Stuology

Most people, at least I hope most, do not find it necessary to pick themselves up by putting down others. I know there are exceptions, but on the whole, I’d like to think this is the case. Except when it comes to sports. It is okay–expected even–to provide a plethora of trash talk for Rivals [...]

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All clothes are in their place. Two drawers in the kids’ room are empty, ready to store more outgrown clothes. The car is loaded up with donations. Dishes are done. Bathrooms are clean. I’m glad that the extra clothes have been removed, but I’m really sick of housework. I’m not doing one bit of it [...]

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I’m sure everybody has heard about the plan to rename HFCS to Corn Sugar. I say name it what you want. Pre-packaged foods are rarely a part of my diet, and those I do still indulge in don’t contain “sugar” on the label. So, whatever. The good thing to come out of it though is [...]

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I know most like to freshen up for Spring. I like to freshen up for Autumn as well. The kids’ closet was emptied today. A few large stuffed animals that were in there and not played with were set aside for Goodwill. Jay’s extra low bar was installed. Hanging clothes have been sorted through. Summer [...]

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My closet is done. Okay, my closet is almost done. Everything is still on my bed. I’m waiting for the Roomba to finish sweeping now that there isn’t anything on the floor. I don’t remember the last time I took everything out of it for cleaning and organizing. It seems like it was just yesterday, [...]

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Looking over the weekly weather, which I still do for some strange reason despite the fact that it isn’t trust worthy more than a couple of days, it appears like my procrastination in cleaning out closets needs to come to an end. It was only 43 this morning when I took Ada to school. I [...]

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Ada and Jay had a nice afternoon with their aunts while Mac and I headed out for a bit. The weather right now is perfect. I told Mac that I was going to head out on Sunday to go shopping for shoes. He decided that he was going to go with me. We headed to [...]

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We went to Ada’s class bonfire today. I was really wondering if it would happen, but the cutoff time arrived with the rain quitting about 30 minutes before. It was a bit of a drive, but fun on a farm outside of Baldwin–lots of play space, a trampoline full of jumping and crashing kids, horse [...]

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I know Mac doesn’t like that title, but the way my feet have been feeling for the last couple of weeks, and having three runs with some odd hip pain, I really do feel it is time. I bought my current running shoes over a year ago with the intention to, you know, run, which [...]

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On the drive to school this morning, Ada exclaimed, “I heard it! Mommy! I did it! I heard the clicking!” I’m all, “Huh? What clicking? What did you do?” Mentally, I’m hoping that she isn’t messing with her seatbelt, although I wouldn’t know why. She mastered buckling herself into her booster seat quite some time [...]

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