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Monday, September 29, 2008

There is barely time to draw breath

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I know you all know what I mean. And I'm sorry that some of you were wondering if I'd fallen into a hole somewhere and couldn't ...
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Monday, September 22, 2008

Why we aren't scientists

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Today, we got out the microscope and selected some slides and slide covers (no, I'm not talking about the kinds of slides you find at pl...
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Thursday, September 18, 2008

Coming up on InsomniMom...

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It has been a very strange week and we have been scampering to keep up with classes and deadlines and the occasional unexpected quandary tha...
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Monday, September 15, 2008

The Threat

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Meelyn, Aisling and I share a bathroom, the upstairs bathroom. It is big (I think maybe it used to be a bedroom) with a sweet, low barrel ro...
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Sunday, September 14, 2008

TUESDAYS WITH DORIE (In spirit, after church) -- Basic Biscuits

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Four times I have made Dorie's Basic Biscuits. Four times I have failed. This really honks me off because biscuits -- especially ones wh...
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Friday, September 12, 2008

Hot stuff

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Yesterday at MOPS, Meelyn and a university student had two babies in their care in the 12-18 months class. One was a sweet baby girl and the...
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Thursday, September 11, 2008

New gig for the girls

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This has been a grade A, most-this-amazing sort of day. First, Meelyn and Aisling were unexpectedly asked to do a school-year gig doing chil...
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Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Summary of our week (so far)

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1. Aisling had an unpleasant intestinal virus and Meelyn did all her regular school work on Monday; 2. Aisling was better on Tuesday, so we ...
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Saturday, September 6, 2008

Tuesdays with Dorie (in spirit, on Friday) — Chunky Peanut Butter and Oatmeal Chocolate Chipsters

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I read many of the Tuesdays with Dorie blogs about these cookies (scroll down and look on the left for the TWD blogroll) , and since we'...
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Friday, September 5, 2008

First week of school complete

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We are ready to DROP IN OUR TRACKS. This year's course of study is requiring about six hours of work, and it is heck-a-slammin' all ...
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Thursday, September 4, 2008

Because sometimes your hair looks funny

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Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Whisk Wednesday Assignment #14, Part 2 -- Brochet a Beurre Blanc (Whole Poached Pike with White Butter Sauce)

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I missed last week's Whisk Wednesday assignment for a lot of reasons I gave Shari -- all of which were true, Fearless Leader! So don...
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I'm a happy Catholic; a wife; a homeschooling mother of one teenage daughter and one college-aged daughter; a writer; enthusiastic crafter of countdown paper chains; a Buffy fan, a reader; a Shakespeare teacher; a literature teacher; a composition teacher; a former soap-maker; a minivan driver; an inward grump; an outward sweetie-pie; a history geek; a dog lover; a rehabilitated and repentant former thief of bandwidth; a killer of plants; a soft-hearted taker-in of strays; a reformed housekeeper; an insomniac
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