How to hold your baby when you need both hands for taking a picture: (Totally stolen from 22 Words because it made me snort out loud.)

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I’m joining Joyce’s Wednesday Hodgepodge over at From This Side of the Pond. Random is just what I needed today. If you’re at a loss for ideas, feel free to visit Joyce and join the party!   1. What do you do at the first sign of a cold? Will you get a flu shot [...]

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I love the Interwebs. Through them I’ve somehow become friends with this punk kid — I mean nice young man — named Duane who blogs at Scribing the Journey. He’s usually quite deep, but I guess while posting one Thursday, he just rambled. And he saw that it was fun. And so he created Pleasantly Disturbed [...]

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What is it about the spiritual disciplines that I so strongly resist? I’ve been a Christ-follower for over 30 years. I know how much I benefit from keeping a regular appointment with God. It’s the only reason I get up at 5:30 a.m. every school day — ostensibly to give me time alone to pray, [...]

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Am I a bad lady? Clearly my middle child sometimes thinks so. I prefer to say I’m badA$$. But you be the judge. I’m guest posting over at Hey Look at Chicken today, with a story of international intrigue / badness / badA$$ness. Yes, I can be unpleasant in other languages too. It’s a gift. [...]

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Lately it seems like my neck has a crick in it all the time. Not one of those “I can’t move my head and therefore have an excuse for not doing laundry or dusting” cricks. (I WISH.) More of a “This is annoying and every time I turn my head I sound like a bowl of Rice [...]

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Sitting here on the couch, I’m surrounded by dogs and laundry. The dogs only cause problems when I trip over them. But the laundry…. The laundry is my nemesis. Hangers litter one sofa cushion. Baskets compete for the socks that I’m folding. After three weeks of feeling BLEH, I am unbelievably behind on washing clothes. [...]

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Hello and welcome to my late-arriving Friday post. Let’s just pretend I’m on the West Coast, shall we? Then I can be three hours less late than I really am. Okay. Welcome to the Twitter Ho-Down, as hosted by The Fellowship of the Traveling Smarty Pants. Below, the best of ME from this week. I [...]

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Yes, eveeboddee! Eet’s true! We have a weener! (TWSS) Thanks everyone for playing in the Phantastic Photo Giveaway. (I should write ad copy, don’t you think? I’m rather exceedingly clever.) My friend Daniel appreciated your visits so much that he updated his blog. Since his artistry extends into the written word, AND he posted new [...]

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Every once in awhile, in an attempt to be “hip” and “cool,” I change the channel from “Classic Rock” to a Top 40 music station. It is educational, let me tell you. To illustrate, this line from a popular song: “Shh, Girl! Shut your lips! Do the ‘Helen Keller’ and talk with your hips!” Does [...]

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