Archive for March 2014
Friday, March 28, 2014
Friday 5: Celebrating Simplicity
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Monday, March 24, 2014
Spring Break. The Window to What Summer Break Will Look Like.
I always treat Spring Break like a test run for Summer Break.
How do the kids handle multiple trips to the grocery store?
How do the kids get along together at the house?
How do the kids deal without having solid plans each day?
How does one act while the other has a friend over?
How many times does one accidentally dump a pound of lunch meat on the floor?
You know. Those types of everyday situations that may test your sanity over a long stretch of time.
Thus, Spring Break is always the time where I start planning for summer camps.
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How about you? Have you started planning for summer?
Because they say posts are better with pictures here's one from yesterday, our last day of break. Vance had his first baseball game and unfortunately the temps were somewhere around 30 degrees. Vaughn spent a fair chunk of time in Justin's arms and covered with a blanket. Our games have been cancelled for this week due to low temps. Baseball gods where are you? We need some weather!!!
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Friday, March 21, 2014
Friday 5: Celebrating Simplicity
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Thursday, March 20, 2014
Happy it's finally Spring!
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Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Spring Breaking with Abe
Happy Wednesday! If you need me, I'll be at my big chicken-less house, waiting for the weather to warm up so Spring Break really feels like Spring Break!
Friday, March 14, 2014
Friday 5: Celebrating Simplicity
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Worm Attack
A few Tuesday's ago I set out to make a quick birthday card. I ran down to the basement, grabbed what I needed from a bookcase, and headed back upstairs to work. I don't like being in basements so I always work like this. On the trip upstairs I felt something on the underside of the box in my right hand. I assumed it was dried hot glue and continued on.
I unloaded my materials onto the kitchen table and got to work. A few minutes passed and then I reached for the box. I picked it up (felt the dried glue on the back again), took what I needed out, and began working until I realized that I needed to see the instructions on the back of the box. I grabbed for it one more time (felt the glue on the back AGAIN), flipped it over to find not dried hot glue but a dead, dried worm stuck on the back. It took me a second to recognize it as that was not what I was expecting at all.
I screamed. I'm usually not a screamer but I screamed a whole lot. I couldn't stop myself. I sounded just like Ferris's sister at the end of this 26 second clip.
I dropped it and ran over to the sink to scrub my hands. My ears were ringing and my heart felt as if it would beat right through my skin. Because of a stinking worm, yes. Ever since the day a heathen of a boy dropped a worm down the back of my shirt is when I started loathing them.
I unknowingly fondled that beast at least 3 times and was grossed and weirded out. How the hell does that even happen? Can worms climb vertically? Maybe the worm was lonely and attracted to those squiggly lines on the box.
I did what any normal person would do afterwards. I covered the remains with a napkin, used a pencil to push the box away from where I was working and went on with my business.
When it was time for dinner I carefully carried it out of the kitchen and placed it on the dining room table. I confess that it is still there but I have been dusting around it. Ridiculous? You bet. I keep waiting for it to disappear on its own but no luck. Here's hoping for tomorrow.
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Friday, March 07, 2014
Friday 5: Celebrating Simplicity
Here's to pancake muffins.
This new-to-me technique is the only way pancakes will make an appearance a school day.
Here's to creative minds.
Here's to being thankful for the things you never think about until they stop working.
Our lower level furnace stopped working which meant breakfast and coffee with winter coats.
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Tuesday, March 04, 2014
My Go-To Birthday Gift for Boys
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