Bella C. posted an article on Lunatic Family Tree - Sep 11, 2009, 11:32 am
So late this morning, I came to my senses and realized that while my day had started way better than most of yours probably had, it also wasn't really going the way it needed to. Inasmuch as: ...
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Bella C. posted an article on Lunatic Family Tree - Sep 10, 2009, 6:44 pm
This piece could just as appropriately have been labeled with any of the following titles: Ghost, Ghoul... Funky Scary Thing of Halloween Past Cut Her Some Slack, She's Doing the Best S...
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Bella C. posted an article on Lunatic Family Tree - Sep 8, 2009, 9:28 pm
A word to the wise: if you have any interest whatsoever in getting the dirt on which one of your sister's children has been blackmailing another one - and why - then pay attention to what I have t...
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Bella C. posted an article on Lunatic Family Tree - Sep 8, 2009, 4:31 pm
On slow news days at Lunatic Family Tree - which is to say days in which nobody in my family makes me walk around shaking my head incredulously - we like to show videos. Today's video is of this g...
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Bella C. posted an article on Lunatic Family Tree - Sep 7, 2009, 11:28 pm
So one of the hardest thing about being 3400 miles away from your honeyman is the time difference. Not in the middle of the day when you're both awake and able to talk like normal people take for ...
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Bella C. posted an article on Lunatic Family Tree - Sep 7, 2009, 7:37 pm
Okay, fine. It's bragging. It's just that I have to tell somebody since this blog is, well, y'know, mostly anonymous. It's not like I can call up my mom and say, "Yo, Mom! Check it out...
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Bella C. posted an article on Lunatic Family Tree - Sep 7, 2009, 10:03 am
Having pondered the situation more carefully, I finally hit upon some evidence that maybe Issa isn't completely without lunacy in her generally-balanced makeup. The topic emerged during conversati...
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Bella C. posted an article on Lunatic Family Tree - Sep 7, 2009, 7:03 am
Me: Isn't it excellent that I gifted you as the cool one on my new blog? Issa: You didn't gift me with anything. I am the cool one!
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Bella C. posted an article on Lunatic Family Tree - Sep 6, 2009, 4:53 pm
It's well-covered territory that my sister, Issa, and I are super-close and that since we live fairly close to each other, we spend a lot more time together than my other siblings and I do. Most o...
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Bella C. posted an article on Lunatic Family Tree - Sep 6, 2009, 9:16 am
We've touched on household appliances already, but never lawnmowers. Today I thought we'd enjoy another edition of "At least you're not in my family." With no further ado...
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Bella C. posted an article on Lunatic Family Tree - Sep 5, 2009, 2:31 pm
**Submitted by Holly, in Derby, KS This one's just overheard, but I thought it might be good for your blog. I heard these two ladies talking the other day: Lady 1: The only thing I can get th...
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Bella C. posted an article on Lunatic Family Tree - Sep 5, 2009, 9:41 am
When The Bloggess started following me on Twitter after I retweeted something funny she posted, first I was all, I Can Die Happy Now, As I Have Reached The Pinnacle Of Twitter Euphoria And It's No...
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Bella C. posted an article on Lunatic Family Tree - Sep 5, 2009, 8:47 am
This morning, before I'd mustered the energy bothered to get out of bed, I grabbed my phone to check email. One of my notes was from Issa. Here is what I read: "Yeah, so I guess I shouldn'...
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Bella C. posted an article on Lunatic Family Tree - Sep 4, 2009, 11:04 am
On the phone earlier with My Very, Very, VERY Far Away Honeyman, we had ourselves a tiresome little conversataion. I wish I could put the blame on him. Perhaps I exaggerate a little. Then again, ...
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Bella C. posted an article on Lunatic Family Tree - Sep 3, 2009, 12:24 pm
After a bit of Fun With Auntie Time in which little munchkin discovered the joy of markers (heretofore avoided in his home for very good reason, I discovered,) while Issa, grateful for the break, sat ...
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Bella C. posted an article on Lunatic Family Tree - Sep 3, 2009, 10:18 am
In the interest of keeping your LFT blogger happy, we will be taking a necessary diversion from the daily brew of family insanity, and playing with slightly undeniably more important topics today. It&...
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Bella C. posted an article on Lunatic Family Tree - Sep 2, 2009, 9:16 am
Last time I was in the same town as my mom and nephew Noah, we spent a lot of time in the bathroom together. Because my nephew is potty-trained, sure, but he's still at that stage of life in which...
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Bella C. posted an article on Lunatic Family Tree - Sep 2, 2009, 8:29 am
So far, there are no pictures on this blog. To repeat readers, it's obvious why. If you're new here: this blog has to be anonymous. To protect my sweet family from getting their feelings hurt ...
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Bella C. posted an article on Lunatic Family Tree - Sep 1, 2009, 9:22 pm
I think it would both annoy and amuse Grammy C. that I keep thinking about her and Heather B. Armstrong at the same time. Annoy, because Grammy C. was very, v e r y religious. And, well, Heather is no...
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Bella C. posted an article on Lunatic Family Tree - Sep 1, 2009, 2:47 pm
Since I started throwing stories about my family out into the web, I think about the idea of "family" in new and interesting ways. Today I read on Huffington Post that Michelle Duggar is pregnant with...
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Bella C. posted an article on Lunatic Family Tree - Sep 1, 2009, 12:46 pm
May I vent for a second? Yes? Thank you. So my brother Bob just called to say that he and his wife will be passing by close to me on their way to a conference. And although they're taking Jonah...
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Bella C. posted an article on Lunatic Family Tree - Sep 1, 2009, 9:34 am
So I've been going quietly about my business, allowing the awareness that I might just have a problem settle into a tiny space in the back of my brain where perhaps I'm hoping other experienti...
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Bella C. posted an article on Lunatic Family Tree - Aug 31, 2009, 11:29 pm
"Grammy C" is the Appalachian-born woman who brought my mom into the world. I've been meaning to tell you about this person. The person who may have had the most significant impact on me during my...
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Bella C. posted an article on Lunatic Family Tree - Aug 31, 2009, 7:53 pm
It occurred to me that I promised lots of funny. This post isn't, as it turns out, really all that funny. Except for that one little tiny piece, which you'll know when you see. But otherwise? ...
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Bella C. posted an article on Lunatic Family Tree - Aug 31, 2009, 12:24 pm
On the telephone with Andy, I misunderstand something he said. Then I realized my error. Me: "I'm sorry. Sometimes I get a little confused." Him: "That's all right, darlin. I know you do. I ...
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Bella C. posted an article on Lunatic Family Tree - Aug 31, 2009, 5:30 am
On the phone with Issa yesterday, I said to her, "Quick, give me something about your parenting style that was completely informed by your membership in our family tree" Her response? "What kind of...
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Bella C. posted an article on Lunatic Family Tree - Aug 30, 2009, 9:24 pm
From a phone conversation with a friend tonight: Him: "So my dad started a new blog. Me: "Is it about Jesus, like my dad's would be if he had a blog?" Him: "Oh
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Bella C. posted an article on Lunatic Family Tree - Aug 30, 2009, 6:29 pm
**Submitted by Helene Not really a part of the story, but a super-smiley detail as a bonus! I was out drinking the other night and my friend, to whom I am not related in actuality but who really ou...
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