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Saturday, June 16, 2007

PRACTICE SAYING 'NO'

My husband and I (mostly I) are practicing saying "no" to our two youngest children. The 25 year old daughter, who has moved in with us to go back to school for another degree, doesn't seem to understand the concept of working. We paid the last month's rent on her apartment right before she slept on... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, June 14, 2007

MORE ABOUT THE IN-LAWS

The day of our party went well. We may not have had any beer for Grandpa but there was plenty of good food. Yet at the end of the day, I still was not sure whether they had given me their nod of approval or not. We didn't know until Father's Day when a card came in the mail addressed to my husband.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, June 11, 2007

MEETING MY IN-LAWS

Meeting my in-laws for the first time was more than a little unnerving mostly because they're actually my husband's first wife's family. His first wife died about twenty years ago. The In-Laws, headed by Grandpa and Grandma, endured a second wife and then came me. Rumor had it that Grandma was the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, June 10, 2007

WANDERING AIMLESSLY THROUGH THE DAY

Get up early and spend hours on the deck drinking coffee, smoking cigarettes and talking with your spouse about what you're going to do today. Check your e-mail. Check Blogit. Change your clothes. Wipe the extra grout off the hundreds of tiny tiles in the guest bathroom. Take two Advil and drink a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, June 9, 2007

Blogs v. Books

Isn't Blogit an addiction? There's something so instantly gratifying about seeing everyone's comments at the end of the day and to know that you're loved and supported by your Blogit family. The internet is perfect for my nano-second attention span sometimes. At other times only a book will do. Only... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, June 8, 2007

I AM THAT WOMAN

I am the woman in the movie we watched the other night who had an affair with another man. When she finally spoke with her husband about it she said that she always grew up believing that she could be happy with the love of her husband. Then she said, “You don’t touch me.” I am the young woman lying... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, June 7, 2007

BLOGIT AND MY MULTIPLE PERSONALITY

I lost my driver's license once. Usually that's no big deal. You just take your Social Security card and birth certificate to the Bureau of Motor Vehicles and get another one. It wasn't that easy for me. I had also lost my Social Security card and I don't have a birth certificate, have never had a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, June 6, 2007

Goodnight Bloggers

Goodnight. Sleep tight. Don't let the bed bugs bite. Thank you for all that you've given me. Thank you for all you've taken away. Thank you for all that you've left me. Thank you for the sun and the moon and the stars. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Sign in to see full entry.

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A PARADE OF GIRLS

It's a beautiful morning on the farm. The air is cool from the storms passing through. A light mist hung over the earth as the sun came. There was even a wild turkey on the grounds this morning! And there were two sleeping bodies lying on the living room floor this morning, my son and one of his... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, June 5, 2007

THERE ARE NO VICTIMS HERE . . . ONLY VOLUNTEERS

The truth is where else would our children want to be married but out by the pond of the farm that has become their home? We came together as a family first and then the farm came. Now it grounds them. It's home base; the touchstone that they return to time and time again after they go off into the... Sign in to see full entry.

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