boys (maybe 7 or 8) showed up and started playing. She noticed them, and started toward them, telling me, “I’m going to go give some pine cones to those kids.”

Something went through me. I saw my little girl, all innocence and syrup and heart-right-on-the-surface, heading over to this group of boys that were bigger and stronger and (to my mind, at least) more jaded than my baby. I imagined how badly this might go – she might offer the boys her carefully-chosen pine cones in her sweet little almost-lispy voice, and they might meanly reject her. These more worldly b...
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