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Digging your way out of the pit of despair
I’m reblogging this, not because I agree with it, but because it has touched a nerve that is always raw for me, both on a personal level and on a professional level, and I intend to expand on that thought tonight…but, I didn’t want to lose my thought. The first paragraph is highly offensive (to…
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29/30 = 97% … not perfection
I’m bummed. Yes, I am a perfectionist. No, I didn’t actually expect to be able to blog 30 days straight. But, having managed 29 days, I really thought I had it in the bag, and then Friday, Nov 30, the last day of NaBloPoMo for November 2012, was a crazy day, and I just couldn’t…
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Evolving silliness
This morning, J wanted to wear his Lion King costume to school, adorned with his Lil Dragon karate belt, and swim goggles: And, then, of course, S needed to get in on the act, with a variation on how to wear the goggles: And, then he turned around, and turned the goggles around, and posed…
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Life lived through podcasts…
I commute 45 minutes each way, to and from work. I have always been the half of the partnership, both in my first, and in my present marriage, that has the longer commute. This arrangement tends to work reasonably well, as I do enjoy driving. I know exactly the point along I-95 when I will…
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Melt-down morning
This morning was a doozy! It started off OK, with both boys getting up on their own, but things quickly rolled downhill. J got into a unique naughty space, which led him to being quite contrary about getting dressed, and brushing teeth. And S thought it would be fun to goad is little brother into…
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Blown away thinking about Vulnerability
Being away for a week, I had gotten behind on my podcast listening, so, this morning, during my commute, I out on the most recent broadcast of On Being with Krista Tippett, and heard the most amazing interview with Brene Brown: http://www.onbeing.org/blog/bren%C3%A9-brown-leaning-our-vulnerability-video/4903 There were so many points that were made that really resonated with me,…
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Home again, home again, jiggitty jog!
We spent the entire day in the car. Our progress was delayed by traffic jams and multiple accidents, some of them frighteningly serious – we saw one car that had the entire top section squashed down – I can only hope the passengers survived, but it didn’t look good… We have been dealing with some…
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Our Shabbat-free Shabbat (cont’d)
We took a farewell walk around Lake Berkley today. It was a stunningly beautiful day – sunny, with a light breeze. We got to the lake, and spied a quartet of ducks, who clearly expected that we might have some bread crumbs to give them. And, then we spotted a floating empty milk jug at…
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A shabbat-free shabbat
I noted on FaceBook today our dear friends who made every effort to get home from their Disney vacation in time for Shabbat. They, of course, planned ahead, and have everything ready to go (apparently), with some help from worthy accomplices. We are never so foresighted in our Shabbat planning. Not at home, and never…
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Thanksgiving – Kissimmee, FL style
What a day!! I woke up this morning at 6:30 am, thinking “I have so much to cook, how will I get it all done.” We’re down in Florida, in a rental house, with a minimalist kitchen, and a dinner for nine to cook. And we never got the leeks!! The leeks were an integral…
