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Jan 20, 2012, 3:16 pm
The single mom for a weekend edition…
1. Yes, just this one little weekend. Hubs is in L.A. at a nerd convention.
2. Have you ever gone into a store, say, like a Target and started looking at the clothes and one top looks very familiar? You look down and realize you are wearing that top right th... Comment - Like
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Jan 16, 2012, 11:31 pm
I really, really wanted to do a fifteen last Friday but oh my goodness gracious, life got in the way!
It started on Friday with the little girl auditioning for a fine arts school. I was so nervous and freaked out for her that she didn’t feel the need to be nervous at all–I’m a giver. Later th... Comment - Like
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Jan 11, 2012, 11:52 pm
I’ve read John Green before. Heck, I’m even a nerdfighter. Please, look that up. I’ll wait if you promise to come back. Unfortunately, I haven’t read his award winning Looking for Alaska, although I plan to do so soon. See my itsy-bitsy reviews of the ones I have read here and here.
Now, wi... Comment - Like
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Dec 13, 2011, 3:56 pm
There's no more dancing with the dogs when the kids go off to school. No more quiet days of writing and waiting for 2:30. Those days are gone. At least for the 2011-2012 school year. For the past fourish months I've been (drum roll please)...a homeschooler... I know!
Two still have the hurried mo... Comment - Like
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Aug 12, 2011, 3:32 pm
Hawaiian Haystack edition…
1. If the above picture looks good to you, here’s the recipe. For the love of refrigerator space, please halve the recipe. I did, and I still have mucho mucho leftovers. That’s okay though cause it’s Y-U-M.
2. Debated using half or halve on number one. By the tim... Comment - Like
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Aug 5, 2011, 9:32 pm
1. This is for you sis! Sorry it’s so late in the day.
2. I love that I got to spend two hours in the kitchen making dinner. No rushing, no Hamburger-Helper-tossed-together meal. It’s nice to finally spend family time and relax.
3. 17 days till school starts!
4. Yeah, we went there. The egg d... Comment - Like
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Aug 3, 2011, 9:01 pm
Is this thing on? Who knows if anyone will read this now that I’ve been gone from blogland for almost a full year. I tried my hand at the retail world for said year and have returned with many more bumps, bruises, tales and even muscles. Even as a part-timer that world took it’s toll and left me... Comment - Like
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Aug 31, 2010, 2:19 pm
Just a little tidbit for Tuesday…
Apparently there are many many types of elves. Not all of them are small or helpful or under contract with North Pole Enterprises, Inc. I know, surprising, right? And I never would have known this if I hadn’t posted the above pic in my last fifteen for friday. ... Comment - Like
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Aug 30, 2010, 5:33 pm
Since this is supposed to be a writing blog, I thought I might put up some actual writing! This is a very small part of the short story I’ve been revising. It was rejected a bunch, but I love the story and I haven’t been able to get it out of my head. Thoughts? Comments? Criticism? I can tak... Comment - Like
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Aug 27, 2010, 3:17 pm
…the return. Remember these are random thoughts, k?
1. You think your commute is bad? Feel better? Glad I could help.
2. Looking over old drafts can be disheartening. See the purple marker? It’s purple for a reason.
3. Purple prose –noun
writing that calls attention to itself because of i... Comment - Like
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Aug 24, 2010, 3:08 pm
…was a new air conditioner!!!
My niece made this!
My 13 year-old niece R.A. came to visit us for a week and left a bunch of awesome artwork. She did this free-mouse in PAINT! No really, we watched her. Amazing!
I’ve started a new job. It makes for interesting people watching, interacting, etc... Comment - Like
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Feb 12, 2010, 6:36 pm
record breaking snow edition:
1. I realize that this may not look like record breaking snow to a lot of the country. But I have never in my life seen so many healthy white snowmen. Usually they are streaked with dirt and full of dead leaves and grass.
2. Personally I wouldn’t mind never ever mak... Comment - Like
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Feb 3, 2010, 12:26 pm
These are the books I’ve read for the last week or so…
An Abundance of Katherines by John Green: Funny, funny, funny. Loved the footnotes especially. A light read.
Lucky by Rachel Vail: For me this was uber light. For rich kids whose parent(s) lose their income it might be more significant. I ... Comment - Like
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Feb 1, 2010, 3:30 pm
Remember when all you had to do was picture yourself in a cubicle and a job would land in your lap? When job-hopping was a normal occurrence since companies just kept handing out more and more amounts of cash? Those were the days when recruiters would hound you until you told them I seriously seri... Comment - Like
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Jan 26, 2010, 1:24 pm
well, not yet anyway.
Here’s what went down at the local library I 1) picked up Paper Towns, then 2) looked and searched for and inquired after These Is My Words but 3) it was nowhere to be found. To assuage my melancholy regardingthis fact, I 4) picked up An Abundance of Katherines, (by John Gre... Comment - Like
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Jan 25, 2010, 10:15 am
Now that I’ve got you humming…
My writing hiatus is officially over. Back on the blog, back on the Word doc. So do me a favor, comment!!! I love the feedback and it encourages me to write more of the stuff you’ve come to know and love, or at least tolerate.
I’ll also be heading back to the... Comment - Like
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Jan 22, 2010, 6:24 pm
1. Thanks to Laura for getting me on here today.
2. It’s been a busyish month since I’ve last been on.
3. Christmas and New Years have passed.
4. My dear Grandpa Tolbert passed away on 1/09.
5. The newest addition to our family was born on 1/13. Hi Zo-Zo…Auntie Jen LOVES you!
6. A death... Comment - Like
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Dec 16, 2009, 1:28 pm
Some things you only hear or see once a year. Some things you only hear or see once ever. Some things you don’t start hearing or seeing until you listen and open your eyes.
You know that sound you hear when the wind is rustling the leaves in a tree? The swishy, slow but constant sound? Well I... Comment - Like
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Dec 11, 2009, 2:07 pm
1. In case you didn’t already know it, I LOVE alliteration. In fact, I would be okay with this as my epitaph:
Jennifer Leigh Weadon Parker * November 18,1975 – November 18, 2075
Mommy, Grandmommy, Great-grandmommy and Astonishing Advocate of Abominable use of Alliteration
I know it&... Comment - Like
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