I’m grateful for the three day holiday for our family. Recently I’ve noticed that it takes more than one day off to recover, rest and get ready to go back to work. It takes two days. Or more. One day to do what needs to get done. And another day to breathe, blow rainbow soap […]
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It takes two…or more…
May 30th, 2004 · Comments Off on It takes two…or more…
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Next my kids will want one too
May 29th, 2004 · 1 Comment
This morning I heard Abigail and Michaela (ages 5 and 3 respectively) asking each other: “Are you voting for Bush or for Kerry?” Then I saw that Dean Esmay had linked to a newspaper report from Britain where a two-year-old has received a polling card, giving her the ability to vote in an upcoming election. […]
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One more thing to do
May 24th, 2004 · Comments Off on One more thing to do
Yesterday I was tired after dinner. I had dishes to do, a floor to sweep and food to put in the fridge. Abigail and Michaela had made little presents for me. But I confess I felt exhausted and that I had my own list of what needed to happen. Opening their gifts was one more […]
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Geek Meeting for Women
May 23rd, 2004 · 1 Comment
Today I overheard Abigail telling Michaela during playtime that they were going to the “Geek Meeting for Women”. Where they got that idea, I have no idea. When I tried to ask them about it, they didn’t want to comment….:)
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Living among the trees
May 22nd, 2004 · 2 Comments
Via Scott at Metafilter, I enjoyed reading this story about a father and daughter camping in the forest for four years near Portland, OR: A man and his 12-year-old daughter spent the last four years living in a remote hillside in Portland’s Forest Park, police said. The pair was discovered in a dense, wooded area […]
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