Monthly Archives: January 2014

Finishing Up 2013: Part II

Posted on 01/24/2014 by chick

The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer, A (Kindle version) This is a well-written dystopian story about a boy named Matt who grows up on the estate of a drug lord in the fictional land of Opium, a country … Continue reading →

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Weekend Woe

Posted on 01/23/2014 by chick

Last weekend was the weekend from Hell. Friday night around 11:00, I began experiencing stomach and back pain. Then came the vomiting. All night long, I retched periodically and was wretched constantly. There was no way to position my body … Continue reading →

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Story Time

Posted on 01/21/2014 by chick

I was working on a Shutterfly album the other evening when Livia came over and said she wanted to tell me a story. She asked me to type it into the computer, so I opened up a new blog post … Continue reading →

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Everyone’s a Critic

Posted on 01/16/2014 by chick

Livia has been learning the ABC song from Marshall. She sings, “A, B, C, D, E, F, G—Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Z, Now I know, next time sing with me!” (or something like that). I thought … Continue reading →

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Finishing up 2013: Part I

Posted on 01/15/2014 by chick

100 Cupboards by N.D. Wilson, A- I enjoyed this slightly unusual book about a boy who, in the farmhouse where he’s staying with family, discovers cupboards that connect to other worlds. Parts of the premise were difficult to believe, and … Continue reading →

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Riddle

Posted on 01/14/2014 by chick

Marshall told me a riddle the other morning. He doesn’t know the standard wording for a riddle yet, so I’m paraphrasing here, but basically it went like this: What do you get when you cross a crocodile and a rooster? … Continue reading →

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May 28-29, 2002

Posted on 01/13/2014 by chick

I found this in my drafts folder. I figured I might as well post it. Our Stay in Bath When we awoke in the morning, we discovered that which we already should have known. It’s rather chilly in England at … Continue reading →

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Pttt!

Posted on 01/11/2014 by chick

One day I served pizza to the children for lunch. Livia refused to eat it. I wanted to convince her to give it a try, so I put her stuffed rat toy next to her plate and pretended that he … Continue reading →

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Forgotten Pictures

Posted on 01/10/2014 by chick

I was so serious about cleaning up my digital files that I even took the pictures off my phone. I had a ton of pictures in there, most of them no longer relevant. That always seems to happen to pictures … Continue reading →

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Best Friends

Posted on 01/06/2014 by chick

A few days ago Livia was playing with her Leaptop (a talking toy that mimics a computer). It asked, “Who is your best friend?” Livia replied, “Mommy, Daddy, and Marshall.” Aw!

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