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IN A BIG COUNTRY | Kit Troyer's Blog
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Kit Troyer's Blog. 7-STEP GUIDE FOR EXTREME HOCKEY GRIEVING. CLEANLINESS NOT NEXT TO GODLINESS IN OUR HOUSE →. IN A BIG COUNTRY. September 17, 2014. Scotland votes on Thursday whether to leave the United Kingdom. This made me think of two things. By Robert Louis Stevenson. The same guy wrote. Would be a good adventure story. Kidnapped was published in 1886. It doesn’t hold up. And here we are. The time has come. Scotland makes up about one-third of the land mass of Great Britain. Roughly 5 million pe...
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ALEEN MARRIED A FLINCHER, or How I Learned to Break Rocks and Love Kenya | Kit Troyer's Blog
https://kittroyer.wordpress.com/2013/07/18/aleen-married-a-flincher-or-how-i-learned-to-break-rocks-and-love-kenya
Kit Troyer's Blog. FUN FACTS ABOUT KENYA. LULU’S VEGAS INSTRUCTIONS →. ALEEN MARRIED A FLINCHER, or How I Learned to Break Rocks and Love Kenya. July 18, 2013. Our family recently returned from southeast Kenya, where we helped work on a new dormitory for a rural, all-girls high school. Because I have no skills in construction, I was worried I would be useless. But our hosts found a job for me – smashing rocks with a sledgehammer. I thought this was because I was so good at it. She shamed us into going.
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VISUALIZING FAILURE | Kit Troyer's Blog
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Kit Troyer's Blog. ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL. FUN FACTS ABOUT KENYA →. November 27, 2012. Sometimes I wonder if my kids are aiming high enough. Last week I was helping Jesse tie his skates before an ice hockey game against his sister’s team. I noticed his eyes were closed. 8220;What are you doing? 8221; I asked. 8220;Visualizing the game.”. 8220;Great idea,” I said. 8220;Amanda has gotten past me twice,” he said, eyes still closed. 8220;I’m playing defense. Amanda got past me twice.”. 8221; she asked.
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Kit Troyer's Blog | Page 2
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Kit Troyer's Blog. Newer posts →. LULU’S VEGAS INSTRUCTIONS. February 13, 2014. Whenever Mom worries aloud about the amount of time you and your brother spend playing ice hockey, I always tell her the sport is valuable for more than just exercise. It teaches discipline, hard work, and getting up off your butt when you are knocked down. It teaches you to take care of your body and your hockey equipment. It teaches you to be part of a team. Do NOT make mischief at the hotel. Do NOT throw ice off the balcony.
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LULU’S LOCKER | Kit Troyer's Blog
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Kit Troyer's Blog. TAKING YOUR KID TO SUMMER CAMP. ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL →. August 22, 2012. My daughter started at a new school this week. It’s a Catholic school, which seems thrilling and exotic to me, since I never attended one. And it has a long, rich history, having been established in 1906. As excited as we both are, I haven’t heard a single thing about the school’s long, rich history, nor the various classes she is taking, nor her favorite new classmates, nor the beautiful, expansive campus.
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THIS LYING-AROUND SHIT | Kit Troyer's Blog
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Kit Troyer's Blog. ANGER, URINE, AND INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS. BIG NOTHING →. February 24, 2012. What’s the recipe for a good pep talk? To me, it’s Anger plus Encouragement plus a Little Bit of Crazy. A widely acknowledged classic was given by coach Herb Brooks to the US hockey team before their upset victory against the Soviets in 1980. Who knows what Brooks actually said, but for our purposes, we’ll go with Kurt Russell’s version, from the movie. Here’s the clip:. What’s this lying around SHIT!
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ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL | Kit Troyer's Blog
https://kittroyer.wordpress.com/2012/11/02/ozzy-osbourne-the-angry-chauffeur
Kit Troyer's Blog. VISUALIZING FAILURE →. ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL. November 2, 2012. It’s so great to have a daughter in middle school! More and more, she and I can really talk about stuff, really connect. As is evident in these touching emails from yesterday. She was at Mock Trial practice after school. She wanted to check in regarding transportation. Dad, you are picking me up in approximately 56 minutes, correct? Forty minutes later, she sends another tender inquiry. I’m only an actual lawyer. Or sh...
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MEERKAT DAD | Kit Troyer's Blog
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Kit Troyer's Blog. IF IT WAS A SNAKE, IT WOULD’VE BIT ME →. April 13, 2012. I always feel bad after running into a Tiger Mom. The Tiger Mom is world-famous for her organizational skills and her burning ambition. Her kids don’t get sent to the principal’s office. They eat balanced meals. After school, they hurry off to Test Prep or violin lessons. It got me thinking, if I had to give myself an animal-world analogue, as a stay-at-home parent, what would it be? Helping My Children Learn a Foreign Language: F.
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DROPPING THE GLOVES | Kit Troyer's Blog
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Kit Troyer's Blog. IF IT WAS A SNAKE, IT WOULD’VE BIT ME. THE THRILL WAS GONE, NOW IT’S BACK →. May 5, 2012. I would like to address some questions about getting kicked out of my hockey game last week for fighting, and then getting punished with an additional 1-game suspension and $50 fine. Dude, what happened. Our goalie covered the puck. The referee blew his whistle. A guy from the other team kept jabbing at our goalie, whacking away at his leg pads, trying to shake the puck loose. There was another on...
