Roadtrip!

Toiletries
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Cellphone (and instructions)
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Cellphone charger (house/car)
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License/wallet
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Plates on truck
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Truck papers
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Cooler
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Pepsi/Frappuccinos
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Candy/snacks
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Water
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Clothes washed/packed (Thanks to S)
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Camera (and instructions)
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Pedicure/manicure
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Visor/Dodge hat (lol)
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Keys
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Alrighty. If I left anything out, too bad. I head out tomorrow morning… on the road… just me and my truck… and obviously, a bunch of munchie stuff. I’ll be back next Tuesday. I’m gonna give that ol’ GPS system [...]

Reflections

I wrote this post in another blog but it’s still just as true for me today.Enjoy:The man in the uniform waved us through the first set of barriers. We slowly pulled forward as the second set of men in uniforms waved us to our spot. We sat perched precariously atop boxes filled with [...]

Pioneer Days

 The word artichoke is taken from the Arabic ارضي شوكي (ardi shauki) or ارضي شوك (ardi shauk), meaning literally, “ground-thorn.”
It is a thistle.
Persimmon: belongs to the same genus as ebony. The wood has been used for fine billiard cues, high quality golf clubs known as “woods” in the latter part of the 20th century, and [...]

Don’t Fence Me In!

 
The cable is on and off and on and off. I waited three hours for Mr. Cableman to tell me it’s not my problem; it’s theirs. It should be fixed by tomorrow.
Uh huh. Sure.
The cellphone thinks it’s in a foreign country. The dogs are whacked. Mojo is all over poor Lulu. You know it’s [...]

With all due respect…

Two posts in one day; unusual, I know, but this really pissed me off. With all due respect to the victims, families of victims, and all people affected by the tragedy at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia; I have to ask:
Where’s the outrage in THIS situation? Where’s the media on THIS situation? What does the [...]

EEG: EEK

The Birthday was a tremendous success and great fun. Our neighbor and her daughter came over and had pizza and cake and ice cream with us. D-Man opened all of his presents and was thrilled. My mom got him some Spiderman, die cast cars, which, ironically, fit into the Spiderman car launcher I got for [...]

Happy Birthday!

Today is April 17th. I’ve heard, “Tahday Abil Sebenteenph? DeMommy? Tahday Abil Sebenteenph?” for three months now. Finally, finally, the day has arrived. Today is D-Man’s birthday. He turns seven today. The most amazing thing is… he finally knows what that means and he’s workin’ every angle of it.
We went from his learning the day [...]

Thirteen Percenter’s

When I got up this morning, everyone was already gone for the day. That is an unusual thing because I’m usually up well before the boys leave for school. I slept until after 9:00 AM and am having a hard time getting out of the grogginess of my dreams. It was strange to awaken and [...]

Perceptions

The guy across the street is selling his house. They’ve had two garage sales in the last two weeks. I’ve never actually met him although we have had a few conversations while at the mailbox. They have white screen doors, a white front door, and two white cars. My impression of him is that he [...]

I Read Dead People

Oh, yes, yesterday was a much better day! I had a meeting with a community schools coordinator and just loved speaking with him. He’s a lovely guy… totally passionate about what he’s doing… and he and I talked about different ways to put the right people together to move forward in creating better parent involvement. [...]