Friday, October 12, 2007
Kids Do the Darndest Things!
I don't know what it is about Opening Night of a play that brings out the weird in my family. My church's annual musical revue, a fundraiser for the organ fund, opened tonight. So last night was dress rehearsal. I had planned to take the kids, since this weekend is a visitation one, but then I...
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Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Sometimes, It's Funny
So my last post related the story of the visitation weekend when my kids had a soccer game and church responsibilities and the ex wanted to take a "day trip" to a town six hours away to meet his brothers, who were in Atlanta and would like to meet him halfway. After a lot of e-mailing back and...
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Thursday, September 27, 2007
The Fight Goes On...
If it isn't one thing with my X, it's another. Right now, there's tension on two fronts. First is the ongoing battle about the correct amount of child support. He got a new job making double what he used to make, and his lawyer claimed that he only had to pay $20 a month more. Snort! Like I was...
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Sunday, September 16, 2007
Good Thing I Didn't!
I gave blood yesterday. That's a good thing, and I usually don't turn a hair. When I signed in, the tech tested my iron level (as usual) and it was high enough that he said I could "give doubles." That is, apparently, when you give two pints instead of one, and they separate the components and...
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Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Busy Season
It's a busy time of year, with me in rehearsals for the church variety show, son #2 in soccer with practises and games, both sons in choir, me in bells (trying to see if I can handle it), and work and school. I wasn't home last night and won't be home tonight or Thursday night. The kids won't be...
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Thursday, September 6, 2007
I Hate Tattle-tales!
This morning, as I was brushing my hair and getting ready to leave for work, my younger son comes into the bathroom and says, "You know that can of air on your computer? You won't be able to use it anymore. Because Brother used it all up and it won't go anymore. It's empty." Now, the can of air cost...
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Friday, August 31, 2007
Moving Weekend!
We're going to try to get moved back in, at least "mostly," over this long weekend. Funny, this remodel was supposed to take six weeks, but it's been six months! Still, I can't complain. We've had a lovely time living at mom and dad's. And the house is going to be wonderful when we get back in. We...
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Monday, August 27, 2007
Unexpected Consequences of Large Families
My grandma is the youngest of thirteen kids. All but two have lived to be in their 80s or more. As she is the youngest, she is subjected to the dubious honour of watching her parents and siblings pass away before her. Her sister died Saturday. She is the fourth or fifth to die in the last three...
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Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Plugging Away
Saturday wasn't as awful as I had feared, though I still had to get up at the crack of dawn. I got to the inspection station five minutes after it opened (opens at 0700) and the triple-line was already filling the driveway and spilling into the street. So I left at 0825... which isn't too horrible,...
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Friday, August 17, 2007
Saturday Slump!
I'm not really looking forward to tomorrow as much as I usually look forward to the weekend. You see, I have to take my car through inspection before the end of the month, and I can either be at the inspection station by 7 tomorrow, or I can take time off from work during the week and spend several...
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