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Taking Notes

December 30, 2011

The thing about me is I’m a good listener. Sometimes you don’t know it because it seems like while you’re talking to me I’m not paying attention. Because I might be writing things I need from the grocery store on the back of a bank deposit slip while you’re telling me another story about your [...]

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Regret

December 29, 2011

There’s not a lot I regret in my life. Mostly because the choices I made that got me here gave me so many beautiful things…my children and my friends. But there is something I wish I’d done while I had the chance. My grandfather, Dadaw, who lost a tremendously hard-fought battle to Alzheimer’s ten years [...]

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On next year’s Christmas wish list, a tranquilizer gun

December 27, 2011

Christmas Eve brings with it much anticipation…and anxiety. The younger kids literally bounced off the walls starting from the moment they awoke…at six AM. “How many more hours until we can go to bed and Santa Claus comes?” played on a continuous non-stop loop in my head. At three in the afternoon I hid in [...]

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Breaking Story: Santa checks himself into rehab; President Obama agrees to postpone his Hawaiian vacation to save Christmas

December 23, 2011

Conversation I overheard my 9 year old and 6 year old having regarding Santa Claus… Harley: I don’t know how old Santa is, but he has to be at least 40. Because look at his gray hair. Ethan: Yeah, you’re right. But what would happen if something happened to Santa? Harley: You mean if he [...]

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Happy, Merry

December 21, 2011

Since I can’t send holiday cards to everyone the traditional way, pretend you went to your mailbox today and you opened this card from me and inside I wrote about how much I wish you and yours the very best for the holiday season. Because I mean it. Truly. However you choose to spend the [...]

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Christmas Gift Ideas: What NOT to do

December 16, 2011

Every year at Christmastime I struggle with one question. What the heck am I supposed to buy these people? And so I sit in front of my computer screen and peruse website after website trying to come up with ideas. But instead of finding gifts that WOULD be acceptable, I end up seeing a whole [...]

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Refrigerator magnets

December 14, 2011

So I don’t know if you watched or not…but this week A&E aired a Stephen King made-for-TV movie called Bag of Bones. It’s crazy shit. The main character is an author whose wife gets mowed down by a city bus while he’s at a book signing. And then SHE HAUNTS HIM. Mostly by ringing a [...]

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Seventeen Shirts

December 12, 2011

This is a particularly busy time of year for me. All self-inflicted of course. I spend most of my weekends during the month of December baking and wrapping and entertaining. And I love it. This last Saturday was busier than usual. I wanted to get the teachers’ gift baskets put together…so that meant two things… [...]

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