Hello from La Petit Puppe’, the daycare for the discerning puppy owner! As you may remember, we have a new puppy. After three weeks in her new home, Tess has done her best to leave her mark on everything inside. Wow. I haven’t had a puppy since Callie was little in 1996. Over the years, [...]

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Patience is both very difficult AND very easy for me. What do I mean? Well, I find BEING patient as much of a struggle as anyone else would, I guess. But ACTING patient? Piece of cake. (And just to be clear: I’m NOT bragging.) The skills learned in childhood are often used well into adulthood. [...]

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In my real life, I have a lot of friends who just don’t “get” Twitter. They say they don’t have time for it  (WHAT? Do they think I do?) And they always ask, “WHY would I want to know what a total stranger had for breakfast?” (I always answer, “It’s at least as interesting as [...]

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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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Okay, so today I was gonna participate in a “serious” blog carnival hosted by a really cool British expat pastor guy named Peter Pollock. I like what he writes; it always makes you think. Anyway, his carnival today has a topic that everyone is supposed to write about: Obedience. Watch your step. The irony is [...]

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So what have I learned this week? Besides that I’m a twoet and didn’t know it? (BWAHAHAH! Get it?!!!) No, seriously. What I learned this week is… That I have a dysfunctional relationship with guilt. How did I learn this? By spending an entire peaceful day in an empty house yesterday, while our wonderful teenage [...]

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Yes, it’s about time for me to participate in this blog carnival again. I can always benefit from a little introspection. Here’s what I’ve learned this week: If you’re gonna bake two frozen pizzas, don’t put them directly on two racks, with one above the other. Cuz if you do, the top pizza will self-destruct [...]

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Inadequate. Not enough. That’s how I’ve been feeling lately. I don’t have enough… time                            brainpower self-discipline        selflessness courage                              confidence I’m not organized enough. I’m not loving enough. I’m not content enough. [...]

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Birthday cake for breakfast = Deliciousness. Who am I kidding? I already knew THAT. But this week I did conduct more research to confirm my hypothesis. Conclusion: more scrumptious than a donut and ten times as frostingy. *** Hormones are a b*tch. Place one 41yo woman in north Georgia, then rocket the outdoor temps from [...]

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We have two winners for Red Clay Giveaway #1, from Great Cakes Soapworks! To choose two numbers, I tried out this nifty site: Random Integer Generator It gave me these two numbers: 34 and 15. I matched those to the comment numbers. This means that the winners of the Asian Spice Gift Set are… 34:  [...]

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