Some things finally make sense….

 
Having spent a full week with two ‘tweens’ and a eight year old, I now fully understand why some animals eat their young.
I love her expression – I looked the same way this morning.  “Oh dear God give me patience and I need it now!” 
Can’t you just hear the conversation they might be having…or rather [...]

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6th Grade Promotion

 

Thanks to E S GIBBS & Time for the photo…precious
Random thoughts and memories of the Big Day….
Three rehearsals before the big event…Tiring
One wardrobe malfunction…who knew his feet were going to out grown the ‘viola recital shoes’ in little over one month?  $15.00
CA’s “June gloom” burning off just as he receives his certificate.
Taking photos at the [...]

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Superbowl Soup

 
At our house, the countdown has begun for the Super Bowl.  The guys are all excited.  They’ve been remembering their days playing high school football when I would call from the stands….”What inning are we in?” 
I have no idea which teams are playing, but I will be watching….. the commercials.  I have reserved my spot on the couch.  I [...]

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Six Random Things…..

 My blogging friend, Catherine Sherman linked to me in her post entitled “Six Random Things.”  CatherineSherman@wordpress.com. 
Catherine says it’s time to play the ”six random things” meme.
1. Link to the person who tagged you. (Click on Catherine Sherman above.)
2. Post the rules on your blog.
3. Write six random things about yourself. 
4. Tag six people at the end of your post and [...]

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Out of the Mouth of Babes…..

  
 We were at a dinner party with family and extended family recently.  Our grown sons were there, as well as some people we had not seen for several months.  One member present has never caught on about inappropriate topics of discussion or language for that matter, when children are present.  I am one of, (I [...]

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Karma? Where does She work?

      

My newly Americanized friend was telling me latest info from the “grapevine” re: the N.  This latest bit of news made me laugh, joyously.  (Sorry if you think I’m a heartless *#!^>.  Obviously you haven’t been paying attention.) 
My friend said, “What do you think of that?!”  I replied with, “I warned him.  It just [...]

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Best If Used By…..

My friend Jan had the following line in one of her posts…..”thing with an expiration date.”  I didn’t really notice it the first time I read through.  When I re-read it over the weekend, it really struck me.  That is so very true.  My friendship with the N had an expiration date before the relationship [...]

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Karma’s a *#^*@!

During the past two years, I have been getting my undergraduate degree in psychology.  I am fascinated by a disorder known as Narcissistic Personality Disorder.  Specifically in regards to the devastation that people with NPD have on their victims or “targets.”  It is for purely personal reasons. You see, I was a target. 
I read everything I could get my [...]

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Silly phrase for a really dear friend…..

“Fam-ends:  n  A long-lasting relationship where friends, who have become too dear to be just friends, become Family.” 
     When work resumes after the long summer vacation, colleagues will gather for meetings and someone will ask “where did you go, what did you do?”  For me, vacation means time away in the Emerald City, with [...]

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