I’m craving macaroni and cheese… deep fried zucchini strips with creamy sauce…  fettuccine Alfredo…  those yummy Morningstar Farms breakfast links… a grilled cheese sandwich…  A friend of mine posted a Facebook picture of a meal of breaded and deep fried dill pickle slices… I’d never seen something more delicious! Pretty much everything that would kill me.  You don’t [...]

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Our entire family got the stomach flu.  All of us.  First of all, I got gall stones which hurt more than childbirth.  During our hospital experience (which included a horribly invasive probe down my throat and into my gall bladder while I was still awake), Jr started to vomit.  After the gall stone attack was [...]

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My son has reached a brand new stage of independence.  It happened a couple of days ago, when I tried to feed my little guy his blended baby food.  It was a no go.  He refused his all of his favorites, and would only agree to eat a piece of bread that he could hold in [...]

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Well, it isn’t exactly blank… I’ve written the first three chapters of this novel, but I have the official “go ahead” from my publishers to finish it up.  It’s not a guarantee of acceptance, but it certainly shows more than your average interest in the project.  So I now have a novel to complete.  I [...]

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I am about to preach again tomorrow.  Last time I preached the sky did not fall, so I agreed to preach again.  I have to admit, I am still rather nervous about it.  It has nothing to do with public speaking, which I thoroughly enjoy, and everything to do with motherhood.  But maternal freakouts aside, [...]

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Tonight, while I was putting the baby to bed, I lay there looking down at him.  He was extra huggy today, and wouldn’t settle unless I laid down with him for a little while.  He put one hand on me so I couldn’t get away from him.  And as I lay there, some story ideas [...]

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Tonight, we decided to cut Jr’s hair.  He had this kind of Einstein explosion going on up top.  It wasn’t curly.  It wasn’t straight.  It would curl when we oiled it, but as soon as the oil dried, or whatever oil does, he’s be back to the crazy again.  It also grew in three Joker-esque [...]

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