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Jane, Jack, and Lulie: New Digs
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Wednesday, May 26, 2010. In his drug induced stupor my sweet husband built a new website for our new family. Yay, for the hernia. Well, sort of. :). He named the new site:. So come on over and visit us there. All you followers, don't forget to switch over for updates in the new digs. Whoa, Craig - way to go! Thu May 27, 07:25:00 AM PDT. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Family of eight. Momma always said, "Make your own fun." I guess this is what she meant. Join in the banter! View my complete profile.
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Us Plus Four: April 2012
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Monday, April 30, 2012. Mommy, I put the laundry in piles for you." Jack tosses a sock onto one of the piles, the living room now six towers of laundry. I smile. He crosses his arms. He wrestles a pile of jeans and darks back into the whicker laundry basket. I watch from the couch, babe curled in my arm nursing. I heard you and Daddy talking," he says, "and I thought, I can help. Then it's Wednesday. The table a-skitter with sandwich crumbs and dribbles of honey, Lucy lingers. 3042 How I try to explain p...
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Us Plus Four: December 2011
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Sunday, December 25, 2011. Photo courtesy of Urban Rose Photography. 1747 Jack's attempt at adult conversation, "Myra's such a little childhood.". 1748 How Lucy calls Craig's spiky hair, spicy hair. 1749 Jane's confesses when we ask about Christmas grafitti scrawled on the dining room wall: MERRY CHRISTMAS. 1750 How Lucy says she like her baby because it has happy eyes. 1751 Jane's response when I ask her to tidy up the bathroom, "Momma, I don't really want this to become a cleaning day.". And God," I sq...
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Us Plus Four: January 2012
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Sunday, January 29, 2012. Jack, supplies," Jane thunks a bowl of ice on the table, rectangular mirror and wash cloth in hand. "If you just sit here," she points to the kitchen bench, "I'll hold the mirror.". I plop a stick of butter into the Kitchen-Aid mixer, watch Jack reef on his loose tooth. "Wow, that looks like it hurts." He bends if forward, back, forward. I turn to Jane, "He's tough; that's what he is.". He's a BOY," she adds, " that's. What he is.". Another moment, another milestone. 1855 How wh...
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Us Plus Four: May 2012
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Monday, May 28, 2012. It happen," Janie looks up from her math, eyebrows arched, bike ride pending. Across the table, I sweep a rag over honey dribbles. "Yeah? I scoop a triangle of crust into my hand, pinch the last of sandwich crumbs into the rag. She nods. "I'm the type of person," she says, "that doesn't just hope something happens. I make. I shake the rag into the sink, spray it out, flop it over the faucet. Make it happen. Her stay and finish. 3145 I ask Jack, "What's your plan big guy? 3153 A birt...
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Us Plus Four: June 2012
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Monday, June 25, 2012. Momma says we should give our first crops to other people, Lucy." Jack hitches the refrigerator door open. He reaches between a tub of yogurt and the pot of last night's stew to pluck up a tiny baggie of strawberries. "Now we can share it with Logan and Thad," he says. He unzips the little baggie and squeezes in two mostly ripe berries no bigger than thimbles. Lulie nods, "Ok.". Wait for me, Jack." She bobs out the back, a buoy on his heels. 3249 We dry a load of jeans in the dryer...
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Us Plus Four: A NEW Home
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Sunday, December 30, 2012. We have a new bloggy home. And join the new site! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Family of eight. Momma always said, "Make your own fun." I guess this is what she meant. Join in the banter! Please leave a thought if you've stopped by. You all add richness to this journey. Cheers! View my complete profile. For where your treasure is. There your heart will be also. A glimpse of my treasure,. And, perhaps you will know. At My Kitchen Table. Hazel, Henley, Holden.
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Jane, Jack, and Lulie: January 2010
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Monday, January 25, 2010. I don't know where it came from," she says, "but I put it on my face like make-up." Glitter, it's good for almost anything. In other news, dilating drops smell like violets AND so do my hands. You'd think I'd be a pro after a modest 47 drops of various sorts in the last five days, haha. I also placed and removed Lulie's new contact lens four times today. Yay! It's clumsy but hey, we're doin' it! Sunday, January 24, 2010. Dilated pupils do have benefits. Think she likes them?
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Jane, Jack, and Lulie: Africa Pt.1
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Sunday, March 15, 2009. There we are, nine years ago about to get married. I suppose it really all started then when I picked Craig, said the proverbial, "Yes." But let's jump to the middle of the story. I laughed, "YOU going to Africa? If not for his earnest blue eyes and direct gaze I'd have chortled. It was a warm Monday in April or May. The afternoon sun all orange made me squint. Africa, how silly. A smile twiggled the corner of my lips. On him. People DIE over there. Plus, how expensive! God's will...
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