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three little women
Brissa, Brandee and Brianna. One of the many parts of my Saipan vacation was being able to spend so much time with my nieces: Brissa, Brandee and Brianna. Brianna was just a toddler when I left for...
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TJ and his nino
TJ’s godfather, or nino, is my brother-in-law Will. Will is such a great guy. When Bobbie and Will first started dating, I was in the fifth grade and I repeated what I had heard on Ricki Lake: “Yeah I...
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familia
My sister Arlene visited Seattle this weekend. It was really nice to spend some time with my oldest sister especially since the weather was just gorgeous. Seattle’s normal gray clouds burned off and I...
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Nice things lately
1. I really like this song: 2. I did this on a swing and the swing did not break. 3. Nathan reformatted the Wii and now he needs my help to conquer Super Mario Bros (JUST WHEN I GOT TO WORLD 9) to...
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What I ask you to do
A man was sorting through our neighbor’s recycling bin and glass bottles. He said he was her brother and was doing this for her. “If it were easy,” he added, “women and children would be doing it.” And...
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brain dump
My iMac ate it last week. Nathan woke me up on Friday with my least favorite sentence, “Mommy, the computer isn’t working.” It was this bright, final scene of LOST kind of white with that wheel...
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Some updates!
Thanksgiving was great. We went to my brother’s house for lunch and all I was in charge of was the ham. I don’t think I’ve shared how much, how deeply, how intwined my identity is with ham, but oh,...
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Yo Gabba Gabba
This past Christmas, I gifted my family with some tickets to the Yo Gabba Gabba: Get Your Sillies Out! concert in Seattle. Unfortunately, since the concert wasn’t happening right at that exact moment...
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Adding it up with PBS Kids
My family trekked out to the Pacific Science Center yesterday to try out some new games launched by PBS KIDS as part of its educational initiative: “It All Adds Up.” The activities provide families...
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What to do about jerk moms
We signed Nathan up for the Cub Scouts a few weeks ago. He hasn’t been involved in structured, team activities so we thought this would be a good way to teach him about sportsmanship and other lessons...
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What I want for Mother’s Day
My inbox is inundated with Mother’s Day Gift Guides, but they’re all being directed to the wrong person. These companies need to email my husband and my sons, if they can ever stop watching Super...
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I’m a new fan to the Vine app and these 6 second videos have been incredibly fun to make, especially since 6 seconds is my attention span and I can’t even count past six. So here you go: I performed...
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Some stories about my sister
My sister Bobbie is my best friend. I talk to her every single day. Because of the time difference, she is usually waking up when I’m eating lunch so we always talk which means she talks to me while I...
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In which my family moves far, far away
About a month ago, my brother told me he and his family were moving to San Diego because he got a job there. My heart sank. He moved here back in 2007 when our oldest boys were just toddlers. I had TJ...
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A happy July 4th
We had a lovely July 4th at home even though this was the first holiday without my brother and his family. I didn’t know until today what it would feel like to not celebrate with my brother,...
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Pretend-At-Home Mom
The kids’ daycare was closed for a week so I used up some vacation time to play Pretend-At-Home Mom or PAHM, which sounds like a name I would give my daughter only so I could yell it out obnoxiously...
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