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Mimi Boling = Michelle Collett: August 2014
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Sunday, August 10, 2014. Oh, I'm all over the place these days. So, that's me these days. Trying to balance all of those emotions and keep the house clean. While I'm discussing me, I had lots of extra emotions two weekends ago. I left my children! For the first time since Jill was born, I left my kids! Go be Mimi Boling again! And I kind of felt panicked like, "I don't even know who Mimi Boling is anymore! So much of me is being a mom and a wife that it was (at a risk of overusing the word) really weird.
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Mimi Boling = Michelle Collett: Gah.
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Friday, December 19, 2014. This week, I have been experiencing what some call "all the feels." Emotions everywhere. Why? Well, because this finally happened. I have been attempting to "leave well" and follow some of the tips I read in this great article back in June when leaving still seemed so far away. ( Here is a link to the article, if you're curious; it's fantastic. Does moving ever get easier? I have moved a lot in my life, but this move is different in a few ways. First, obviously, because I'm...
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Mimi Boling = Michelle Collett: Gordie Bug
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Gordon Philip Collett Boling. Our little Gordie Bug has arrived and with him has come lots of nicknames. He is, of course, Gordon. But he's also Gordie Bug and Gordito and Gordoncito and Flip. Time will tell which will stick and who this sweet little boy is going to be! Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable. You don't raise heroes, you raise sons. And if you treat them like sons, they'll turn out to be heroes, even if it's just in your own eyes. 8212;Walter M. Schirra, Sr. And I'm a Mormon!
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Mimi Boling = Michelle Collett: Pulled Over
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Wednesday, January 21, 2015. Tomorrow marks three weeks in our new home. I have learned a few things in these past three weeks. I will impart that wisdom to you, because I'm generous like that. Oh my goodness—driving. That doesn't really work here. The motto here seems to be that "if it fits—well, it will fit." I thought I was driving in a one-lane street. Well, the other cars didn't get the memo. If they can squeeze next to me, they will. I'm not sure if that is going to be possible. Drivers make double...
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Mimi Boling = Michelle Collett: January 2015
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Wednesday, January 21, 2015. Tomorrow marks three weeks in our new home. I have learned a few things in these past three weeks. I will impart that wisdom to you, because I'm generous like that. Oh my goodness—driving. That doesn't really work here. The motto here seems to be that "if it fits—well, it will fit." I thought I was driving in a one-lane street. Well, the other cars didn't get the memo. If they can squeeze next to me, they will. I'm not sure if that is going to be possible. Drivers make double...
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Mimi Boling = Michelle Collett: Settling
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Monday, January 5, 2015. At the bottom of the stairs making sound travel easily. So yay! I also really like that the closet in the master bedroom is actually in the bathroom. It is nice to already have your clothes where you get dressed after a shower. So convenient. The laundry room is on the second floor, which is pretty fantastic. There are lots of windows and sunlights in the ceiling, so during the day I don't need to flip light switches, which I also really like about the house. These houses are so ...
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Mimi Boling = Michelle Collett: March 2015
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Friday, March 6, 2015. Could a girl wearing a mustache climb a palm tree better than a dog? Well, I missed an entire month. That hasn't happened in a while. My apologies to February 2015. You were too short, and I was too busy. Alice has acclimated to preschool. It took almost exactly two months. It is still kind of . . . uncomfortable with me that she is going to a preschool at all. I am having trouble not judging myself. Do you ever feel that way? I don't know. Anyway, I haven't figured that out ye...
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Mimi Boling = Michelle Collett: October 2014
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Friday, October 24, 2014. I like to read the news. I'm always a little bit behind, because I get it from a weekly magazine, but I really like my magazine ( The Week. It also has excerpts from news articles published all over the world, and it is enlightening to get outside of America once a week as I read what issues other countries are dealing with. But sometimes instead of enlightening, it is more like suffocating. Or paralyzing. Overwhelming. And sometimes it makes me feel like my everything. Is nothi...
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Mimi Boling = Michelle Collett: Jilly Bean
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Somehow Jill is six. She is a big help to me, and she loves pretending to be Gordon's mommy. She especially loves it when I leave her "in charge" (like when I'm putting Gordon down for a nap). She has adjusted to school like a champ. Her current interests are soccer, dancing, art, and reading. A current goal is to master roller skating. A son is a son 'til he takes him a wife;. A daughter is a daughter all of her life.". Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Mimi, Jeff, Alice, Daniel, and Jill. And I'm a Mormon!
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Mimi Boling = Michelle Collett: September 2014
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Wednesday, September 17, 2014. What the Kids Are Saying and Unknown Territory. I walked into the room to find every single bin dumped out in a big pile. Me: Daniel, what were you thinking? Daniel: Mom, I just wanted to make a big mess. Daniel: Sometimes . . . I don't make good choices. I'm in the family room, and I can hear Jill and Daniel doing something in the guest room. What are you up to? Daniel: Oh, we're just building—. Daniel: "But we're—. Danny, you're supposed to say "nothing.". Jill: Yeah, wel...
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