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We have been on a kick of making home made ice cream. My daughter’s favorite kind is chocolate peanut butter.
The other night she made a batch and distributed some to her brother and his friend, B.
B: “I don’t know if I like this.”
Me: “It’s just chocolate peanut butter ice cream.”
B: “Well, I’ve never […]

On arriving home from the pool Saturday Reagan said “A. is taking advantage of ‘Sam;’ he has liked her all year but she doesn’t like him. But she didn’t have any money at the pool and he went home and got $5 for her.” I was almost speechless. I found it […]

Quizzing the kids (Tay, Rea and friend, Blake) at dinner:
Me: Does anyone know what a dutch baby is?
Reagan: “A baby from the Netherlands?”
Me: “No, I’ll give you a hint, it’s a food item.”
Reagan: “Is it a baby from the Netherlands wrapped in bacon and baked?”
Me: “No, that’s awful; who […]

Thanks to Lollygaggin‘ for tagging me with my first ever “meme” about why I blog.
1. I have seriously neglected my kids’ “baby books” and would like some record of their childhood craziness. To blackmail them with later, of course.
2. Reading other blogs inspired me.
3. Since I’ve been out of college, I […]

In study hall, reading the student hand book aloud:
Taylor: “‘No rude or crude hand gestures are allowed.’ I give that a BIG THUMBS DOWN.”
Ugh… my child and his sarcastic wit. It’s amazing that he never seems to get in trouble.
Yesterday he told me that he had done something “evil and devious” and […]

After a day with her younger cousins:
Reagan: “Mom, I want a little sister.”
Me: “uhh…. well,” (hemming and hawing)
Reagan: “but I want to pick it out, I wouldn’t want to get a dud……
or a dude!”

Speaking to Taylor’s friend W. the other day:
“W., I see your mom around town sometimes and I hope she doesn’t think I’m rude; I just never know what to say.”
W: “Well, maybe it’s because she’s more of a “grown up” grown-up than you are?”
Funny, but it’s true. I […]

Reagan just called me.
Reagan: How do you spell “orphanage?”
Me: “O-R-P-H-A-N-A-G-E” I think?
Reagan: Okay, where is the closest one?
Me: Hmm… I don’t know.
Reagan: Okay, I’ll look it up online. Gotta go.

Bloggers everywhere preach “don’t talk about your work or your employer on your blog.” I have resisted doing so, until now.
I feel I must post about my boss. We spend 40 hours a week together and it is a joy.
However, she has 2 things I am deeply envious of: big boobs and naturally […]

This is the story I really wanted to tell at my friend Laura’s wedding last summer as a part of my matron-of-honor duties: (but she wouldn’t let me)
Running errands one day with Laura, we saw a very large woman wearing very shiny red spandex pants; next we got a flu shot at a […]