Update, Sort Of…

Mother sent an email to Middle Sister in England.  I have neither Mother’s email nor the response that MS sent to Mr. Chili at work, but he called me this morning in a state.  It seems that Middle Sister essentially tore into him for being unreasonable and pretty much accused him of hastening his parents’ [...]

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Oh, Why the Hell Not?

Contrary has decided to do the Holidailies this year – it’s the December flavor of NaBloPoMo – and she’s asked her peeps to participate with her.
Since we all know that I’m obsessive-compulsive about writing every day anyway, I told her I’d join her.

It feels a little bit like cheating. I mean, I’ve been doing [...]

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And Thus, It Begins

Mr. Chili has been talking to his parents about changing the Christmas traditions. It’s going about as well as can be expected.
He started a week or so ago by suggesting that we modify our already beloved Christmas Eve traditions by expanding them to include our family gift-giving. The response to this was that [...]

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The Last Class

Because my schedule at TCC is shifting next term from a Tuesday/Thursday grouping to a Monday/Wednesday scheme, I’m having to give up my Wednesday morning step class at the health club. Today is the last time I’ll teach it for the foreseeable future.

I’m going to miss the class. I really like the [...]

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Ten Things Tuesday

Times TEN!
Gerry over at TwoBlueDay inspired me to put together a list of 100 songs that I love. I’ve finished it, and have posted it as a page on the blog.  It would have made for a MONSTER post; WordPress has a word counter on my “create a post” page and this bad boy [...]

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At the Risk of Exciting the Trolls

Disclaimer: I’m writing another Christmas post. I know I probably shouldn’t, but I’ve decided not to let thoughtless and inconsiderate commenters dictate what I do or do not say on my blog. I’m not going to abide obnoxious comments – I’m happy to have you disagree with me, but if you can’t [...]

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All I Want for Christmas

… is a little human kindness.
I don’t partake in the retail feeding frenzy that is the weekend after Thanksgiving.  With the exception of going to the health club to teach my morning class, I didn’t even leave the house on Black Friday.  While I do shop for Christmas gifts, I don’t feel the same glassy-eyed [...]

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‘Bugs Wants to Know

Derek over at Eats Bugs has tagged me for the Crazy Eights:
Eight things I’m passionate about (about which I am passionate):
• correct grammar (duh).
• being a good wife / mother / friend.
• equal rights. Right now, my focus is primarily on gay and lesbian rights, but the passion extends to equal rights for [...]

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Yoga National Guard, Take Three

Last Friday began our third tour of duty with Yoga National Guard. Seven more to go.
I came into this month’s adventure with better attitude than I did last month, but not by much. As we sat in a circle, reintroducing ourselves, I listened as person after person proclaimed how happy they were to [...]

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Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope that all of you who celebrate it have a great Thanksgiving!

cartoon credit

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