Stuology

I am a night person. I’m happy and alert and productive in the late hours of the day. When I get up in the mornings, I’m slow-moving, fuzzy-headed and grumpy and blah. I can manage to make coffee and get Ada ready and to school. Most people’s solution is to say “go to sleep earlier,” [...]

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My mini vacation is over. It was nice to have a few days to just do whatever, even though two of those days were partially spent cleaning and organizing. It won’t be long until I have more time off. Next week is a full week, but after that I have Thursday and Friday off. Then [...]

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I’m used to it. I get carded most times when I go to the liquor store. I get carded going into bars. I have never been able to go gambling in KC without being carded at the entry, and then pulled aside and carded again–complete with questions about my ID–while the rest of my party [...]

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Triple threat? This is why I should reorg my cabinets more than once every 6 months. I need to put it in my calendar at least once every 2-3 months. And I really need that freakin’ smart cabinet.

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My Penzeys shopping list is now sitting at 11 13 items. It is growing as I organize my spice drawer and toss some really old ones. I really need to make a trip soon. If there are others that either want to go with me during the day on a weekend, or would like me [...]

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1) Changing table without the pad–James is too big, and our intentions are to never need another one. The pad was ripped, so we threw it out. 2) A small glass teapot — I will never use this. No matter what tea I try, I do not like it. I think there are a couple [...]

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The next time I am at the store, and I say “Do I have diced tomatoes?” could you psychically respond “YES! Quit buying them, even if they are on sale!” I’d appreciate it. I’m spending this vacation afternoon organizing my kitchen. It is easier when the kids are at daycare. I wish it would stay [...]

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I used those wonderfully ripe bananas for a quick bread. It is in the oven now. I let Ada help with the baking tasks because it involves no knives and the only heat source is in the shut oven. She always, always wants to break the eggs. Once, I helped her break the eggs, but [...]

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I baked a sandwich loaf tonight, putting it into the oven after I took dinner out. It smells really good. I can’t wait to try a slice. I didn’t get all that I wanted done, namely my weekly grocery shopping. The main reason being I started about 1 hour later than planned, and Ada and [...]

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I sat down and made the meal list for this week. I just need to get the grocery list together, and then off to the store. The rest of today I want to make a sandwich loaf (probably more than one), and clean and organize the kitchen–the emphasis on organizing. Saturday: Cafeteria Chili* with Homemade [...]

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