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BananAppeal: July 2009
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Insights and adventures from life inside the fruitbowl. Thursday, July 16, 2009. Apparently, I now qualify for "the meanest mom". My crime? Limiting my children's access to the TV. And the Xbox. And the computer. So I demand they turn it off. They throw tantrums. Call me mean. Roll their eyes. Say it's stupid. Accuse me of being unreasonable. Finally, the teen will storm off to a friend's house. The other will go into his room to listen to music and thumb through a soccer maga...Except for the high-pitch...
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BananAppeal: Snapshot
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Insights and adventures from life inside the fruitbowl. Sunday, October 04, 2009. He's always got a grin on his face. Hair tousled by the wind, he's in his element. The second half of the game, he volunteers to be goalie so the kid who usually tends the onion bag can get a little time on the field. Sport lunges, grabbing the ball not just with his arms but with his whole body. He doesn't waste any time, putting the ball back into play as soon as he can. Can I take the shot, coach? Is the coach serious?
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BananAppeal: Light a candle
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Insights and adventures from life inside the fruitbowl. Tuesday, August 25, 2009. As a public library cataloger, I get to look at lots of different books covering a vast array of subjects. Some of the most interesting are books are the ones aimed at elementary school kids: they cover the basics and whet the appetite. I enjoy working on a batch of Tween books, especially when the subject matter is animals or geography. I worked on insect books this morning. As always, I learned something new. Excellent bl...
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BananAppeal: Courage
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Insights and adventures from life inside the fruitbowl. Thursday, September 10, 2009. Lately I've been so tired. Depressed, even. Perhaps the dog days of summer are getting me down (and the fact that the air conditioning is broken at work). Mostly, it's the return-to-school blues, the chaos of the boys' schedules, the expectations, both spoken and unspoken, we have for our kids as they face another year of public education. I'm reading Rafe Esquith. SO and I are appalled. "You cursed in the classroom?
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BananAppeal: December 2009
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Insights and adventures from life inside the fruitbowl. Tuesday, December 22, 2009. It's a mustache. Despite how faint it is, it's definitely a mustache. I need a razor," he tells me. "I need to shave.". All our razors are dull. I know this because the last time I used one, I made a mental note to write "razors" on our shopping list. But I didn't do it. And now he needs a razor. Do you really think the world is going to end in 2012? Posted by Adjective Queen. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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BananAppeal: Bucket list
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Insights and adventures from life inside the fruitbowl. Sunday, October 18, 2009. A couple of my co-workers celebrated their 50th birthdays recently. It won't be long before I'm facing the same grim milestone. I feel like a grump admitting it, but I've grown to hate birthday celebrations. Unless you're under the age of 19, is a birthday party really necessary? I just hope it comes without any surprise birthday parties. I hate those things. Posted by Adjective Queen. Really Im with you on the birthday par...
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BananAppeal: September 2008
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Insights and adventures from life inside the fruitbowl. Wednesday, September 24, 2008. A couple of weeks ago, some old college friends came into town to deliver their son to our alma mater. A big group of us met for dinner and had a wonderful time revisiting our wild and crazy college days. The biggest topic of discussion was Facebook and how much fun it was to network and reconnect. It was finally feeling familiar. Posted by Adjective Queen. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile.
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BananAppeal: August 2008
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Insights and adventures from life inside the fruitbowl. Friday, August 01, 2008. Some movies have a special place in my heart. I'm not big on film ownership, but SO is, so we have a significant collection. We recently revisited a film from the Eighties. One that I think on fondly. Apparently, there's a scene in Andy Samberg's "Hot Rod" that rips off a scene from Footloose, and the boys wanted to see the original version. No wonder it felt (and still feels) so familiar. Posted by Adjective Queen.
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BananAppeal: September 2009
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Insights and adventures from life inside the fruitbowl. Thursday, September 10, 2009. Lately I've been so tired. Depressed, even. Perhaps the dog days of summer are getting me down (and the fact that the air conditioning is broken at work). Mostly, it's the return-to-school blues, the chaos of the boys' schedules, the expectations, both spoken and unspoken, we have for our kids as they face another year of public education. I'm reading Rafe Esquith. SO and I are appalled. "You cursed in the classroom?
