Tag: life
member name: Amy just hangin' out M.
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September 22, 2006 10:57 AM EDT --
I'm not really sure what to call this, but it's an idea that a friend of mine did for her husband for his birthday.
She took a jar and decorated it with guy stuff. Inside, she wrote on little . . .
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September 24, 2006 02:56 PM EDT --
My neighbor has a heart condition, and is on the heart transplant list. Several months ago, I came home to hear a strange noise that I could not identify.
As I followed the noise, I realized that it was . . .
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September 20, 2006 08:00 PM EDT --
I remember the summer that I was turning 7. My parents took me to the local fair and that summer I was finally tall enough to ride the Tilt-a-Whirl.
I can still remember the thrill of spinning around . . .
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September 23, 2006 12:29 PM EDT --
On the way home from school yesterday, my 7 year old informed me that her friend Jacob had a "situation" with Ally. She put great emphasis on the word situation.
I asked her what she meant by . . .
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September 23, 2006 12:14 PM EDT --
I was in Walmart late last night in the feminine hygiene aisle. As I got what I needed, I noticed a man standing there with a look of horror and bewilderment on his face, clutching tightly to a small piece . . .
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March 31, 2007 12:06 PM EDT --
Recently, my daughter was invited to a St. Patrick's Day party at the home of a little boy in her class. She is in first grade this year, and is 7 years old.
The party was "the" talk of the . . .
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November 01, 2006 11:45 AM EST --
I picked my daughter up from school yesterday, and on the way home, we had the usual conversation. How was your day? What did you do? Her answers are usually about the same.
However, when I asked her . . .
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October 30, 2006 06:23 AM EST --
I was 5 or 6 when I first met Kelly. She was about 18 or 19 and the niece of some family friends. I am an only child, and Kelly was the big sister that I always wanted, but never had.
When I was 8, Kelly . . .
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November 01, 2006 10:44 AM EST --
When I was a child, we lived in Indiana for about a year. Our neighbors had tons of animals, including several peacocks.
I used to love to wake up in the morning, and look out my window at the birds that . . .
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March 27, 2007 10:16 AM EDT --
This came to me in my e-mail and I thought I would pass it along.
1.) Insanity is inherited -- you get it from your kids.
2.) It now costs more to amuse a child than it once did to educate . . .
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October 04, 2006 11:24 AM EDT --
A few days ago, I read an article about one person's experience working in an emergency room. That started me to thinking and remembering stories from my own ER days.
I worked in an ER for about 5 . . .
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November 01, 2006 10:33 AM EST --
When I was 6, my father went to the doctor about some pain that he had been having in his arm. The doctor did some tests and concluded that it was just a pulled muscle, nothing serious.
On his way out . . .
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September 05, 2006 05:58 PM EDT --
We did this for my grandfather before he was diagnosed with Alzheimer's. I took a large mason jar and let my then 5 year old decorate it. We then all wrote out memories of our time with him on little . . .
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September 21, 2006 07:32 PM EDT --
I read another article about keeping journals, and reminded me that I wanted to write about my letters to my daughters.
When my first daughter was born, I wrote her a letter later that night about . . .
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November 06, 2006 10:26 AM EST --
One of my clients shared with me about getting trapped in an elevator over the weekend.
Now, this would not be that big of a deal, except she was in a hospital, and was trapped with an orderly and a dead . . .
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September 05, 2006 11:32 AM EDT --
*Much of today's formal etiquette originated in the French royal court in the 1600s. Because nobles did not work, they developed elaborate social customs to avoid boredom.
*A penny minted in 1727 . . .
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September 20, 2006 03:58 PM EDT --
My husband just announced that he is going to his parents for the weekend and taking both kids so I can have a break !!! I love this man.
Don't worry, I'm not going to do anything silly this weekend . . .
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September 21, 2006 05:56 PM EDT --
This was in a clipping that my mom gave to me from a magazine. I'm not sure which one and she doesn't remember.
Erase water spots - Rub a soft cloth dipped in lemon juice over water spots . . .
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September 21, 2006 06:03 PM EDT --
This is from another clipping from a magazine from my mom. Not sure what magazine.
Sleeker hair - No hair spray? Rub lip balm between your palms and run over hair to tame flyaways.
Ring won't . . .
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October 02, 2006 09:35 AM EDT --
On one side of our house, there is a hay field. They recently cut the hay, and ever since, we have had mice.
Last night, while cooking supper, I went into my pantry, barefooted, and felt a crunch under . . .
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