calif mom posted an article on califmom - Dec 4, 2009, 8:17 am
Wednesday: We walked into Dr. W’s office expecting to get the details on Bob’s treatment, which we got. And then Bob got hooked up to start his chemo right then and there. Seems this time around, ...
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calif mom posted an article on califmom - Dec 1, 2009, 12:24 am
Image via Wikipedia There’s some line about God not giving you more than you can handle. Apparently, we’re not getting more information than we can handle. At least, not today, which is fine. ...
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calif mom posted an article on califmom - Nov 30, 2009, 12:40 am
A few days ago I started to get glimpses of The Calm. I started to let go of trying to plan for the unknown. I started to Just Be. Realizing I couldn’t make Monday get here any faster. Realizing ...
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calif mom posted an article on califmom - Nov 26, 2009, 6:42 am
I’m supposed to be making a pumpkin pie right now. Instead, I’m resting my back, waiting for Bob to get home with some ingredients I need. Bug is supposed to help me bake. He loves pie, and th...
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calif mom posted an article on califmom - Nov 25, 2009, 7:59 pm
This time, the elephant’s unbuttered. When my husband was originally diagnosed with cancer the onset was quick, but we didn’t realize what was happening. This time, we know. We’ve been gi...
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calif mom posted an article on califmom - Nov 24, 2009, 2:33 pm
I am not a patient person, but I’m learning. I’m being forced, like a buttered-elephant through a rabbit hole, inch-by-buttery-squeaking-inch, I learn to wait. I learn to wait to be able to pray...
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calif mom posted an article on califmom - Nov 22, 2009, 8:43 pm
Normally when I’m stressed, I rearrange the furniture, knock down walls, paint rooms, rip out flooring. You know, small projects like that. Thanks to my back, I can’t do any of those things. Ye...
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calif mom posted an article on califmom - Nov 20, 2009, 11:31 pm
This morning was Bob’s bone marrow biopsy. I slept until the last possible moment, put on the most comfortable clothes I could find, my rain boots, and some waterproof mascara. His sister met us the...
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calif mom posted an article on califmom - Nov 19, 2009, 9:34 pm
Image via Wikipedia I’ve been having a crisis of faith for quite some time. Most of you think it started when my husband was diagnosed with cancer. It was actually in the works a little earlier, ...
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calif mom posted an article on califmom - Nov 18, 2009, 4:49 pm
Some of you may have noticed a link in my sidebar below the BlogHer Ads calling for Help for Anissa. Yesterday afternoon, one of our blogging community’s most amazing women had a stroke and is fight...
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calif mom posted an article on califmom - Nov 11, 2009, 10:48 pm
My dad, March 1966 in Chu Lai, Vietnam. He was a Seabee. The above photo is part of a series of slides my father recently assembled from photos he saved from Vietnam, most of which I’d never seen...
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calif mom posted an article on califmom - Nov 10, 2009, 10:53 pm
Image via Wikipedia I’m on Week Four, kids. Still baby stepping. Still failing in some areas and making strides toward improvement in others. I can now fall asleep within an hour or two of going to...
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calif mom posted an article on califmom - Nov 9, 2009, 9:24 pm

Dear Dad,

I really feel like we missed an opportunity here. Even bigger t...
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calif mom posted an article on califmom - Nov 7, 2009, 6:10 pm
Check out the most awesome goodies I’ve unearthed for you to bestow upon your loved ones this holiday season. Or, if your loved ones suck at buying the right gifts for you, feel free to bestow some ...
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calif mom posted an article on califmom - Nov 7, 2009, 3:42 am
Image via Wikipedia (Valley Fever, which look a lot more like cotton candy than the asshole disease it really is.) Just throwing that one out there. You know? It would seem like, if He wants me to co...
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calif mom posted an article on califmom - Nov 3, 2009, 3:32 pm
The log house we bought in (yes in, not on) Johnson Lane in rural Northern Nevada, came with pile of scrap lumber left by the original owner/builder that my brother and I used to build forts over the ...
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calif mom posted an article on CalifmomHomeschools - Oct 27, 2009, 9:41 pm
Bug's decided to do a little baking, specifically pies. His first one was a recipe of his own creation. He convinced his sister to make the crust for him. He managed the rest. The verdict: YUM! r...
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calif mom posted an article on califmom - Oct 27, 2009, 3:29 am
Thanks for tuning in, nuts and sluts. It’s Week Three of this grand experiment wherein I try to retrain my brain and body in the ways of slumber. Want to know how I look? I’m showing you anyway....
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calif mom posted an article on califmom - Oct 25, 2009, 3:57 am
Image via Wikipedia This sleep training sucks. It’s hard. I feel like I’m in a 12-step program without a sponsor. I’m making some progress, like only using my bedroom for sleep (and sex, but th...
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calif mom posted an article on CalifmomHomeschools - Oct 20, 2009, 2:16 am
I'm looking for homeschooling parents who'd like to be interviewed for an article about homeschooling special-needs children. My own son is diagnosed with Asperger's and Tourette's Syn...
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calif mom posted an article on califmom - Oct 19, 2009, 1:10 am
Image via Wikipedia I’m a bad sleeper. Notoriously. Record-breaking. I was born a bad sleeper. Ask my mom. I didn’t go to sleep. I didn’t stay asleep. When I was a teenager, I didn’t...
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calif mom posted an article on califmom - Oct 16, 2009, 8:25 pm
You tell ‘em L.B.. Cuck Fancer. Fuck Cancer. Tomayto. Tomahto. Get Inovolved. Get educated. Make a donation. Let’s do this.
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calif mom posted an article on califmom - Oct 14, 2009, 7:08 pm
I will never be accused of spinning all the plates in the air. One or two plates? Maybe. Never a full set of dishes. Certainly no cups and saucers. Last week I had The Flu. I remained horizontal for...
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calif mom posted an article on califmom - Oct 12, 2009, 5:00 pm
Here’s a card from me to you. Smooches!
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calif mom posted an article on califmom - Oct 9, 2009, 2:42 pm
I have that unsettled feeling in my stomach. Well, two actually. One sends me alternately balled up under the covers and racing for the bathroom. The other sends me onto the internet searching for rea...
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calif mom posted an article on califmom - Oct 7, 2009, 10:36 pm
So, I’m sitting next to my man. We’re watching So You Think You Can Dance. Why? Because I’m waiting for Glee to come on, and I’m too lazy to extend my arm toward the remote and change the chan...
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calif mom posted an article on CalifmomHomeschools - Sep 30, 2009, 5:58 am
Starting this week, I’m the new Oakland Homeschooling Examiner. I’ll be publishing 3-4 articles each week at Examiner.com. The articles will cover regional information about homeschooling, as well...
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calif mom posted an article on califmom - Sep 29, 2009, 8:11 pm
Image via Wikipedia A text message exchange betwixt myself and Bob this fine evening as I lie under the influence of a muscle relaxer and a fistful of ibuprofen: Me: Broke my ...
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calif mom posted an article on califmom - Sep 28, 2009, 1:05 am
It’s no secret ‘round these parts that my athletic skills do not rely on eye-hand coordination. Aerial flips on a narrow bit of wood? Fine. Hit a ball with a bat? Fuck no. Consider my philosophy o...
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calif mom posted an article on CalifmomHomeschools - Sep 25, 2009, 7:15 pm
Image via Wikipedia After closing for nearly the entire month of September, on October 3-4 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., the William K. Holt Planetarium at the Lawrence Hall of Science will have it...
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calif mom posted an article on califmom - Sep 25, 2009, 6:54 pm
Image via Wikipedia Every. Single. Time. Every. Time. When you live it the ‘hood, you are blessed with overhead utilities. Electricity, cable, phone, internet. All overhead. It swings from the ...
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calif mom posted an article on califmom - Sep 22, 2009, 8:54 pm
This week is Banned Books Week. I'm rather fond of reading. My kids like books. They read around 140 novels last year between the two of them. After a quick look at the list of frequently ch...
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calif mom posted an article on califmom - Sep 20, 2009, 5:16 am
This one time at band camp…woops! Wrong story! My bad. Let me try that again. Friday, the family went on a little field trip to The Tech Museum, which I reviewed in full-color detail here. It was ...
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calif mom posted an article on CalifmomHomeschools - Sep 19, 2009, 1:50 am
Yesterday, Bug took the “day off.” As a contrast, I’d like to walk you through today, which actually started in the wee hours of the morning when Bug came into my room, unable to go to sleep unt...
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calif mom posted an article on CalifmomHomeschools - Sep 18, 2009, 1:17 am
Peanut had her schedule under control today and required very little from me, so I spent the day sidled up to Bug. He wanted to “take a day off from responsibilities” (except for feeding the dogs,...
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calif mom posted an article on califmom - Sep 16, 2009, 7:45 pm
Image by califmom via Flickr I been busy y’all. Seems I done birthed some kids a decade or so ago. Now, they want me to teach ‘em some stuff. You can read all about it in my posts over at Calif...
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calif mom posted an article on CalifmomHomeschools - Sep 16, 2009, 6:28 pm
This year, I’ve got my feet in two homeschooling worlds. My son is clearly unschooling. My daughter is homeschooling using California Virtual Acadademy, a public charter school. This is not tomayto ...
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calif mom posted an article on CalifmomHomeschools - Sep 14, 2009, 7:04 pm
Peanut is coming up to speed with California Virtual Academy (CAVA) already, and it’s only our second week. Granted, she decided to get a jump start on things and dove into her lessons a week early,...
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calif mom posted an article on califmom - Sep 12, 2009, 9:19 pm
It’s time someone speak out on behalf of those who don’t get it. They suffer in a stoic, serious world, never understanding the joy of rolling on the floor, laughing, peeing in their pants. It a...
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calif mom posted an article on califmom - Sep 12, 2009, 6:02 am
Image by cdw9 via Flickr Bob’s on a plane to Wisconsin—his first post-cancer flight. (He even has hair.) Fortunately, this trip's for pleasure, not business. He’s on his way to the Sea of C...
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calif mom posted an article on califmom - Sep 10, 2009, 5:29 pm
Image by Getty Images via Daylife The next time someone accuses you of sitting on your crack, popping that popular recreational drug, Zoloft, tell them you’re taking one for Al Gore. Here’s a...
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calif mom posted an article on CalifmomHomeschools - Sep 9, 2009, 12:44 am
The President’s Message for America’s Students Going Back To School: Obama To Speak At Wakefield High Today (dc.metblogs.com)
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calif mom posted an article on califmom - Sep 8, 2009, 6:39 pm
My dad’s home from le hospital. Now, instead of nurses poking him with needles around the clock while his ass hangs out, he gets to wear pants and go in to have his blood drawn every few days. Major...
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calif mom posted an article on califmom - Sep 3, 2009, 10:26 pm
I Need to Rob a Bank Why? Because the Ruche Fall Lookbook came out and there’s slobber all over my laptop. Big sticky, gooey piles of slobber. Or maybe I just finally wrote a review. Check ...
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calif mom posted an article on califmom - Sep 2, 2009, 3:08 am
Although it probably wouldn’t work because I’m already married and eMusic is website. I don’t think Bob will give me a divorce just so I can marry eMusic. Can I marry a website? Because right no...
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calif mom posted an article on CalifmomHomeschools - Sep 1, 2009, 11:30 pm

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calif mom posted an article on califmom - Aug 31, 2009, 7:55 pm
One of the awesome things about having a blog is the blog stats. Oh, yeah. Blog stats are the little window into the minds of the people who drop by here to read the crazy shit I write. Most of y’al...
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