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DEAR SILLY MONKEY – THE SECOND GRADE EDITION (CHAPTER ONE)…

August 21, 2013

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dear silly monkey – what the heck happened to you?! you’re all… tall and sporting leg hair! and i’m pretty sure you have a mustache! i can only surmise you somehow fashioned a time machine and zoomed us all into the future b/c there is simply no acceptable explanation for the fact that you are, […]

AND IN THE END, IT’S NOT THE YEARS IN YOUR LIFE THAT COUNT; IT’S THE LIFE IN YOUR YEARS…

June 1, 2013

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there is no sense in dwelling… dwɛl [dwel] verb, dwelt or dwelled, dwell·ing, noun –verb 1.  to live or stay as a permanent resident; reside 2.  to live or continue in a given condition or state 3.  to linger over, emphasize, or ponder in thought, speech, or writing though, a pity so many do… ˈpɪti [pit-ee]  noun, plural […]

DEAR SILLY MONKEY – THE FIRST GRADE EDITION (CHAPTER TWO)…

May 30, 2013

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dear silly monkey – you did it!  you successfully argued with me every day before school!  but more importantly, you completed your very first year of real grade school.  way to go, monkey!! so, just like every letter before, and in typical mommy fashion, here are three things i would like to apologize for: 1.  i’m […]

ALL LIFE DEMANDS STRUGGLE. THOSE WHO HAVE EVERYTHING GIVEN TO THEM BECOME LAZY, SELFISH, AND INSENSITIVE TO THE REAL VALUES OF LIFE. THE VERY STRIVING AND HARD WORK THAT WE SO CONSTANTLY TRY TO AVOID IS THE MAJOR BUILDING BLOCK IN THE PERSON WE ARE TODAY.

March 12, 2013

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i am not going to lie.  i am overwhelmed.  i thought i was busy before babyA, what with monkey & B & school & work, but as i stood at my kitchen sink last night, hand washing the thousand pieces of dr. brown’s bottle parts and the hundreds of pieces to my nursing equipment & prepping bottles […]

30 DAYS OF THANKFUL: #13-#25…

November 25, 2012

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day thirteen: i am thankful for allowable procrastination.  the end. day fourteen: i am thankful for B’s pajama pants.  without them, i would be a cranky preggy lady stretching dresses in the winter.  day fifteen: i am thankful for pay-day.  the end.  day sixteen: i am thankful for awesome friends.  had a lovely dinner at brio […]

30 DAYS OF THANKFUL: #12…

November 12, 2012

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day twelve: i am thankful for my mommy-silly monkey conversations.  he is such an inquisitive child and can make me laugh like no other.  the other day, he was trying to explain something to another child and started in with, “… ok, so let me give you an explanation…” he’s just plain clever and witty… […]

30 DAYS OF THANKFUL: #11…

November 11, 2012

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day eleven: i am thankful for american’s veterans.  those still here.  and those who have gone (i miss you grandpa).  thank you for protecting our lives, our freedoms and the freedoms of our children.  ’tis a deed no one can give too many thanks.

30 DAYS OF THANKFUL: #10…

November 10, 2012

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day ten: i am thankful for the gift of party planning enduring friendship.  b/c of three very special & amazing women, this was the aftermath of my saturday… to three of my most favorite girls in the world:  michelle, angie & leslie – thank you for being amazing friends.  thank you for loving me enough to […]

30 DAYS OF THANKFUL: #9…

November 9, 2012

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day nine: i am thankful for my husband, who will officially celebrate one WHOLE year with me tomorrow, november 10th.  it’s rare to meet someone and fall in love with them instantly, but that’s just what happened to us.  and while it may have taken a little while for us to be put into the position of seeing […]

30 DAYS OF THANKFUL: #8… (THE QUASI-PSYCHIC EDITION)

November 8, 2012

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day eight: i am thankful for the option to believe.  silly monkey believes.  he believes i am the greatest person to walk the earth.  granted, he also believes in santa, the easter bunny, the tooth fairy, the sandman and dragons (as evidenced while we took in two showings of “how to train your dragon LIVE“).  […]

30 DAYS OF THANKFUL: #7…

November 7, 2012

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day seven: i am thankful for the city of columbus, who FINALLY re-opened an additional entrance/exit to/from 670.  it made my drive home lots less filled with rage than most days prior.

30 DAYS OF THANKFUL: #6…

November 6, 2012

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day six: i am thankful for the ability to pick myself up and laugh.  literally.  and i am thankful that i have people around me who love me enough to not point and laugh. i am the clumsiest, most uncoordinated person on the planet.  you might not ever think so if you saw me in […]