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Monthly Archive for July, 2008

the 14 words that made my day

Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 28th, 2008

“You know the part, in the play, where Lysander and Demetrius both love Helena”?
This theatre camp is totally worth all the driving.

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days with my father

Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 26th, 2008

Days With My Father by Phillip Toledano
Heart-breakingly beautiful, funny, deeply touching. Have some tissues on hand.

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Cannella’s Patisserie

Posted in et cetera on Jul 25th, 2008

If you find yourself in Birmingham, stop by Cannella’s Patisserie. The rose-water meringues and chocolate croissants are delicious.

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christmas in july

Posted in cute, hilarity, kidlets on Jul 25th, 2008

A bag of trash slung over her shoulder, purloined from her sister’s massive room-cleaning effort, Toot looks at me.
“I’m Sanpoo”.
“Say again?”, I query, truly confused.
“Sanpoo. He has a bag of trash-garbage and wears a red hat”.
Mirth barely concealed, I offer, “Does he bring presents to good girls and boys at Christmas time?”
“Yes”, says Toot, “Sanpoo”.

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pain in the hips.

Posted in Interesting, about, illness, parenting, wtf? on Jul 24th, 2008

During each of my pregnancies I mentioned having extremely painful, arthritis-type pain in my hip area/leg joints to my doctor or mid-wife. Each of them responded with a thoughtful head tilt and claimed to have never heard this complaint from anyone else before. Sh’yah right! As with so many pregnancy related discomforts, I got a […]

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bad girls

Posted in Interesting, cute, hilarity, kidlets, parenting on Jul 23rd, 2008

I hear this exact exchange about 100 times a day:
Kit: Toot, guess what?
Toot: What?
Kit: You’re cute.
In the most frequent variation, Toot rejoins with, “No, I’m bad.” Sometimes a violent argument over whether she is cute or bad follows. Or at least it did, until I pointed out that she could be both cute and bad. […]

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holla at cha’ boy

Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 18th, 2008

I’m a huge fan of Project Runway. Watching since the first season, I enjoy the program immensely and feel that it is the only reality show where the contestants have an actual talent. It’s exciting and fun - a show I can watch with my oldest and not worry that she is seeing some horrible […]

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good advice from an imaginary fish.

Posted in urge to kill rising on Jul 11th, 2008

Marlin: I promised I’d never let anything happen to him.
Dory: Hmm. That’s a funny thing to promise.
Marlin: What?
Dory: Well, you can’t never let anything happen to him. Then nothing would ever happen to him. Not much fun for little Harpo.
Get the memo, suburban parents.

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