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Holy warm brownies and ice cream! She did it! Lily...
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'Sqwahr' is how a beautiful girl in our family tried to say ‘squirrel’ when she was two years old. She was embracing the human need to communicate and express, even if the attempt wasn’t perfect. Welcome to our family and other sqwahrs.
September 2008 Archives
A potpourri-perfumed candle...neutralized beneath impermeable glass. (Ladies, you...
Continue reading Message From Mars.
This is a comforting little message and print we...
Continue reading Hang In There, Brothers and Sisters.
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I went to pick Carrie and Lily up from...
Continue reading Prickly Pear.
Trying times, my friends...trying times. Our leaders and would-be leaders...
Continue reading Listen, Ye Candidates & Congressmen.
What is left? Well on us, what is on...
Continue reading What's Left?.
I tempted fate by including a picture of my feet...
"Think one of these can get tired?" I asked the...
Continue reading More Power To The Vent.
The story behind the Alphabet Books starts here. I wrote...
Continue reading Books for Beesley Babies.
There was this bug on the sliding door sill...
Continue reading Not A Shutter Bug.
Continue reading Father Goose #2.
It must have been the spicy tomato juice. I seldom...
Continue reading I Have Discovered Hiccups-Be-Gone.
This is the first animal I painted for our first grandchild, Michaela. It...
Continue reading Animal A-B-C's.
This morning I was dropping Carrie off at school when...
Continue reading A Little Morning Pick-'em-up.
RED RASPBERRIES were a happy part of my childhood....
Continue reading Little Berries. Big Deal..
$^&##@^&!! I do like gardening, I really do. But not...
Continue reading Dirt Diggin'.
Sometimes kids say things that amaze us. Sometimes they say...
Continue reading My Daughter, the Gambling Preacher.
When will the turkeys in congress quit...
Continue reading No Animals Were Harmed In This Depiction Of The Deth-picable*.
(Look at the staff, not the painting. You will...
Continue reading The Specter of Things to Come (?).
A few days ago Michaela’s Monarch butterfly hatched! The chrysalis...
Continue reading More Monarch Hatchings!.
There is something wrong if the younger generation doesn't...
Continue reading When We Were Their Age.
Three days of rain. Three days of coaxing/coercing the dogs...
Continue reading Rainy Days And Bored Dogs.
Last night we all went over to Grandma Boo's house...
Continue reading The Polar Bears Will Die.
Oh, monkey tails and diaper pails! We were so close!...
Continue reading So close....
Oh the life of parenting two beautiful girls as they...
Continue reading Waiting for Lily.
"How about BLTs for supper?" Michele asked over the phone....
Continue reading Loaf Bread Alternative.
Continue reading A Little Father Goose.
'I am sucking it in!,' is one of our tee...
Continue reading About My Belly.
A little background on the beginning of our website... I...
Continue reading Not Your Typical Morning.
I bought a digital camera today. It isn't...
Continue reading Technology, Smechnology.
Just yesterday the girls found another monarch caterpillar. It was...
Continue reading Another Monarch Caterpillar.
The humming birds will be leaving soon. We'll...
I went to a funeral today. An...
Continue reading Funerals and Sad Thoughts.
The Chops to Cook Pork
By on September 5, 2008 10:44 PM
All summer I've complained about cooking. It's hot. I'm too...
Continue reading The Chops to Cook Pork.
The monarch came out this morning! I went to check...
Continue reading Newborn Monarch.
A few weeks ago we collected some monarch caterpillars from...
Continue reading Caterpillars, Milkweed and Butterflies.
I don't believe in fate, destiny or divine...
Continue reading Reading Signs.
“Toadie’s back!” the girls said with excitement after I showed...
Continue reading Toadie's Back!.
Some foods just don’t sound good. We ignore the clear...
Continue reading Hummus Is Yummus.
"Life, and all it's vicissitudes," my late father-in-law used to...
Continue reading You've Heard This Before.
Evolution has created (evolution and creation, compatibly in the...
Continue reading Why Cry, Baby?.
(The pocket knife is for size reference.)...
Continue reading Who's Game?.
'Ring of repugnance,' is an intriguing phrase that I...
Continue reading Where Do I Use This?.
The Doggie In The Window
By on September 3, 2008 8:25 AM
The forty-something woman was agitated as she moved around the...
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Something In One's Eye
By on September 3, 2008 8:24 AM
Men are not as observant as women. It is very...
Continue reading Something In One's Eye.
Say What?
By on September 3, 2008 8:23 AM
The Speech Teacher, as they were called a long time...
Continue reading Say What?.
Rhymes With...
By on September 3, 2008 8:22 AM
The young granddaughters and I were sitting at the table....
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“Chit On A Stick.” That’s the punch line to my...
Continue reading Questionnable Choices.
One Of My Bestest Favorites
By on September 3, 2008 8:20 AM
Nothing slides down my throat as easily as a red...
Continue reading One Of My Bestest Favorites.
Once Upon A Time
By on September 3, 2008 8:19 AM
Our daughter moved with her husband to his hometown, Gladstone,...
Continue reading Once Upon A Time.
Mothers And Daughters
By on September 3, 2008 8:18 AM
Something triggered a few unique memories from when our son,...
Continue reading Mothers And Daughters.
May I Make A Suggestion?
By on September 3, 2008 8:17 AM
Cows are making news. There is concern about the amount...
Continue reading May I Make A Suggestion?.
We grew pumpkins for the first time this...
Continue reading I Don't Know About These Nicknames.
I Cook My Fried Green Tomatoes Naked
By on September 2, 2008 4:55 PM
I have fried green tomatoes and eggs for breakfast about...
Continue reading I Cook My Fried Green Tomatoes Naked .
How To Write A Poem
By on September 2, 2008 4:54 PM
There is a lot of mystery to writing poetry. I’ve...
Continue reading How To Write A Poem.
Helpful Truisms
By on September 2, 2008 4:53 PM
“Righty tighty, lefty loosey,” mutters the mechanic to himself. “Up...
Continue reading Helpful Truisms.
Come On, Come On. Where the Heck's My Patience?
By on September 2, 2008 4:50 PM
I will tell you a little secret. A long time...
Continue reading Come On, Come On. Where the Heck's My Patience?.
Better Than A Belly Bag
By on September 2, 2008 4:49 PM
"I'm still not used to your man-purse," Michele remarked....
Continue reading Better Than A Belly Bag.
Being Called A Sod Buster
By on September 2, 2008 4:47 PM
The more I work in my little vegetable garden, the...
Continue reading Being Called A Sod Buster.
A Truly Good Deal On Food
By on September 2, 2008 4:42 PM
There is a wonderful nationwide program for anybody to buy...
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A Message In A Bottle
By on September 2, 2008 4:30 PM
“BLECHH!” was Michele’s opinion of the wine labeled, ‘Our Daily...
Continue reading A Message In A Bottle.
