Monday, January 23, 2006
Am I Trapped by My Genes?
Some things you can't really control, they are out of your hands, controlled by the genes that you got on sale, cheap, from your parents. I have brown hair, I can die it or let the sun colour it auburn, but it really is brown and will be until it is grey. I have my mother's hands. Barring a horrible...
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Sunday, January 22, 2006
You Mean This Is As Good As It Gets? (part two)
When I was a young teen there was a commercial on TV, a beer commercial I'm sure. The closing line, as a bunch of adults sat around the deck of a cabin, drinking, was “It doesn't get any better than this.” My Step-father (aka Dad) would look at the TV, then look around our house and say, “You mean...
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Friday, January 20, 2006
Have You Ever Just Wanted To Go To Bed And Stay There All Day?
Actually, I wouldn't mind if the kids wanted to do that! This is the thing about being a parent, you are on duty every day, all day long, and if they get sick (Emily has a cold again) you are not only on duty but you have to be awake and on duty. Before I had kids I needed 7 or 8 hours of sleep...
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Thursday, January 19, 2006
I'm Going To Make Him Pay!
It is going to be difficult, and it will take lots of will power, but I am going to make my husband pay! He has been out late several nights in the last few weeks and he is going out of town for the day tomorrow. I have been holding the fort and doing all the Mom and Dad stuff around here and it's...
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Wednesday, January 18, 2006
OMG – I Joked About It Before, But Now It's True!
I used to joke with my darling man about how selfish I am. It was a joke, I mean I'm a mom, and I do a lot and have sacrificed a lot for my kids, that means I'm not selfish right? Well today I discovered that Rachel's new school will likely be finished in time for the new school year, and she will...
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Tuesday, January 17, 2006
Sleeping Next To The Elephant
Pierre Trudeau once said that living next to the United States was “in some ways like sleeping with an elephant. No matter how friendly an even tempered the beast, if I can call it that, one is affected by every twitch and grunt.” Don't misunderstand me, I love Americans. My very best friends are...
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Monday, January 16, 2006
Some Bloggers Should Watch What Their Fingers Are Doing
Have you ever done something and almost immediately wished you could take it back? I've done that, a lot. Usually a sincere apology can solve it, and, well, sometimes not. My buddy and I used to work for a natural gas pipeline company. Gas pipelines are inspected buy little electronic sleds that are...
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Sunday, January 15, 2006
Everybody Wants To Know My Secret
The new year of classes has started. After our mom and tot circuit training class the girls and I went for coffee with some of our friends from class and our instructor. We were all sitting around chatting, catching up, gossiping, when one of the mom's said, “Merry, you're looking fit.” “Thanks, I...
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Saturday, January 14, 2006
I Can't Tell You How Relieved I Am
So I've been trying out OpenOffice for a month or so. Mostly because I'm cheap but there is also a part of me that really dislikes how invasive Microsoft is and I really hate constantly being asked if I want my computer to send reports off to Bill to tell him what I'm doing. Besides, it's FREE! I'm...
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Friday, January 13, 2006
How Personal Is Too Personal?
A while back I posted about deleting a blog before I posted it, because it was too personal. I know it's hard to believe, but I don't tell you everything that happens to me. Somethings are just too personal. There are others here who tell a lot, and a lot of really intimate, personal details of...
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