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These days, books are falling into 4 categories around here:
Books I Have to Read (or at Least Skim):
*Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott, for a class I’m teaching
*about a dozen books on co-parenting and divorce (skim city) for the book proposal I’m writing
Books TechBoo Wants Us to Read Together:
Catcher in the Rye because we both [...]
A Conversation with Lori L. Tharps
This holiday season, I made the following recipes so many times I could make them in my sleep at this point. Now that I’ve perfected them, it seems fitting–in the spirit of the season– that I pass them along:
Best Butter Cookies Ever
Ingredients:
1 c. butter
1 c. sugar
1 tbsp. vanilla
1 egg
2 1/3 c. flour
1/4 tsp. salt.
Soften [...]
Well, on Christmas Eve, I single-handedly put this together for BabyGirl…
…using one of these:
Mine is red and black. I even figured out how to change the bit. It only took me 3 hours.
I’m off to get a pedicure from BabyGirl. She’s using the kit she gave me for Christmas.
Merry Christmas and happy holidays!
So when I woke up this morning it was 9 degrees here. Last night, I discovered that my washing machine’s cold water pipe had frozen. So much for washing the comforter and other laundry I needed to do in preparation for my sister and niece’s arrival from Florida (yeah, we got that [...]
Conversation between MiniMe and BabyGirl in the car this morning:
MM to BG: Do you remember that one Christmas when Mommy’s friend gave us that big bag with all those toys in it? You know, the crazy lady? I don’t remember her name.
BG: Oh, yeah! I remember that!
MM: Remember how big your eyes got when you [...]
Donny Hathaway’s “This Christmas” is in heavy rotation here, of course. But here’s a little more soul for your stocking (yes, ours are hung over the inoperative fireplace).
(The “fall on your knees” line gets me every time.)
BabyGirl,to her preschool teacher in response to the teacher thanking her for the holiday gift:
“Oh! [insert dramatic hand-wave and eye-roll] I do ALL my holiday shopping at Walgreen’s!”
I’m feeling kinda blah and cranky.
I’m not going to blog about Caylee Anthony, the meter reader’s story, or the fact that I’m afraid that justice will not be served for this little girl. I’m not going to blog about “Katrina’s Hidden Race War”, or the fact that Scott Peterson’s 4th wife just might [...]
