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babywhumpus: Ireland Tour 2014: Drogheda March 13
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Monday, March 17, 2014. Ireland Tour 2014: Drogheda March 13. Ireland Tour 2014: Drogheda March 13. A set on Flickr. It begins with a splat and ends with a pout. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The Other Side of the World. Get Off My Dress (Auntie Mattress). Hounds of Finn (daddywhumpus' Irish Band). James Meyers Photography (Uncle). Peggy's Mini Stitching (Grandma). Beyond the Odyssey (Uncle). My knitting has gone to the dogs. March…didn’t happen? An Open Letter to Santa. I have pointed sticks.
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babywhumpus: April 2013
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Wednesday, April 24, 2013. Links to this post. Finn just asked me to buy two fruits that he subsequently refused to eat, so I sold him to the circus. Links to this post. Wednesday, April 10, 2013. Frailty, thy name is Minnesotan. It snowed last night. While we were sleeping, a soft blanket of fresh, white flakes covered the brown dreck of early spring. Over the dog poop, string cheese wrappers, cigarette packs, and other accumulated refuse of a season of neglect. This is my song of Shut the Fuck Up. ...
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babywhumpus: March 2013
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Friday, March 22, 2013. Today, for instance. I just got dressed. It’s 11:00 am. 8221; when it was really meant for his brain only. For me, the monologue is usually internal:. You never listen to me.". 8232;And here I am. He’s still not dressed. Consequently, I brought out his clothes and laid them at his feet with a, “Can you get dressed, please, honey? 8220;First I have to do this thing with the keys.” (There’s always something First.). 8220;I didn’t forget, I just didn’t do it.”. Links to this post.
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babywhumpus: Bed Bugs: An Informational Link List
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Tuesday, February 25, 2014. Bed Bugs: An Informational Link List. There's no need for me to re-invent the wheel; there's a lot of good information already out there. I've compiled a few sites below. University of Minnesota information:. All about bed bugs, from the University of Minnesota. Bed bugs in residences. University of Minnesota Extension. Bed bugs and traveling. University of Minnesota Extension. What can I do about bed bugs? University of Minnesota Extension. Does cold kill bed bugs? Bed Bugs: ...
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babywhumpus: January 2013
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Thursday, January 31, 2013. It's winter 2009 and I am typing on my iPod touch while watching sitcom reruns on DVD and my infant sleeps on me. Oh wait. It's winter 2013 and I am typing on my iPhone while streaming sitcom reruns on Netflix and my preschooler sleeps on me. Four years later, and here I am. Pinned to the couch. I am going to start a club called Underachievers Anonymous.*. Fortunately, I am an underachiever, so I don't have to worry about capitalizing on this idea. Links to this post. Friday, ...
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babywhumpus: Good Night, Sleep Tight...
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Tuesday, February 25, 2014. Good Night, Sleep Tight. IKEA furniture is designed to be easily assembled. When you move, you don’t take apart all your IKEA furniture and put it back into its boxes. If you did that, people would rightly question your sanity. Had someone seen me, in my son’s room, wielding tiny Allen wrenches and muttering under my breath about vermin from the depths of hell, that person could also rightly question my sanity. A few months ago, I wrote about babywhumpus’ mystery hives. It did...
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babywhumpus: July 2013
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Friday, July 26, 2013. Anyone else ever feel like that? Back in early May, we noticed red spots on FJ's arm. They looked like hives, but having never seen one in real life, I wasn't sure. They seemed to respond to topical Benadryl, but they also could have faded on their own overnight. Turns out, this condition is relatively common, though it can be auto-immune. Or TB. Or hepatitis. (Sea of Misgivings sloshing.) It's called chronic urticaria. On our way to the clinic, he asked if he had to get a shot, an...
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babywhumpus: Chronicles of a Folk Family, Ireland: Traveling
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Friday, March 14, 2014. Chronicles of a Folk Family, Ireland: Traveling. March 11, 2014. 8220;O airport snow, you are many-layered, sad, and dirty like a hate cake.” -kittywhumpus. Finn was zonked out, and it was before 6:00. Granted, we had just been traveling for 36 hours, but it was still remarkable. He fell asleep on my lap before we even ordered dinner. He said he wanted sausage, we said OK, aaand Scene. 8220;Hide away, Folk Family…” -They Might Be Giants. This is our first international tip with a ...
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babywhumpus: Chronicles of a Folk Family--Ireland: Drogheda March 12
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Friday, March 14, 2014. Chronicles of a Folk Family- Ireland: Drogheda March 12. March 12, 2014. The bus driver gave us a ride to Drogheda. Drogheda is about 30 kilometers north of Dublin, and we had chosen it partly because of a BBC series we watched on Ireland and partly because of its proximity and accessibility from the Dublin airport. I wanted a place to chill out and adjust before the tour starts on Sunday. Then he let us off the bus, no charge. Cheers! Now, granted, that is more glamorous and impo...
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babywhumpus: December 2012
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Friday, December 14, 2012. Back in August, while vacationing at Cape Cod with family, I started writing about kids and guns. Or, more to the point, parenting and guns. I noodled around, trying to talk about how we institute sane gun policy with our child, because kids, especially boys, like to play with toy guns. Because America has reached the point where headlines such as this are necessary: “Mass shootings at schools and universities. In the US”. They don’t even try to list them all anymore. Sure, it&...
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