Category Archives: Crazy Me

Ugh, Cleaning

This morning I had to get out of bed earlier than usual to clean the downstairs bathroom. Cleaning is unfortunately necessary when we’re about to have company (in this case, one of Livia’s friends). In a way, I hate having … Continue reading

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A Habit

Every day my web browser offers me a selection of “thought-provoking articles.” I’m a total sucker for them. This morning I opened articles with the following titles: Reading articles like these is not necessarily the best use of my time, … Continue reading

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Trying Something Different

This is what happens when I sign up for daily or weekly e-mail subscriptions: I don’t read the e-mails, so they pile up in my in-box. When they accumulate into a daunting mass, I delete them. Right up until that … Continue reading

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Love Lost

It’s summertime, and I used to love summer, but now I’m starting to loathe it. There are still some great things about summer–sunset walks, dragonflies and hummingbirds, wildflowers, grilled food–but it gets harder to enjoy them. I hope it won’t … Continue reading

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Pasta la Pizza

It’s a silly thing, but when I’m bidding farewell to the children, I often say, “Hasta la pizza!” This bugs my husband who, if he hears it, hollers, “That’s not a saying!” The kids, on the other hand, like to … Continue reading

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Nutty

True story: I don’t like coconut very much. I like coconut water, though. And when I buy coconut water, I like to get the kind with the little pieces of coconut in it. Meanwhile, my husband likes coconut, but he … Continue reading

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Goose, Goose, Duck

I decided to go for a walk on the driveway this evening. When I opened the front door, I spooked some birds that had been hanging around the edges of my yard. More of them flew away when I walked … Continue reading

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Sleep? What’s That?

It took a while, but sleep deprivation finally caught up on me again. I had kept myself as well-rested as possible during the summer, but summer doesn’t last forever. Before I knew it, the new school year had begun. Getting … Continue reading

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Nostalgia

My music teacher, attempting to translate the title of a musical work, asked me, “How’s your German?” I replied, “If it wasn’t in `Hogan’s Heroes,’ I don’t know it.” I meant that as a joke, of course, but it was … Continue reading

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