toby is six
I forgot to sit weepily by Toby's bed Tuesday night, although it's my custom the night before his birthdays. I sit there by...
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Saturday, December 24, 2011
Thursday, December 22, 2011
the beach, and why I'm writing about not writing
I'm sitting in a hotel room, where it is quiet, except for the humming of appliances and the screeching of passing seagulls. We...
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Monday, December 19, 2011
for this I endured 4 months of labor
I read parenting magazines with this kind of detached arrogance. I mean, I think they're wrong about basically everything, but I would kind...
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Friday, December 16, 2011
Media fast day 5: Quitsville
Day 5: I don't know if I went in with the wrong motivation... I just know I was done yesterday. It was a...
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Thursday, December 15, 2011
day 4: quackers!
Housewife log, day something, losing perception of time This is Day 4, I think. Wednesday night, as I'm typing this. I am becoming...
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Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Media fast day 3: therapy
How many self-portraits can one take of oneself reading in 5 days? Stay tuned! Day 3: Tuesday night Tried depriving Tristan of sleep...
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011
media fast, Day 2: lonely
Housewife log, day 2: Planet Your Mom You know when it hurts? At 4 o clock in the morning, that's when. After I...
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Monday, December 12, 2011
media fast Day 1: the shakes
Housewife’s log, day 1, Planet of Not Even Pretending To Know Star Trek Lingo: The 7 of us residing in this house have...
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Friday, December 9, 2011
checkmate, tree.
Every year, the MOG and I battle it out over the appropriate display and duration of Christmas cheer. He would very happily skip...
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Monday, December 5, 2011
maybe Jesus isn't into Christmas.
It's December, y'all. That means it is FULLTIME Christmas cheer from now till December 26th. In fact, I started early this year, and...
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Friday, December 2, 2011
Genesis and the white-trash element
I've started this Bible-in-90-Days plan, and I'm in Genesis, you know, because it's at the beginning and all that. Genesis is pretty Jerry...
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Thursday, December 1, 2011
science fiction and multi-tasking
In some alternate universe, I'm a genuine multi-tasker. Now the MOG and all my sci-fi geek friends (looking at you, jennerith) are spitting...
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Wednesday, November 23, 2011
roots, emotions and thankfulness
Now, if you're a longtime stalker reader of this blog, then you know I come from what used to be a big family...
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Tuesday, November 22, 2011
my almost near death feeling like experience: or the art of the long blog post title
Liz I'm not a medical type. I can hold my own when I need to talk to doctors about my kids, but besides...
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Friday, November 18, 2011
the yablonskis buy a house
You know those friends of yours who are shacking up, and they keep saying they're going to get married, but they have to...
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Tuesday, November 15, 2011
fight for your right
There's these lines, in blogging, and marriage, and blogging about marriage. I aim to be good at mocking my husband without dishonoring him,...
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Monday, November 14, 2011
Tristan is one!
My joy-baby is 1. We're having his birthday party later this week, but his real birthday was yesterday. I've been reliving the days...
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Friday, November 11, 2011
full of it
Just quit reading this post now, it's disgusting. Who writes about this stuff, anyway? But this is my life, and what my life is...
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Tuesday, November 8, 2011
coping: courtesy of dollar tree
I spent yesterday in the emergency room with R2. I can think of no better way to spend an afternoon, except maybe slamming...
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Thursday, November 3, 2011
panic at the target
They called from the school a few days ago. "Richy's not feeling great," they said, as he screeched uncontrollably in the background. "He's...
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Wednesday, November 2, 2011
more marriage advice. you love it.
When I write a post like yesterday's, I'm usually in the middle of regretting it as I click publish. Because I know it's lightweight,...
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Tuesday, November 1, 2011
marriage advice, but barely
One thing I've learned from being a wife for half my life is how to rhyme, right on time. That's not actually where...
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Monday, October 31, 2011
why it might be time for a tour
I've been in a rut, writing-wise. Try saying that 3 times fast. How'd you like them seashells, Sally? Anyhoo. It's just been hard...
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Wednesday, October 26, 2011
slices of life: for the voyeurs.
• I have a lazy eye, which means my right eye is really dominant, and I basically don't use my left eye. To...
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Tuesday, October 25, 2011
in which I fail to make a friend
I'm a friendly cat, born in the South, you know, apt to strike up conversations at Walmart or the doctor's office or whatever....
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Friday, October 21, 2011
validation and being an accepted mess
One of my favorite things about blogging is the community of it. I love to say something random, like "There is nothing grosser than...
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Thursday, October 20, 2011
schedules and neuroses
In the morning, I have such good intentions. Not every day, mind you. Some days I wake up and think, I'm not going...
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Wednesday, October 19, 2011
the new kid
Teenagers are different from kids. Also, they are the same as kids. But different. There's not really any point questioning me, you just...
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Tuesday, October 18, 2011
thirtythree
As of today, I am 33 years old. Well, it's my today, your tomorrow, which will be your today, which makes my birthday...
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Thursday, October 13, 2011
I am frightened to death, and discover I am weak
Sometimes, you come face to face with your humanity. You know? You power through unbearable obstacles, and survive. You struggle and you fight...
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Monday, October 10, 2011
rememorating: a year ago
reposting from a year ago: I didn’t sleep last night. Did you? I was dreaming about your baby. Is that weird? Did you...
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Thursday, October 6, 2011
enlarging our borders: workout for the heart
I'm starting to get that feeling. It's kind of like a soul itch, to try to put it in words. It's this feeling,...
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Tuesday, October 4, 2011
mommy guilt
I feel relatively guilty about not blogging for days. On the guilt scale, maybe a 3, though. Not blogging has to get in...
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Saturday, October 1, 2011
and we don't sound, like Madonna...
When the MOG is not cleaning the kitchen with dishtowels or eating cereal in my bed, he's usually on the road with a...
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Thursday, September 29, 2011
imagination and the door to the world
I spent my childhood inside my head. There were probably people around, but I was busy being Nancy Drew, or a tragic heroine...
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Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Life, pain, and making lemonade
You know, sometimes life throws you a curve ball. I don't speak sports, but I'm pretty sure that means "something unexpected". And then...
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Friday, September 23, 2011
Caution: Student Driver
I've been in the market for an auto-apology device for about 10 years now. Not an automatic-apology device, like that says, "I'm SORRY...
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Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Song of Songs
At night, my love came to me, in the dark of night, when I was asleep. "Let's talk of worrisome things," he said...
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Monday, September 19, 2011
From the Clarkives: About a band, part 2
So, about this band. Read part 1 first, that's the way to do things. This one should cover approximately 2001-2006. After a while, we...
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Thursday, September 15, 2011
jack of no trades, master... apprentice... hmm.
Finally. I think all my kids are asleep. No, wait... almost. The last holdout is deciding if he can sleep through me typing,...
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Tuesday, September 13, 2011
exploring the big stupid outdoors
Our homeschool curriculum calls for an Exploration Day once a week, when we go outdoors and you know, explore, and then we're supposed...
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