Dog Paddling

Posted by mimi on Aug 21, 2008 in dish | 0 comments It’s wet here in Central Florida. This is our fourth straight day of rain, and it doesn’t look like it’ll be slowing up anytime soon. At least we’re not in Brevard County. They had a freakin’ monsoon yesterday–25 inches in one day! They had to close the Melbourne airport because of all the snakes and gators on the runways. It’s not quite as bad in our...
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Ouch!!

Posted by mimi on Aug 13, 2008 in dish | 4 comments Today was the big go-to-the-Convention-Center-for-some-learnin’ day (aka “Professional Development Day”). These are all-day extravaganzas with breakout sessions and usually a vendor exhibit with all manner of educational items for sale. Not that anyone has any money to buy anything in this lean year, but there you go.So I’m strolling the booths when I get accosted by a...
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Creepy Crawly

Posted by mimi on Jul 13, 2008 in dish | 0 comments Last night, DH and I heard two of the most dreaded words in parenthood: head lice. Seems a good friend of Frack’s who spent the night the other night got a call from another friend about creepy crawlies. Good friend has them, and lo and behold, so did Frack.Let’s just say that a full hour and a half of wash, sit, rinse, comb, comb, comb ain’t too fun either for Frack or her...
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As God Is My Witness, I’ll Never Garage Sale Again

Posted by mimi on Jun 21, 2008 in dish | 5 comments I’m not a complete Philistine. I know that garage sales are a Great American tradition. Some people plan their whole weekends around which garage sales are where and what they hope to find while browsing.My sister decided a month ago that the two of us, our mom, and her MIL would combine for a multi-family, colossal garage sale. So far, so good. I’m in purge mode. Purge resulting in...
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