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  • Letters to My Son, Day 4

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    Bon Jour, Mon Fils!
    That means, Hello, my son.
    Today we got on a boat that took us across the bay to Toulon. We saw big ships that belong to the French Navy. Larien even noticed that one of the boats looked like the small ones you play with in [...]
    Posted: December 03, 2009, 3:38pm EST
    by Sarabeth
  • Letters to My Son, Day 3

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    Dear Jack,
    I enjoyed talking to you this afternoon. I have missed seeing your cheery face.
    Did I tell you yesterday about the dog that stayed beside us? She had stolen someone's bread and tried to get some food from us. If I could get the picture off of the [...]
    Posted: November 30, 2009, 9:18am EST
    by Sarabeth
  • Letters to my son, day 2

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    We took a trip, leaving my son in the able hands of my mother. These are my emails to him.
    Dear Son,
    We keep waking up pretty late (well, your sisters do), so we decided to stay near the house today. Near us is a path along a rocky beach [...]
    Posted: November 28, 2009, 12:18pm EST
    by Sarabeth
  • Letters to my son, day 1

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    Dear Son,
    We didn't go on a boat ride today. We discovered that your sisters had lice in their hair, probably picked up on the first flight. Maybe Mom Mom has checked you by now. I hope you don't have any. Because of the lice, I brushed and combed your [...]
    Posted: November 27, 2009, 2:43pm EST
    by Sarabeth
  • Really? In NOVEMBER?

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    If the forecasts are correct, New Orleans will only get a grazing, but my mother in Pensacola looks to get a full-on hit. Someone needs to tell this hurricane that it is November, and while still in hurricane season, it shouldn't be doing this. OKAY? Futz out now. Fizzle.' [...]
    Posted: November 08, 2009, 9:49am EST
    by Sarabeth
  • 3 November 2009

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    A visit to Red Bluff Farm on the north shore with the Kindergarten class.


    This is my middle daughter saying, "I got to feed the calf milk six times."

    These piglets goosed me as I was watching a Brown [...]
    Posted: November 03, 2009, 7:42pm EST
    by Sarabeth
  • 31 October 2009

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    A western diva, a hippie, and Venom (but he says he is the good black Spiderman). [...]
    Posted: November 01, 2009, 12:47pm EST
    by Sarabeth
  • 19 October 2009

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    This is the people dog according to the people at Camp BowWow, where the dogs will be when we go to France in November. [...]
    Posted: October 19, 2009, 9:57pm EDT
    by Sarabeth
  • 18 October 2009

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    One day he is going to give his sister hell over how she dressed him. [...]
    Posted: October 18, 2009, 9:54pm EDT
    by Sarabeth
  • 17 October 2009

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    Apparently, the Teletubbie Dipsy likes football. [...]
    Posted: October 17, 2009, 8:23pm EDT
    by Sarabeth
  • 16 October 2009

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    The completed duck costume on the day of the performance of NUTS. What do you think? Two feather dusters, one plain white T, one long sleeved T, one hat, and one flexible folder.
    Wait! The tail!

    Posted[...]
    Posted: October 16, 2009, 10:05pm EDT
    by Sarabeth
  • 15 October 2009

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    On Thursdays, my eldest has art class. This means that the middle girl and the boy get me all to themselves. They decided to race cars and test gravity by putting the track in different configurations. I caught four photos in a row and attempted to make a movie [...]
    Posted: October 15, 2009, 10:18pm EDT
    by Sarabeth
  • 14 October 2009

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    Bleak with a drop of sadness. [...]
    Posted: October 14, 2009, 4:45pm EDT
    by Sarabeth
  • 13 October 2009

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    A jack o'lantern seems appropriate foe the 13th day of October.' [...]
    Posted: October 14, 2009, 4:44pm EDT
    by Sarabeth
  • 12 October 2009

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    A really great investment in toys for us has been Lego blocks. We still have the large, Duplo kind we bought for our first child. After seven years and three children later, they are still in use. Our plan is to pack them off [...]
    Posted: October 12, 2009, 10:32pm EDT
    by Sarabeth
  • 11 October 2009

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    My eldest is Mrs. Duck in the second grade play. Today we worked on the costume. We foraged at a store, gathering a plain white hat, an orange flexible folder, three white feathered dusters, a plain white t-shirt, and a woman's long-sleeved mustard shirt. We' [...]
    Posted: October 11, 2009, 11:12pm EDT
    by Sarabeth
  • 10 October 2009

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    A question to ponder: When I buy a large canister of raisins, my children barely touch them. When I buy the small boxes, my children eat them as if dried grapes were the best food they have ever tasted. Why?Posted by Picasa[...]
    Posted: October 10, 2009, 12:35pm EDT
    by Sarabeth
  • 9 October 2009

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    All the kids had the day off, which we filled with a haircut for the boy and play time at an updated local park. After lunch, one of the kids found a container of water balloons. (Who gave us that? Really. I need to know so I can give you [...]
    Posted: October 09, 2009, 5:35pm EDT
    by Sarabeth
  • 8 October 2009

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    We have a third floor guest room that is currently painted a dark beige, from the shelves to the ceiling, and to the lights. It makes this room a cave, and I want to fix that. I put some paint samples on the wall. [...]
    Posted: October 08, 2009, 3:43pm EDT
    by Sarabeth
  • 7 October 2009

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    Last night, she lost her first tooth. Quite a milestone for a six-year-old given that her sister lost her first tooth at the age of five. [...]
    Posted: October 07, 2009, 8:52pm EDT
    by Sarabeth
  • She lives! It lives!

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    This past year, I was swallowed by Facebook. Well, not really. My time certainly ran down the drain that is social networking. I cannot promise much writing, but I will post one photo a day. This began when I joined in September 0f 2008 the [...]
    Posted: October 07, 2009, 8:23pm EDT
    by Sarabeth
  • 6 October 2009

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    Get ready for lots of photos of Idaho, who had a bath to remove the blush and lipstick. We still have Ursa. Most people recognize me now as the lady with two white dogs. I'm getting a reputation around the neighborhood.' [...]
    Posted: October 06, 2009, 8:48pm EDT
    by Sarabeth
  • 5 October 2009

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    A bleak day caused by stomach flu. [...]
    Posted: October 05, 2009, 8:45pm EDT
    by Sarabeth
  • 4 October 2009

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    Sometimes dinner needs to be a sharing plate and an indoor picnic. [...]
    Posted: October 04, 2009, 8:41pm EDT
    by Sarabeth
  • 3 October 2009

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    One of two birthday parties she attended. The first was at Build-A-Bear. [...]
    Posted: October 03, 2009, 8:35pm EDT
    by Sarabeth
  • 2 October 2009

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    A night at the amusement park at City Park. [...]
    Posted: October 02, 2009, 8:32pm EDT
    by Sarabeth
  • 1 October 2009

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    She has a name, but her nickname is Goat. She eats or tries everything, including lipstick and blush. [...]
    Posted: October 01, 2009, 8:27pm EDT
    by Sarabeth
  • 30 September 2009

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    We decorate our iron fence with that polyester fiber that can look like cobwebs. [...]
    Posted: September 30, 2009, 8:24pm EDT
    by Sarabeth
  • Balancing the Canine

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    Tonight, we had an incident at our house that is a first--White Dragon bit someone.

    I'd ordered pizza as one kid had a recital, I had a parent dinner to attend, the husband had a late afternoon meeting that concerned important matters, and the other' [...]
    Posted: May 06, 2009, 7:21pm EDT
  • Review: DreamBox Learning

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    Over the past few months, my daughters have had the chance to play DreamBox Learning, an interactive math web-based game. The very quick, in a nutshell, review is that this is thumbs up. Go now if you care about your children mastering math concepts. Go even quicker if you [...]
    Posted: April 20, 2009, 3:32pm EDT
  • You say it's my birthday

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    I can't point to the year it happened. Maybe it was the sleepover birthday when I was 10 that didn't go as well as I expected that turned me sour on celebrating the day of my birth. It could have been much later, college, because so much more goes on [...]
    Posted: April 08, 2009, 7:26am EDT
  • Happy St. Patrick's Day

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    Try JibJab Sendables® eCards today! [...]
    Posted: March 17, 2009, 12:11pm EDT
  • Crazy Busy

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    I'm crazy busy, but in a way that focuses me. I've taken on too much, more than I should, but sometimes the word no is bad. And, this week, well, no would have been very bad.

    Saturday, we leave for a family vacation. I'm sure I'll have plenty to [...]
    Posted: February 19, 2009, 9:54am EST
  • Mom Central's Valentine's Day Gift Guide

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    Go look on the sidebar for a Holiday Gift Guide from Mom Central.

    Because, if you are anything like me, you've bought nothing.
    ' [...]
    Posted: February 11, 2009, 11:20am EST
    by Sarabeth
  • A Review of Reviews

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    Over the past year (and a little bit more), I've reviewed toys, games, cleaning products, foods, drinks, and computer programs. Oh, one movie. As I looked at what I reviewed, I thought about the products that we kept using. So, here they are:

    Jump Start World: Not only did' [...]
    Posted: February 10, 2009, 10:52pm EST
  • Infintesimal Pricks

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    Tender.

    That's the word that came to mind as I navigated my evening. The events of the day led me to think of a passage in the book Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier, underlined by a dear friend when were 21. It is this:
    They are not brave, the' [...]
    Posted: February 03, 2009, 10:22pm EST
  • Reveiw: GreenWorks Wipes

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    Upfront, I need to admit that I am a convert to the Green Works line of cleaners. I use nearly all of the products offered. The only exception is the dilutable cleaner. That isn't because I don't like it. It's because I have someone else' [...]
    Posted: February 01, 2009, 3:48pm EST
  • Hypothermia as a Medical Treatment

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    [www.wwltv.com]

    The link above will take you a local TV station's site where Phill is on the report.' [...]
    Posted: January 23, 2009, 3:24pm EST
  • Review: Didi & Ditto Preschool Mother Nature's Visit Computer Game by Kutoka

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    Before the holidays Kutoka sent me a computer game for preschoolers. I am just now getting to writing the review for a number of reasons. The first being that we never had time to sit to play a computer game. The second reason, and [...]
    Posted: January 15, 2009, 7:58pm EST
  • Everything and Nothing

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    Each time I say this, I find that I don't really take a blogging break. Perhaps I shouldn't say that I will be taking a blogging break. Then, I wouldn't be saying something that I didn't mean.

    I look at the blog, something I was so good about when [...]
    Posted: December 28, 2008, 3:40pm EST
  • done

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    1. Started your own blog
    2. Slept under the stars (numerous tent camping trips)
    3. Played in a band (got to briefly sing backup for my friend Bren... badly, but it was fun...)
    4. Visited Hawaii
    5. Watched a meteor shower
    6. Given more than you can afford to charity[...]
    Posted: December 19, 2008, 12:19pm EST
  • Winner! $20 Amazon.com Gift Code

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    It's Sarah of The Mom Chronicles.

    Here's how I did it:

    I put everyone's name on a slip of paper. I tossed those in the air and had my three-year-old son choose one.

    Sarah, I'm contacting you with the code. Enjoy. [...]
    Posted: December 18, 2008, 10:30am EST
  • Sneaux in New Orleans

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    On the ginger plants in the backyard.
    On my back gate. Check out the moving snowflakes on the right.
    Just in case you think I lifted the photos from somewhere else, here is the Prytania [...]
    Posted: December 11, 2008, 10:26am EST
  • Agent holding first paragraph contest

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    In case you are interested . . . [...]
    Posted: December 10, 2008, 6:02pm EST
  • Changing My Point of View: The Sum of All Fears

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    This post is part of a series on books I read that affected me in some way, both fiction and non-fiction. If you comment here with a book that affected you, you could win a $20 gift code for Amazon.com.


    I grew up at the end of [...]
    Posted: December 10, 2008, 12:16pm EST
  • Giveaway: $20 Amazon.com Gift Certificate

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    It's the season of shorter days, of cold weather, and of the frantic shopping for gifts. I have completed my shopping. My stress centers around what I shall serve to my guests for the holidays. I can relieve that stress by visiting the grocery store with a long list and' [...]
    Posted: December 09, 2008, 4:54pm EST
  • Coupon Winners

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    Between Blogger and Facebook (my blog entries post as notes on FB), there were nine comments asking for the four Clorox 2 coupons. I wrote everyone's name on a small slip of paper, allowing my daughters to choose two slips as I held the cup over their heads.
    [...]
    Posted: December 07, 2008, 5:42pm EST
  • Review: Clorox 2

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    Mom Central asked me to review the laundry additive of Clorox 2, a color safe bleach. I received a coupon to buy a jug, but I forgot to use it so I didn't actually get one for free like I do many times.' [...]
    Posted: December 02, 2008, 3:19pm EST
  • I'm behind, but the feeling is real

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    When Prop 8 passed in California, it brought sadness to an otherwise glorious night for me. Jen of A2EatWrite wrote a post about it. She said it better than I could muster after having written 50,000+ words in November. Plus, she also granted me with a nice award. I get [...]
    Posted: December 01, 2008, 10:26pm EST
  • This is one of those things that others have to verify

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    Your rainbow is strongly shaded white and green.


    What is says about you: You are a contemplative person. You feel strong ties to nature and your mood changes with its cycles. People depend on you to make them feel secure. Those around you admire your fresh outlook [...]
    Posted: November 30, 2008, 8:09pm EST
  • One Year

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    Today, November 26th, marks the one year anniversary of us living in New Orleans. If I had time I would write about how much we enjoyed Mardi Gras, how well we've been received by our neighbors, and how easily we fit here. I don't, though. It's enough to say that' [...]
    Posted: November 26, 2008, 4:51pm EST
  • What do you think?

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    Should a grown man, head of a neonatology division, and father of three wear such a shirt? [...]
    Posted: November 22, 2008, 9:53pm EST
  • I'm sure it won't be the last time

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    We're experiencing a mouse problem in our house. The beasties must think that my house and the house two doors down are winter vacation homes. I do have the heart to kick them out, forcibly if necessary.

    We called in our exterminator (you need' [...]
    Posted: November 19, 2008, 12:01pm EST
  • Review: Littlest Pet Shop Digital Planner and Figurines

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    Disclaimer: I received two figurines and the digital planner from the PR company for Littlest Pet Shop in exchange for a review.

    I am one reluctant mother when it comes to trendy toys. I see a cute, big-eyed creature and walk the other direction. I [...]
    Posted: November 13, 2008, 11:55am EST
    by Sarabeth
  • Stop MRSA Now

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    MRSA is an acronym for methicillin-resistant Staphlylococcus Aureus. I first heard about this resistant bacteria in the mid-1990s. A friend's son had been diagnosed with it. This was a child with multiple medical problems who was frequently on antibiotics for various reasons. We worried for' [...]
    Posted: November 10, 2008, 12:20pm EST
    by Sarabeth
  • 20% Accomplished and Other Things

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    As of this afternoon, I have written just over 10,000 words on my next story, getting me 20% to my goal (and NaNoWriMo's goal) of 50,000 words. I couldn't have done this without slogging through the first story that I wrote (and that many of you read) or without crafting [...]
    Posted: November 07, 2008, 4:27pm EST
  • [nt]

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    Posted: November 04, 2008, 11:50am EST
  • National Novel Writing Month

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    I've begun a new work-in-progress titled "My Electric Lover". I'm writing on it for NaNoWriMo, or National Writing Month. On day three, I have a total of 7729 words completed. The goal is 50,000.

    One problem. I haven't completed the new chapter for A Man of Few Words. I [...]
    Posted: November 03, 2008, 3:26pm EST
  • Review: Barbie and The Diamond Castle

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    My daughters and I received a copy of the DVD of Barbie in The Diamond Castle. I agreed to do a review because, despite what we all know about Barbie's unrealistic figure as a doll, the movies aren't always about a princess finding love. The [...]
    Posted: October 28, 2008, 12:55pm EDT
  • My Husband on TV

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    Talking about the first use of cooling technology for a newborn in the state of Louisiana. Here's the link for the video. [...]
    Posted: October 22, 2008, 3:54pm EDT
  • A post about the banner

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    The cloud banner above is from a photo that my husband took as we toured two plantations upriver from New Orleans. We visited Destrehan and Oak Alley. I will probably return to the bead tree at some time. The clouds called to me as they remind me of beautiful days [...]
    Posted: October 22, 2008, 12:06am EDT
  • Music Meme

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    Here's the deal.

    The rules:

    A.) Go to musicoutfitters.com
    B.) Enter the year you graduated from high school in the search function and get the list of 100 most popular songs of that year
    C.) Bold the songs you like, strike through the ones you hate [...]
    Posted: October 18, 2008, 8:43am EDT
  • So Close, but So Far Away

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    My husband read the entire manuscript in under three hours this past weekend. Some may say that is bothersome, that the book is too short. Yet, I don't think that. I want this story, A Man of Few Words, to be a short read with emotional punch. I intended it [...]
    Posted: October 17, 2008, 5:04pm EDT
  • On Civil Discourse

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    I have a few friends that aren't reluctant to discuss politics. It does help that our discussions are online so facial expressions and yelling don't get in the way. We do get annoyed at each other; being on different sides with different beliefs insures that. Still, we discuss. We post [...]
    Posted: October 16, 2008, 12:19pm EDT
  • The Answer

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    The photo that Phill took was an extreme close-up of this--a lighted throw from the Muses Mardi Gras parade. It's also my Envisage 365 pic for yesterday. [...]
    Posted: October 15, 2008, 10:41am EDT
  • Phill voted for this one

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    I chose White Dragon resting her head on the laptop screen. Here's a question for you: What do you think this is? [...]
    Posted: October 13, 2008, 11:18pm EDT
  • A Crazy "Sure it won't work" Plan

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    It draws me in, this plan. I could do all kinds of things with that kind of lump sum. It would be as if we all won a small lottery.

    So divide 200 million adults 18+ into $85 billion that equals $425,000.00.

    My plan is to give $425,000 to [...]

    Posted: October 07, 2008, 7:51pm EDT
  • Eyes Shut, Words Flow

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    When writing the naughty bits in my stories, I have to type with my eyes closed. If I don't, I get mixed up in the way words look and not how they sound together. It's as if I am embarrassed by the words, not the deeds. Of course, this means [...]
    Posted: October 06, 2008, 11:55pm EDT
    by Sarabeth
  • Out of Rhythm

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    With so much going on in my life and with me not yet in the rhythm of sitting my butt in the chair for writing, I've been lax in posting chapters. It also doesn't help that what I thought was complete isn't. I want you to choke up, be on [...]
    Posted: October 05, 2008, 7:09pm EDT
  • Envisage 365

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    A month and four days have passed since a group of women began our 365 project. One photo a day, of our individual lives, posted on the same blog. My favorite part is looking at just my photos or clicking on the label of any of the other women, [...]
    Posted: October 05, 2008, 6:54pm EDT
  • Facts are important

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    The vice presidential debate wasn't the train wreck I thought it would be. I only cringed a few times. Please, again, read FactCheck.org for, well, fact checking. While you are there, please also look at the analysis about what caused the financial/credit problems of the United States. Hint: [...]
    Posted: October 03, 2008, 10:50am EDT
  • Silver Lining to the Fianacial Crisis?

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    People are emailing their representatives. We are a representative democracy. They don't know what to do if you don't tell them.

    From CNN.com:
    The servers hosting the Web sites of the House of Representatives and its members have been overwhelmed with millions of e-mails in the past few [...]
    Posted: September 30, 2008, 5:39pm EDT
  • Fareed Zakaria on Sarah Palin

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    The short version: She has no idea what she's saying and is not qualified to fill the office of VP.

    Read, please. Read.
    Can we now admit the obvious? Sarah Palin is utterly unqualified to be vice president. She is a feisty, charismatic politician who has done some [...]
    Posted: September 29, 2008, 12:24pm EDT
  • Coupon Winner

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    After putting your names in a hat (literally a hat!), Genevieve has won the $1 off coupon for Spot Shot. Send me your address Genevieve. I'll get it in the mail to you. I think you have it, but it's in my profile if not. [...]
    Posted: September 27, 2008, 10:16am EDT
  • Checking the Statements for Fact

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    If you watched the debate last night, please take some time to read FactCheck.org. Really. Please. [...]
    Posted: September 27, 2008, 10:06am EDT
  • Review: Woogi World

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    I have gone from the mom who won't let her children play video games to the mom who allows certain games and online worlds into her household. However (and is it a big however), these games and activities must have educational value. I know I sound like a crazed mother, [...]
    Posted: September 24, 2008, 10:40pm EDT
  • If I didn't have too many . . .

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    I'd buy me one of these. It's a Butler Bag, and as the link on the right says, this is the only purse I use. I have a classic and a hybrid. I've bought my sister a few and my mom one. The hybrid is [...]
    Posted: September 23, 2008, 3:30pm EDT
  • Review: Spot Shot

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    Almost a year ago, we moved to a house, age 105 years, with carpets that we knew weren't in great shape. The structure of the carpet remained fine, but oh, the stains. My family isn't helping things with three young children and a big dog doing what those creatures do, [...]
    Posted: September 22, 2008, 9:00am EDT
  • The Tasks At Hand

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    I now have three days to devote to writing. I wish it would transpire that way, though. The reasons are varied. Still, I am writing more and editing more. I've got real progress.

    You'd think I could do a better job with short posts like this one, but I [...]
    Posted: September 19, 2008, 11:34am EDT
  • Poll me this

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    PBS Poll asks: Is Sarah Palin qualified to be Vice President of the United States?

    What say you? [...]
    Posted: September 17, 2008, 11:35am EDT
  • The turtle is still trucking

    Number of comments: 3
    Our rescue of last July, this terrapin, lives still. For her enclosure mates, she has endured a brown anole (and the crickets to feed it), a cicada, lovebugs (don't ask), and the pupa then adult of an Io moth. We let her out on occasion [...]
    Posted: September 16, 2008, 4:58pm EDT
  • Releasing a Moth

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    Before all these hurricanes, my children and I watched as a vine we had planted became the meal of choice for some caterpillars. They grew and ate, grew and ate, for weeks. We discovered that one had fallen from the vine. I put it [...]
    Posted: September 15, 2008, 8:11pm EDT
  • A Trust Meter for the Web

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    The web is a cacophony of voices. Some might say a symphony of voices, loving the free flow of information, thoughts, and proposals. Oh, wondrous world of information!

    Except, how do you trust that information?

    Many trust news organizations, but so many now on the web have a [...]
    Posted: September 15, 2008, 11:16am EDT
  • What I Take

    Number of comments: 3
    Nola alerted me to Moondance's meme of what would you take for an evacuation. There's rules:
    1. Tell us what five things you would take with you from your home if you had to evacuate for a storm or forest fire or other emergency, and there was a [...]
    Posted: September 12, 2008, 11:00am EDT
  • I'm assuming my creativity relies on stability

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    With Hurricane Ike headed to another part of the Gulf Coast, my life shows signs of being even. We're back to scheduling play dates and working on a carpool for a gymnastics/creative dance class for one of my daughters. I'm considering calling a tree removal company to take the pile [...]
    Posted: September 10, 2008, 11:51am EDT
    by Sarabeth
  • Kicking Something

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    Elle at Maxwell the Tatooed Boy and Other Astounding Joys granted me this award.

    Wow, thank you, Elle. How nice of you to tell me that I kick ass. Like the Thinking Blogger award some time agon, I wonder if I really fit the [...]
    Posted: September 09, 2008, 2:21pm EDT
  • Photos of Life

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    I mentioned this in August, the project where I will take a photo, along with 57 other women, a day. It's address is: [envisage365.blogspot.com]

    We're nearing day 8 of 365. [...]
    Posted: September 08, 2008, 8:32pm EDT
  • Let me be rude

    Number of comments: 1
    But can I ask Ike to pick on someone else? Maybe pay him a sizeable sum to dissapte or target the Yucatan peninsula. Truth is, he's just not wanted here or anywhere near Louisiana. [...]
    Posted: September 06, 2008, 11:09pm EDT
  • Giddy

    Number of comments: 5
    We're home.

    The dog rushed to our gate then to the neighbor's gate then to ours then to chase the neighbor's cat then she jumped on Phill.

    The kids ran to greet the neighbors, filling her in on a week of activities in 30 seconds flat, all three [...]
    Posted: September 05, 2008, 11:32pm EDT
  • I call it my brain, but sometimes I can't make it work

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    One of the problems of not being at my house for the past week is that my creativity level has decreased. I have had this recurring dream of a young man with green eyes deeply shadowed meeting a blond young woman on the beach. A mere touch of their hands [...]
    Posted: September 05, 2008, 6:00am EDT
  • I want to go back

    Number of comments: 1
    but, I have electricity here. In New Orleans, I have no electricity. Sure, we are five people and one unhappy dog in a two bedroom house, but we have air conditioning.

    Our plan, if Phill provides evidence of moving electrons, is to travel home tomorrow. If not, I will [...]
    Posted: September 04, 2008, 10:10pm EDT
  • Pirating

    Number of comments: 0
    One lonely, low, unencrypted signal reaches my computer in exactly one spot in my sister's house. I won't need to visit Starbucks tomorrow.

    We hope to return to New Orleans on Friday. We want to have power as many of the windows in the house don't open. That ain't [...]
    Posted: September 03, 2008, 11:18pm EDT
  • This lamp is our constant companion

    Number of comments: 0

    With so much rain, we stay inside with this lamp lighting our activities. [...]
    Posted: September 03, 2008, 11:25am EDT
  • Livin' is Sort of Easy

    Number of comments: 5
    Our city fared well. We'll return as soon as the government says that we can. Phill did well at the hospital.

    Perhaps the weirdest feeling occurred as I helped my sister with different tasks waiting for Gustav to make landfall. Phill was there. I was here. I could do [...]
    Posted: September 02, 2008, 10:44am EDT
  • Gone Fishing

    Number of comments: 5
    We have left the Big Easy and are safe. Don't worry. [...]
    Posted: August 30, 2008, 6:52pm EDT
  • Name Game

    Number of comments: 3
    1.Your rock star name (first pet, current car)
    Lucy Van

    2.Your gangsta name (favorite ice cream flavor, favorite type of shoe)
    Vanilla Crocs

    3.Your Native American name (favorite color, favorite animal)
    Red Dog

    4.Your soap opera name (middle name, city where you were born)
    Lee Pensacola
    [...]
    Posted: August 28, 2008, 6:28pm EDT
  • Review: Green Works by Clorox Dishwashing Liquid

    Number of comments: 1
    In February I reviewed two of the products from the Green Works line. I loved them so much that I took a trip to buy my own when the ones sent to me for review were empty.

    Mom Central offered me a [...]
    Posted: August 28, 2008, 4:30pm EDT
  • Gustav and Me

    Number of comments: 6

    Uncertainty. Worries. Plans. I've got them. We're prepared to leave if needs be. Phill remains behind, ensconced at the hospital, no matter what.

    I don't have the trauma of Katrina, so my worries are less than others'. All I can do is have my [...]
    Posted: August 27, 2008, 2:31pm EDT
  • Pictures and Pie, Because I'm low on things to do

    Number of comments: 4
    I'm joining a group of women who will present a photo a day of our lives. The first photos like that begin on 2 September. Right now are the photos and biographies of the participants. There's room to join if you would like. Leave a comment, and I'll get you [...]
    Posted: August 26, 2008, 6:26pm EDT
    by Sarabeth
  • Clearly I have a Bias

    Number of comments: 3
    I want this to be true, that starting your children later for kindergarten does not give them an advantage over their peers later in life. I would like to show this to the administrators at the school who decided that three days past the deadline makes a difference, keeping [...]
    Posted: August 25, 2008, 4:46pm EDT

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