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Meow Musings: October 2010
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A random online journal. Sunday, October 24, 2010. I just found this Web site, Growing Up Heroes. Superheroes. Pictures of real people dressed up as superheroes, long ago, when they were kids. There is such a fun, vintage feel to this site. I mean, look at this. How great is this Ewok picture? Links to this post. Saturday, October 23, 2010. We stopped at Hy-Vee after school yesterday and driving through the parking lot, Rye said, "I smell something.". Oh," he said, "what kind? But what animal is it?
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Meow Musings: March 2011
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A random online journal. Wednesday, March 16, 2011. Maybe at least it would make a good story, I told my son. Not that this story is awful by any means. More … irritating, I guess, than anything else. But also kind of funny. My son, who turns 6 in May, takes gymnastics twice a week. Mondays and Thursdays at 5:30. This week, though, his mom is running a St. Patrick’s Day 5K on Thursday, so we sought out a make-up gymnastics class for him last night. Ugh Lesson: Always double check what you think you know.
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Meow Musings: August 2011
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A random online journal. Sunday, August 28, 2011. It'll change your life. Dear Nurturing Girl,. It is often said that a good way to treat others that we love is to imagine that it is our last day with them.or our last day alive. But what if we tried instead, to live as though it is our VERY FIRST DAY with them? Life is so beautiful, so full, so miraculous. Welcome to the first day of your life! Links to this post. Wednesday, August 24, 2011. And b Why don’t you think before you speak? I know I said only ...
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Meow Musings: January 2011
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A random online journal. Wednesday, January 19, 2011. Putting the baby girl to bed. I've made it more difficult than it should be. I never stopped rocking her to sleep. And now she's 20 months old and used to the cuddling. So to get out of it, I know what has to happen. Laying her down, kissing her goodnight and then putting up with the crying. I made another mistake a few weeks ago, though. I added a step to falling asleep. Nice work, Mommy. On a last-ditch whim, I tried "Jingle Bells.". Because I've ha...
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Meow Musings: November 2010
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A random online journal. Thursday, November 18, 2010. It didn't take much time, money or advance preparation. But the half birthday celebration I put together for my babies yesterday was well worth it. We had store-bought pizza that I cooked in the oven. We had a bouquet of balloons that cost $8 from the grocery store's floral department. I made cupcakes, from a box and a jar. I gave some to Rye to bring to Paige's daycare as a treat. He said, "Thank you, Mom! I bought candles for 88 cents. I didn't feel...
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Meow Musings: February 2011
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A random online journal. Saturday, February 12, 2011. I want pockets like Micah. So I'm sticking my hands down my pants. How cute (and SMART) am I? Thank you, Jessica, for the photo). Links to this post. Wednesday, February 2, 2011. Snow day (x) two. Today was the second snow day. My kindergartner was out of school again, I still felt sick and my toddler was still as rambunctious as ever. No one cared that Mommy still had to work, even if school was called off, even if she felt sick. A glass of wine and ...
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Meow Musings: April 2011
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A random online journal. Friday, April 15, 2011. Unless you're really not paying attention. We're going to get a little smarter as we get older. That's what superstar author Elizabeth Gilbert told me last month when I called her for an interview. She was in a hotel room in Idaho, in the middle of a speaking tour that brought her to Omaha last week. Letting myself be the writer instead of ELIZABETH GILBERT! Anyway, here's what ran in the World-Herald. I'm pretty proud of it. The author of the mega-success...
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Meow Musings: December 2010
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A random online journal. Sunday, December 12, 2010. O, Christmas tree. Every morning when I get my baby girl from her bed and we go out to the living room, she says, "Oh! Christmas tree, Mama! And every morning then, I plug in the three strands of lights and light up that big tree we chose ourselves. We got the tree last weekend from a tree farm called Santa's Woods. It was low-key and awesome, though bitterly cold. Oh well. Until then, we're enjoying it to the fullest. Links to this post. You can see it...
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Meow Musings: Doing it all over
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A random online journal. Friday, August 12, 2011. Doing it all over. If you could do it over, would you? If you could go back and change your mind, choose a different path, would you? Do you ever think about that? I know none of us would trade our children — not for anything, not for millions of dollars or a home on the beach or a perfect-all-the-time husband. Of course, not. What if we could go back to that moment in college where we had to bite the bullet and pick a major? Thank you for this effort.