Alphabetical Order

The Monday List                                                                                    
One particular manifestation of my increasingly obsessive nature is my desire to number or alphabetize everything, especially at work.  The plan for today’s post was a numbered list of my pet peeves because I was feeling really cranky yesterday.  But today’s sunshine and 60 degree warmth has improved my attitude to the pet peeves will [...]

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COSI

Secret Sunday – Eye Candy Edition
Badly in need of a little vacation but with no time to take one, Randy and I went to COSI (Center of Science and Industry) in Columbus, Ohio for the day.  Neither of us had been there before although I briefly managed a program for Girl Scouts that sent girls to [...]

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Conversations I’ve Actually Had This Week

Wild-card Wednesday
Phone conversation with employee of a certain restaurant special to us.
Me: Do you have any reservations available for Valentine’s Day?
Her: NO
Me: Ah, oh…you’re full?
Her: No, we don’t take reservations.
Me: Oh, well do you anticipate being extra busy that night?
Her: Well, there’s no way to tell.  Wait.  Hold on, let me get my crystal ball [...]

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Name Game

The Monday List
Names have always fascinated me.  When I was 11 I had a bookstore gift certificate which I spent on a baby name book and my old journals are rife with lists of the ever-changing names I wanted to bestow upon my future children.  So its no surprise to me that I never get [...]

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Sweet

An afternoon spent in bed recovering from this week’s illness – at Randy’s insistence - while he cleaned the house.  An unexpected card and box of sweets.  A shared bowl of creamy pasta at our favorite little neighborhood restaurant.  Happy conversation over warm drinks and an apple fritter.  A good Valentine’s Day.   

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I’m African American

Story Time Saturday
I kind of heart this first-grade girl in one of my schools.  
First, she drew her self-portrait depicting herself dancing under a rainbow-colored disco ball.  That shows spirit.

 Second, she and I had the following conversation as she drew her self-portrait:
Her: Guess what!
Me: What?
Her: I’m African American!
Me: I know!  That’s awesome!
Her: And guess what else!
Me: What?
Her: You [...]

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Green Lust

Eye Candy Friday
My to-do list is long and ambitious, as I’m sure most people’s are.  I could whittle away at the list gradually and make good progress if I would do a little every day, but I tend to go to extremes (like Billy Joel) and find it hard to get motivated unless I’m going to jump [...]

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Someone to Watch Over You

Its Thursday Crafternoon!  (So I’m a bit late.  And while we’re on the subject, I suppose I should address the fact that I was completely absent from posting yesterday.  Yesterday practically didn’t exist for me.  I only got out of bed for as long as it took to go fetch more NyQuil, so I called [...]

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But No Elephants!

My sister, Kelli, was digging through our old books the other day and found one I had completely fogotten about until I saw it again.  It may be my favorite kids book ever.  But No Elephants by Jerry Smath is about an old woman who is a sucker for the local traveling animal salesman (there’s [...]

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Valentimes

Welcome to Time Travel Tuesday!
 

Valentine’s Day and I have never had a really close relationship.  Sometimes I’ve liked it and sometimes I’ve thought it was too sentimental and sappy.  I go back and forth, but generally I feel pretty luke warm about the whole occasion.  I do love the color red though, so sometimes that [...]

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