Monthly Archives: February 2009

Women’s work—

Posted on February 25, 2009 by K

First, I have two things to say: 1) I do not like saying goodbye.  Goodbye, Gin.  Goodbye, Max.  I can stand it today, but not yesterday. 2) Here’s a neat little technique: find something at Sam’s club that you know … Continue reading →

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And the winnah is . . .

Posted on February 23, 2009 by K

Drum Roll  Please!!!! (See, Megs?  I figured out how to do color!!  Woo-hoo!) Are you holding your breath?  Is your heart pounding? And if it’s not you, it’s not my fault.  It’s G’s.  Because I made him draw the winning … Continue reading →

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Oh, give me a home –

Posted on February 22, 2009 by K

Okay, home from church and dinner, consisting of a GF grilled chicken breast and left-over basically broccoli soup (where did that word come from, broccoli?  Does it sound French to you?  Latin?  Old high German?  And that spelling? Somebody made … Continue reading →

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Me too, me too –

Posted on February 19, 2009 by K

Oh, come on you little bums!  Only four of yous guys CARE??????  (Including Rachel, who already has it?Rachel – I’ll get you a Breaking Rank or a Slumming.)  This hurts.  This really hurts.  Step right up.  Take a swing.  You … Continue reading →

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AHHHH! AHHHH!!

Posted on February 18, 2009 by K

Warning: this a grass-roots, non-political person’s response to something she heard on the radio.  I stand to be corrected by those who may have first hand, educated in reality opinions concerning these things: So, I heard Mr. Obama on the … Continue reading →

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The new addition –

Posted on February 17, 2009 by K

A few minutes ago, G announced cheerfully that today, M had been gone eight months!  Only he was wrong.  He had it wrong.  Nobody around here is allowed to round up anything relative to time passing—time is only what it actually … Continue reading →

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Input, input –

Posted on February 15, 2009 by K

I find myself wishing this year away.  As though there will be no good in it.  As if it were all winter.  M will not be home in it.  Gin will not be moving back anywhere close.  All is waiting … Continue reading →

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The Great Pinata Party

Posted on February 13, 2009 by K

As part of our Gin’s birthday ritual (the dispelling of winter), we always did a pinata.  We did it with the Wills down the street every year from almost the beginning of the children because 1) our two families always … Continue reading →

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Friday, the 13th –

Posted on February 13, 2009 by K

A couple of weeks ago, the daughter (step, but honestly, nobody’s counting) of a dear friend of mine had a baby.  A brave little girl baby who came three months premature.  The daughter had this baby alone, in a bathroom—a … Continue reading →

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Two-fer

Posted on February 12, 2009 by K

In honor of the fact that Gin is HERE, or has been (who has time to post things when they could be hanging with the angels?), and that it was kind of her birthday, we hauled out the ancient garland … Continue reading →

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