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Too much time on my hands

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Penny Print This Post Print This Post

If you think working 100+ hours a week, coupled with the fact that the grandkids are out of town on their annual snow trip to Big Bear, won’t leave me with any time to get in trouble, think again.  With … Continue reading →

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Whoops!

Posted on February 18, 2012 by Penny Print This Post Print This Post

Sleep, after you turn eight years old, is a very precious commodity.  I haven’t had much of it lately.  After a several nights until midnight at the office this past week, I’m wondering what daylight looks like.  So this morning as I read … Continue reading →

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Keeping in touch

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Penny Print This Post Print This Post

I love it when my grown children make an effort to reach out to me.  Most of the time I’m thinking they’d rather be sharing ideas with someone their own age.  And then magic happened this week.  I received calls or … Continue reading →

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My guy

Posted on February 14, 2012 by Penny Print This Post Print This Post

Couponman has a problem.  Sometimes I’m the problem, but that’s not the one I’m talking about today.  I’m talking about the other one – his fifty percent average.  My dad had a phrase for it – half-a**ed.  Funny, my Japanese … Continue reading →

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A journey of two years

Posted on February 12, 2012 by Penny Print This Post Print This Post

The Mouse turned two today.  Not long ago I cradled him in my arms (shortly after midnight).  He still doesn’t say much, but in his two short years he’s taken a lot in.  He’s learned how to change the channel … Continue reading →

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Underwater

Posted on February 11, 2012 by Penny Print This Post Print This Post

I often feel like I’m going down for the third time.  I spread myself too thin (not to be confused with being too thin), over-commit myself, and have a hard time staying afloat.  Unfortunately, it looks like I’ve passed this … Continue reading →

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Suspicious circumstances

Posted on February 9, 2012 by Penny Print This Post Print This Post

Yesterday I joined two friends for dinner.  We laughed when Laurel shared how she’d met her husband at a production of an amateur play.  She’d turned red and white stripped Dr. Denton’s into a kangaroo costume by wearing them backwards.  … Continue reading →

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Someday it will be hilarious

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Penny Print This Post Print This Post

As mothers we all have those experiences that down the road, years later, will be our favorite stories to share.  Just not on the day they happen.  My oldest daughter, the GAP, called me yesterday with one of those stories.  … Continue reading →

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No extra parts

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Penny Print This Post Print This Post

  On the car ride to Oxnard this past weekend, the six-year-old Worm began a story about a cat named Duchess.  Each person in turn added a sentence to the story beginning with the word or phase ending the previous storyteller’s … Continue reading →

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Passing of the recipe

Posted on February 5, 2012 by Penny Print This Post Print This Post

Cheezy called to ask for my wonton recipe — a Super Bowl favorite.  They take forever to make, and are gone in an instant.  But they did encourage lots of family togetherness.  “You want wontons,” I’d say.  “Then your going to have … Continue reading →

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