Not that there was any doubt really, but if you read my post over at Rock and Drool yesterday, you know that I had some high anxiety about the dental surgery I had yesterday. As it turns out, I do indeed have strong mental abilities and was able to avoid another mid-procedure panic attack. But I’ll start at the beginning. I got up yesterday morning at the normal time and did a little freeweight workout, then took the dog for a walk. By that time, Jim and the kids were gone for the day and I left myself very little time to shower before I had to leave for Dr.…
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How To Help Your Kid Buy A Used Car in 35 Easy Steps
Just in case you didn’t get enough of my lessons on buying new cars in my recent series, I’ve got another lesson for you. Let’s say that you have a 17-year-old who is in the market for a car and you want to navigate the treacherous waters of car buying with a teenager. Do you have a plan? I’ll tell you how it went in this house; we just finished the entire process last night. Step 1: Decide WHO is paying for the car long before the kid gets his permit. In our house? No free rides. The kids have to buy their own cars. The older boy has been…
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Meet Our New Arrival!
If you read my friend Weaselmomma’s blog, World of Weasels, you know that this week she completely lost her mind and added a mastiff puppy to her brood of five children, a couple of cats, a non-human rodent or two (I lose track: we recently lost Gimpy and Tenderfoot…), a couple of frogs, and lord knows how many other animals that are there in that house that I haven’t even seen yet in the many times I’ve been over there. But I get it. I’m a total dog person and I adore puppies (can’t wait to meet that little peeing-in-the-kitchen-half-the-time-but-getting-much-better darlin’), so going gaga over one is not a foreign…
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To Everything, There Is A Season
Labor Day, though this year almost three weeks before the actual beginning of autumn (my favorite season), is the unofficial end of summer. Boo-yah: that’s today! This summer was really good, but it was so…busy! It seems like I have two different sorts of friends: those who can’t WAIT for the school year to end so they can enjoy summer, and those who can’t WAIT for the summer to end so their kids will go back to school already. I personally have no preference; we’re busy all year round and do things with our kids all year round. What I want? To be less busy. I got that this weekend.…
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Fly Like An Eagle
Wow. After a bunch of years that went by way too fast, alot of patience, and a tremendous amount of work (plus a little bit of nagging), tonight this guy: “magically” turned into this guy. He’s our family’s first Eagle Scout.Wow.