Back to Normal

Posted by on Dec 27, 2005 in dish | 0 comments Christmas fun’s over. Time to clean again (oy). The living room at Chez mimi has been exploded with toys, which now need to migrate down the hall, especially since mimi will be hosting yet another family dinner (dad, stepmom, baby sis/hub, sis/hub/nephew) on New Year’s Day. Yikes.Resolution season is coming, too, so I’m in the frame of mind to be changing some things. Like...
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Gee, thanks, Dad!

Posted by on Dec 26, 2005 in dish | 0 comments If you’re sharp, you get the sarcasm in the title, but if not, let me explain. My dad went gray early. Like totally-white-by-the-age-of-fifty early. And of course, I am just. like. my. dad.Gray hair started popping up when I was in my twenties. My early twenties. Luckily, I have a lot of curly hair, so they were easy to hide, but I’m vain enough to want some reinforcement. So I turn...
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Merry Christmas

Posted by on Dec 25, 2005 in dish | 0 comments Santa Claus came to town. Did you get everything you wished for? I already have. Wonderful husband, beautiful and healthy children, dogs, mortgage, car payments. Suburban paradise.All I want now is peace on earth, good will toward men. But that’s going to need some cooperation from some other folks.Merry Christmas. And to my baby bro in Mosul, only 11 more days!!
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Thankfulness

Posted by on Nov 24, 2005 in dish | 0 comments There are so many things to be thankful for on this day, but here are some of mine. my husband and kids family phone calls from my brother in Iraq, especially phone calls on Thanksgiving Day with a possible end date for this tour of duty (yay!) turkey dinners pecan pie hell, just about any kind of pie naps (like you would expect anything else on Thanksgiving?) football (except that) top-down...
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Brittany Lessons

Posted by on Nov 15, 2005 in dish | 0 comments Chez mimi has two dogs, an ancient cocker spaniel and a Brittany. Brittanys are a new breed for me. I’ve had cockers all my life. The kids asked for a bigger dog, and since I didn’t want to go the Lab/Golden route, we hunted elsewhere. We thought about a Weimaraner, even picked out a name (Wegman), but were dissuaded by its very high activity level. So we end up with a Brittany, the...
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