Yep, there is a lot going on in this household over the next two weeks. Halloween, election, election party, Day of the Dead event, even a pow wow. Toss in a few birthday parties, my friend due to have twins any second and an hour spent at a kid’s poetry event and you’ve got a [...]

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(Our new purchase, a wobble board, which is purported to calm and balance the savage child and his or her inner ear and set them on a path of lifelong reading….or else maybe just keep them wobbling quietly and out of your hair)
Okay folks, here’s what I want to know. How many hours a day [...]

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(Uh, my little patriot. Ignoring his Italian half at the Columbus day parade last week) (BTW, he told me this morning about a war dream he had in which “That bad president” was hurtiing people-until the superheroes arrived. I really don’t talk smack about the prez in front of my kids, I swear. )
Okay, here’s [...]

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(Lake Mendota, WI)
Okay, so back to weight concerns. As I said, the ladies got me thinking about my issues and where they come from. As far as I can recall, they go way, way back. Back further than I can even recall. I know this from my baby book, which my Mom recently bestowed upon [...]

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(My daughter’s photo of her pin collection)
It is not with everyone that I am willing to discuss my weight issues. Normally, I’d keep them buried deep inside my psyche, but something happened to me yesterday that blew my entire squirreled away set of defenses. And I’ve decided it’s time to share.
See, a friend of [...]

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1. It would be a nice place to raise a family if you could bear to be mostly surrounded by college students everywhere you go.
2. What is a zine? Define. Here are a couple of the definitions I heard in Madison. A zine doesn’t have a barcode. Or, the sound it makes when you drop [...]

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My friend’s baby Milena was searching for the love in Edwards’ speech during the Vice-Presidential debates the other night. I don’t know if she found it, but she did give Cheney a hell of a beating.
Hey, you know who I miss? I miss Andrea. If you’re a regular here, you’ll notice her recent [...]

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OMG, I have written something besides the blog today. What boundless amount of energy drove me too it? Basically, like all of my bloggy friends, I’m a frustrated writer, who usually goes for the easy fix of writing a paragraph or two here to purge. Anyway, today I recalled how excited my daughter and [...]

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