Monthly Archives: January 2016

Livia Turns Five, No Six, No Five

Posted on 01/31/2016 by chick

Dear Livia, We celebrated the 5th anniversary of your birth with a small party, just the four of us. We bought you a cake and a present, and we had plenty of fun. But your father and I felt bad … Continue reading →

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Reading Together

Posted on 01/30/2016 by chick

Dear Kids, I have read to you almost every night since you were tiny. I remember reading Dr. Seuss’s “Horton Hears a Who” to Marshall when he was just a baby. Sometimes he would even listen. And I remember how … Continue reading →

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Interesting Afternoon

Posted on 01/21/2016 by chick

Yesterday I discovered that I had made an error at work. It was a tiny, one-letter error, but a poorly placed one. It was the kind of thing that was not only embarrassing but could also land me in some … Continue reading →

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Not Quite a Confession

Posted on 01/09/2016 by chick

This morning Livia came into our bedroom. She said she wanted to tell us something about her sleeping bag. The sleeping bag was, we had thought, well out of her reach, high on a shelf in her bedroom closet. Livia: … Continue reading →

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SITY: Farewell to Our Christmas Tree

Posted on 01/08/2016 by chick

As I mentioned the other day, we finally had to let our Christmas tree to go. My husband placed the tree outside. Then snow fell overnight, covering the tree with sparkly white. I took one last picture of it. Here … Continue reading →

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More Reviews from 2015

Posted on 01/08/2016 by chick

I read some great books in 2015. There were also some that disappointed me. The reviews for the disappointing ones were originally listed in my Reading in 2015 post, but I thought that the negativity dragged the post down. Still, … Continue reading →

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Favorite Ornaments

Posted on 01/05/2016 by chick

Our Christmas tree has been dropping a lot of needles, and the only thing drinking its water is Peeps, the cat. So I decided yesterday that it was time for the tree to go. The kids and I removed the … Continue reading →

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Reading in 2015

Posted on 01/04/2016 by chick

I read only 32 books in 2015. That makes 2015 one of the weakest reading years since I started tracking my reading on this blog. Only 2009 had a lower total (23), and that was the year that my son … Continue reading →

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