Category Archives: Marshall Says

Those Lights Will Cost You

Posted on 10/28/2018 by chick

Our kids have a bad habit of leaving the lights on when they leave a room. Reprimanding them was having no effect, so earlier this year we started charging them 25 cents every time we discovered that they’d left a … Continue reading →

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Mess Maker

Posted on 08/19/2018 by chick

Today was a house-cleaning day. The kids’ room was particularly messy. I asked them to help me clean it. They did help, I’m happy to say, but apparently they thought the work was too hard. “I’m dying,” wailed poor Marshall … Continue reading →

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Good Point

Posted on 07/14/2018 by chick

Yesterday I picked Marshall up from his final computer boot camp class. I gave him the option of going to day camp for the rest of the day or coming home with me. He wanted to stay with me, but … Continue reading →

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Stupid Coffee!

Posted on 03/10/2018 by chick

Poor Marshall. If he asks for anything in the morning, his parents are likely to answer, “Wait until I’m done drinking my coffee!” One morning, while said parents were leisurely drinking their coffee, he was heard to lament, “Why do … Continue reading →

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New Disease

Posted on 08/05/2017 by chick

Heard around the house: You have poo-die-itis. You have only fifteen minutes to live, and it’s already been ten minutes!

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It’s About F—ing Time!

Posted on 07/31/2017 by chick

In June of 2017 I wrote a post about the time that Livia asked me what the f-word meant. I wondered what my husband had done to expose her to that word. He told me there was a story behind … Continue reading →

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Thanks for That

Posted on 06/26/2017 by chick

I was sitting in my office one day when Livia came in and asked, “What does ‘f—‘ mean?” I had recently made a promise to myself to be honest when the kids asked about swear words. But still, I attempted … Continue reading →

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The Blame Game

Posted on 12/30/2016 by chick

Whenever anything goes wrong, I blame Donald Trump. Sometimes I’m serious, because he is, I’m sorry to say, a real threat to this country. But sometimes it’s just a game that I play with my husband. Blaming Donald Trump for … Continue reading →

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Christmas 2016

Posted on 12/26/2016 by chick

Dear Kids, It was a tough Christmas season. The election of Donald Trump threw a pall over the whole year’s end, and it seemed like everyone was grumpy. Good cheer was so lacking that I nearly cried from happiness one … Continue reading →

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Big Ears and Small Hands

Posted on 03/05/2016 by chick

My husband and I were watching a recording of the most recent Republican debate on YouTube last night. The kids were bored by it, but they insisted on staying with us while we watched it. We didn’t think they were … Continue reading →

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