When I was in college, the movie Dances With Wolves came out. Kevin Costner’s Indian name was Dances with Wolves and Mary McDonnell’s was Stands with a Fist. There were some other cool names in there — Two Socks, Wind in His Hair… Everyone on the swim team ended up with their own Indian name, eventually. I can’t
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my dirty (not so) little secret
My alarm goes off every morning at 4:00 a.m. I usually hit snooze a couple times, but I’m sitting at the computer sometime between 4:30 and 4:45 every morning. Although it’s early, I look forward to this little sliver of “me” time. I get my coffee, go up to the office, and start writing. I love being
Number 5 is getting her own category
Number 5 is in a hitting phase. Whenever another child in this house does not do exactly what she wants, when she wants, she just hauls off and belts him or her. Number 6 is exactly one year younger than Number 5, and he is usually her targeted victim. Granted, he will taunt her, often grabbing whatever she happens
Take Me Out of This Ball Game
Little girls’ t-ball is pretty cute. Except when Number 4 is involved. Then it’s more like embarrassing. Thank goodness it’s over. Yesterday they played a 3-inning game. The head of the softball league was there announcing each girl’s name over the microphone, making them all feel pretty special. The coaches pitched the ball to the
A Picture’s Worth 447 Words
Editor’s Note: This post is a follow up to the Picture Day post. Today is our last day of softball, and yesterday we received the team pictures in the mail. What perfect timing. So, I thought you might enjoy seeing the finished team photo. I wish so badly that I had been there when the
one way to save paper
Another “Grandma” saver… We go through tons of copy paper here. It started to get out of hand, so we now have two trays of paper next to the printer. One has new paper in it, and one has paper with stuff printed on one side. If I print something out that’s a mess up,