Dental hygiene rocks. You know, when Grammy was here last week, I couldn’t help but notice that she and Mail had some unique things in common. The same slightly understated sarcastic responses to certain situations kept coming out of their mouths simultaneously. But there still is a tiny generation gap.
At one point at the dinner [...]

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15 pool noodles, 4 lengths of 1/2 inch pvc pipe, 200 yards of duct tape plus 7 boys times 10 foam swords, 10 juice boxes, assorted marshmallow sticks, 375 pounds per square inch of energy plus one cake= chaos
That is how the birthday party went down. Quite fun actually. The kids made their own foam [...]

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(Spinners at the Construction Craft Fair yesterday. You can see their stuff at Spinundrum.etsy.com or here.)
Joined Ravelry for real. Was inspired to write this intro which I crosspost here. I guess it is weird that I am on there before Jove who is a truly seasoned knitter. While I’m on the topic, podcasts have been [...]

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Spring is really here. I know this because I can’t be bothered to sit still for 5 minutes and blog. Also, because May and her special blend of social demands, tornado rain showers and blissful days of mild weather keeps us yoyoing from location to location, unable to even make the simplest decision without [...]

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(Some of the feet involved)
We did it, walked 5 miles and raised almost $500 for the cancer walk. Were joined by several friends. Spent most of the time happily gabbing and not noticing how far we were walking until our kneecaps suddenly seemed locked up. Well, the friends who joined us were more athletic so [...]

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My dad beat me to it and wrote a book! It will be for sale very soon on Amazon. It has been such a privilege to get to read the preprint edition and share my thoughts, advice and spelling skillz. Most exciting of all is to see something so brilliant and amazing come forth from [...]

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What the title should really have been:
Dangerous Things You Let Your Kid Do.
Watch the video and find peace at last. They had me until the kid started driving. Ken also sent me a link to the Free Range Kids blog, run by a deep thinking parent who is apparently trying to find a way, like [...]

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(The first baby blanket ever in the works. I’m so proud! The baby is due in June to my cousin. That plant in a bag is a recycled material plant seedling, a green bean -I shared the how to link on earth day, the windowbox leaves are tiny little salads of our future, and the [...]

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On Monday we were conducting a simple experiment withtin cans which demonstrated Bernoulli’s law. Sounds impressive, doesn’t it? Basically, you blow air between the cans and the air pressure lowers and instead of the cans going apart as you’d figure, they come closer together. Anything hands-on and my kids are all for it, so I [...]

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