Little Talks
A Brief Update Just a bit of an update about my Yelling Less Project. I’m doing a better job at controlling my yelling since I posted the Starting Over update. With the exception of the occasional...
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I’ve shared many stories that my son Jake has written for school. Some were funny, some were from an interesting point of view and some were like … what the huh? But this one my friends … this story is...
View ArticleAnd this one, with the mouth
My Mom’s Expressions My mom use to say things like that. You’d have a pouting look on your face, she’d say “What’s with the face?” Or there was this one, “Are you crying? I’ll give you something to...
View ArticleFootball, Turkeys and Double Digits
I have an excuse this time! Yes, I realized that I disappeared again but this time, I have a good reason. Let me break this down into where we’ve been and what we’ve been doing during our disappearing...
View ArticleFins to left, Fins to the right
A Strange Request My son Jake asked me a strange request last week …. “Can I get a fish?” Every since he turned 10, Jake has been asking for more responsibilities. Just this weekend, he asked me how to...
View ArticleOne Fish, Two Fish
With Two Fish and a Dog Our house is a very, very fine house With two fish and a dog Life used to be so hard Now everything is easy ‘Cause of you That’s the new theme song in our house. We have a new...
View ArticleWhat I Found
The things we find The other day when I was putting the groceries away, I accidentally knocked one of the fridge magnets off. It’s one of those big clip things with a magnet glued to the back of it....
View ArticleAdventures in Cooking
I cooked something I bet you never thought you’d read those words in this blog! After my Missing the Domestic Gene post went up, I started getting emails from friends with simple recipe ideas. And...
View ArticleCaptain’s Log, Star Date 2000 and Something
Another Story from Jake In the past, I’ve shared many stories that my son Jake has written for his reading class at school. Now that he’s back in school, the stories are starting to come back home in...
View ArticleI Heart Hot Wings
Another Writing Assignment I’ve been so busy with work these days that I haven’t had time to write for this blog. I made the executive decision today to give Jake the power over my blog again this...
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