• The Homestead

    I think this is courtesy of Gizmodo– The Old Homestead. I can’t WAIT to move in. Anyone want to help with the bid?

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  • Taxes…and death

    So we just got back from doing our annual taxes. Now, remember that I haven’t paid any taxes out of my paychecks, since I’m a consultant and no one is withholding for me. That being said, we still owe $7000, all of it social security. Somehow, I feel broke, not secure. Ah, well.

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  • More kiddies….

    Me (holding owl puppet): Look, bug, he can squeak (squeezes bulb in owl to make squeaking sound). K: I can’t do that. It’s too big for me! Me: you can say it, though. Squeak, squeak! K: that’s spanish for monkey! Me: *BLINKS…Giggles* So…squeak is apparently Spanish for monkey. Who knew? BTW, we call her “bug”…for…

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  • Would you like fingers with that?

    WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (AP) — A dispute at the salad bar turned into a food fracas at an upscale retirement home, with a man taking a bite out of another’s arm and other residents suffering minor injuries… Guess the salad bar didn’t offer arm as one of the choices? Read the rest here, if you…

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  • The race begins…

    So I told Ellen that Kim and I are going away for the weekend because I didn’t want her freaked out when we left sort of suddenly. The race is on to see when she spills the beans. I wager that she will before I get to in 6 hours, but she might understand the…

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  • Oh…the belly.

    Well, it looks like I finally got this stomach flu that’s been going around. It wiped Kim out for about 36 hours. I don’t feel bad except that I’m spending a bit too much “quality time” in the bathroom. God be praised, I won’t get the vomiting part. That’s what did Kim in… But i…

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  • More amazing children stories

    OK, this one impressed even me, who is used to things that come out of Ellen’s (my 6 year old) mouth. E: we don’t have school tomorrow. P: Why is that? E: it’s President’s day! P: what’s that about? E: it’s the president’s birthdays P: which ones? E: george washington and abraham lincoln P: Very…

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  • More Goofiness

    My two little goofs. You can’t make this stuff up. I wouldn’t even want to try… Two nights ago, Ellen was sleeping out at my mother’s. It’s time for Katie to go to bed and she starts being cranky and whining that she doesn’t want to go to bed. Then she asks for Ellen, more…

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  • More fun than…

    Katie: I want to come up on your lap. Me: Why? Katie: Your lap is more fun! Me: For fun than what? Katie: Magnets. ???

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