“It would be so nice if something made sense for a change.” Alice…in Wonderland
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Terrible Tuesday: The aftermath
We spent last week cleaning, reorganizing, and painting. One of our painting projects was the girls room. The girls have a lot of stuff. A lot of little stuff: craft stuff, stuffed stuff, papers, memorabilia, etc. etc. It’s one thing to haul all that stuff out in big heaps and stash in a corner. It’s […]
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Terrible Tuesday: Spring Cleaning
Day two of spring cleaning continues apace. Today we conquer the front garden beds and try to repair the some of the damage from our plumbing conundrum last week. Fortunately, it’s a nice day for it. Shiny clean and organized links! Spaced-Out Challenge Messier Guide, Part 2. Beautiful: Reaching my autistic son through Disney. Woohoo! […]
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astronomy, budget, Bulldozer, C.S. Lewis, diet, food, Germany, history, language, Olympics, parenting, Terrible Tuesday
Terrible Tuesday: Birthday boy edition
Bulldozer turns 9 today. Nine! How did that even happen? It. Goes. So. Fast. He’s getting a Kindle for his birthday. He knows he’s getting it, and he even picked out the case for it, but I told him if doesn’t act surprised I won’t give it to him. We have to maintain our little […]
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Terrible Tuesday: Long road home
We’ve been in my hometown of Odessa the past few days, but now we’re headed home. In fact, we should be precisely in the middle of nowhere right about now. Endless horizon links! Oh, scientists, never change: Peanut butter and jelly fish! The definition of “off the rails”: a primary school in England suspended a […]
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The second round of detox starts now!
Round one was a rousing success, but then the season of feasting occurred. Oh sugar, you sultry minx.Yeah, I fell off the wagon hard over the holidays. But that was then; this is now. And now we’re back on day one of The 21 Day Sugar Detox (af) This time it’s a family affair: MTG […]
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To pie!
My motto is “You can never have too much pie.” Which is an interesting choice for a motto, but I stand behind it. What I’m saying is I love pie. So I thought I’d share my apple pie recipe, which is a variation of this recipe. Caramel Apple Pie Ingredients: 1 recipe pastry for a […]
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The biggest surprise
I finished the sugar detox yesterday, and I’m more than pleased with the results. Other than cutting sugar and simple carbs, I didn’t change my behavior. That is, I kept my same workout program, except I do think I was more active. More on that later. Well, I did eat approximately 25 pounds of bacon. […]
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Imperfect knowledge
Remember when bleeding people used to be considered a good cure for all sorts of ailments? Or when doctors thought it was a good idea to knock women unconscious when having babies? Ah, those silly rubes. Hey, remember 30 years ago when we intentionally and aggressively replaced huge portions of the natural dietary fats with […]
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Things I do on a whim
I don’t normally think of myself as a spontaneous person. I like to have a plan, a list, a backup plan, and an emergency escape route. Really, I’m not spontaneous. On the other hand, once I’ve decided to do something, I don’t like waiting around. We’re going to do X? Great, let’s do it now. […]
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Celebrating Reformation Day
Today is Halloween, AKA All Hallow’s Eve, AKA give me some candy! It’s also Reformation Day. On this day in 1517, Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the church door in Wittenberg, Germany, in a theological challenge. The rest is church history. But what is a Protestant person to do if they want […]
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