Pretty Toes

This is what happens when you tell your daughter she can do whatever she wants for the day.
If you don’t like toes, turn away!

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Do Not Vote For Me

I will never be President.
It isn’t just a statement of fact.
It represents something larger.
As a child, I was told that if I dreamed big enough, I could become anything I want.  I could fly to the moon.  I could earn a Medal of Honor.  I could be a doctor and save lives.  I could skateboard [...]

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Cool Jackets

Noodle is in a band.
She says she’s in the band with her friend “R” and all her other friends in school.  Everyone has to bring their own instrument.  Noodle chose the keyboard, because, that’s what she has, and that’s how she rolls.  Of course, about the only thing she play on the keyboard is “chopsticks” [...]

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Dirty Moms

If you clicked this link thinking that you were going to see THIS, then I’m sorry.
You were sorely mistaken.
What I was writing about is that in one day of out-n-about I encountered several moms that were just dandies in their own right.
First, I was at IKEA, that Swedish heaven of foreign speaking people.  I often [...]

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Nae Yujah

She is a careful driver and addicted to coffee.
The car belies this; a crumpled front side where a pillar of concrete sprouted magically before her eyes.  Yet, she slowly steers and knows no haste.
She will complain of the slow and incompetent drivers in the frigid north – ambulances and tow trucks are sentinels of the [...]

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Gusto

Friday Night: Chili & Garlic-Grilled Shrimp & Chorizo with Sweet Orange Cilantro Quinoa
Crepe Cup with Ice Cream and Berries
Saturday Night: Thai Salad with Fresh Greens and Carambola Fruit
French Prosciutto-Wrapped Wild Sea Scallops with Garlic and Olive Oil Whole Wheat Penne.
Skipped Dessert for sweeter things
Recipes available upon request.
Other things you’ll have to fight Nae Yujah for!

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Wine and Chocolate

I have built a cellar (not really, that’d be very Poe-esque) of wine and chocolate. I’m not drinking like a fiend, just tasting different flavors before  Nae Yujah arrives, and also developing a decent collection of highly rated chocolates and wines that I can keep for some time.
You never know when someone important will [...]

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Metamorphosis

This is Noodle’s Valentine’s Day box for her class Valentines.  She, with the help of her mom, wrote out them all this weekend, and she even made some extras for extra special people.
I thought the box came out wonderfully.  The origami heart was made a few days ago when she and I practiced origami from [...]

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Time

2851 minutes since January 1st.
47 hours 30 minutes.
1 hour 13 minutes 6 seconds each day.
What does one say after a hundred hours of talking through things?
You say, “Good Night. Sweet Dreams.”
After all. You will hear her voice tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow.

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Asian Eyes

I’ve blogged about it before and I’ve had discussions about it with several people I know.  For the most part, I won’t excuse this behavior.
But, here it is again.
This time, at the hands of my Noodle’s favorite starlet, Miley Cyrus.

So P2H, what’s the big deal?  Aren’t you just overreacting to something an innocent child is [...]

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