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Bluestem: October 2014
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Friday, October 24, 2014. I'm not sure why I get so much pleasure out of this, but look! My library books match what I claim I'm reading, visible to you on the left. Guess which one is for my work book club. Nope. Wrong. Guess which one is for my best-ever book club. OK, you may have gotten that one right. Maybe. Links to this post. Labels: book group selection. Thursday, October 2, 2014. A fine late-season salad, from my friend Beth. I know kale is über trendy. 1 bunch of kale - curly is best.
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Bluestem: Happy House-versary
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Monday, March 9, 2015. Gosh, well, happy new year. That’s a bit embarrassing. I’ve been, um, busy. Anyway. If you would like some stylish shoes like these, here’s how to get them. Buy an old house. Work on it constantly for years. Wear the shoes a lot. And that’s about it. Yes, I did take this photo last summer. When there was grass. It's not like I don't have blog ideas. I just don't seem to prioritize the time to write. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Fighting Monsters with Rubber Swords.
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Bluestem: June 2014
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Thursday, June 12, 2014. Triathlon – end of an era. Well, I’m hanging up my swim cap, biking shoes, and running shorts. Not really, but I have vowed to stop the madness. No more triathlons. And I’m feeling just fine with that. I don’t enjoy the swim, and I don’t love the run. I can always sign up for a century bike ride if I feel the need for a goal. I expected icebergs after the winter we just had, but it was nice. Glad not to have a wetsuit. And although once again I was beaten by two women in their 70...
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Bluestem: Reading with apraxia
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Thursday, July 17, 2014. So, Nea is 10 now. She's having a great year at summer school (ESY). Finally a teacher who is teaching! He's reading real literature with them and introducing new concepts. He's doing fractions and teaching them about improper fractions using visual representations. Then he made some YouTube videos to show us parents what that means! There was great rejoicing! You are a gem. Some people don't like Junie B. Jones books because they are written in the voice of a kindergartener ...
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Bluestem: October 2013
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Sunday, October 6, 2013. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir. Fighting Monsters with Rubber Swords. I’m still on pause so don’t get excited. Living up to the hype. Doctor Grumpy in the House. December 7, 1941. The New PostSecret Book. Hyperbole and a Half. View my complete profile. You wouldnt believe how much were paying for private speech therapy.
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Bluestem: November 2014
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Wednesday, November 26, 2014. Then there’s pet hoarding, which is awful. Our guinea pig rescue group just took in 50 pigs from one such situation. They aren’t well socialized, so they are hard to find homes for. Hoarding in my family is much more manageable. My mom has 50 or 60 jars of jam in the basement at any given time. Nice, tidy hoarding. The master bedroom has 175 in a bookshelf, and 130 on the floor/nightstand. Yes, that looks just as well-organized as it sounds. I did some navel gazing not too l...
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Bluestem: August 2014
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Tuesday, August 5, 2014. Say hello to Owen. Sometimes new hobbies just show up overnight, don’t they? If you’d like to learn more, I highly recommend this book: How to raise monarch butterflies: a step-by-step guide for kids by Carol Pasternak. Here’s who we found, in order of appearance in our lives:. Rosie (taken by the Nash family). Daisy (taken by the Slusher family). Izzy (taken by the Long family). California (from an egg! Johnny Test (also from an egg! Junior One, Junior Two, and Stuccy. Fighting ...
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Bluestem: November 2013
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Tuesday, November 12, 2013. Beware of nutritional supplements promising miracles. Oh, gosh, what a shock:. A dietary supplement aimed at children with speech delays is being deceptively marketed by NourishLife, LLC, and may be hazardous to children’s health, according to findings by truthinadvertising.org. TINA) TINA, a nonprofit based in Madison, CT, has alerted the company and is filing complaints with federal and state regulators. They left a comment on my blog once. I deleted it, and posted this.
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Bluestem: Book hoarding
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Wednesday, November 26, 2014. Then there’s pet hoarding, which is awful. Our guinea pig rescue group just took in 50 pigs from one such situation. They aren’t well socialized, so they are hard to find homes for. Hoarding in my family is much more manageable. My mom has 50 or 60 jars of jam in the basement at any given time. Nice, tidy hoarding. The master bedroom has 175 in a bookshelf, and 130 on the floor/nightstand. Yes, that looks just as well-organized as it sounds. I did some navel gazing not too l...
