Moms Rule!

Okay, this bit is priceless:Assuming this is the common experience, then we’re all going to turn into our mothers. Which may not be such a bad thing.
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Dads Rule!

It’s Father’s Day, and we are fatherless at Chez mimi. DH is on his way home from the great non-frozen North (he was quite put out at the lack of cool temperatures during his Canadian sojourn), but alas, he is not yet home. We did speak on the phone, so that’s good.I also had a nice chat with my own Daddy. From him, I have inherited a love of reading, a penchant for debate...
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Birthday Babes

In one of the weirder bits of cosmic woo-woo, two of my very bestest friends both have birthdays today! One has decamped–tres unfortunately–to Texas, but she’s in town this week. The other is one of my oldest and dearest. We met in seventh grade geography class. Fourth period, so we had lockers in the same block. She is one of the few, the proud, to whom I can say, “Lake...
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Birthday Boy

Today is DH’s birthday, so we’re having a red-blooded American male celebration. First up, one of the best things about Florida: spring training! Astros vs. Marlins at Osceola County Stadium (Marlins win, 9-8).It’s a gorgeous day, so we’re stylin’ topless:Can you say, SPF 60?Then it’s off for his free steak at Charley’s. He splits the porterhouse with...
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Ain’t It Always the Way…

Spring break, and I have a sick child. Of course. Someone always gets sick when we have a break from school. This time, it’s DS. Sounds like a barking seal. So we’re on our way to the doc today so he won’t be sounding like a seal colony by the end of the week. Urk.
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