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Last night the girls stayed up past midnight watching tv and playing on my computer. I came upstairs this morning to find a note on my keyboard. “Dear Mom, I accidently pushed restart instead of shut down. I didn’t know the password, so I left it to be lonely. It was probably very sad all […]

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Mailed money order for some Girl Scout patches and the deposit for the troop to have a sleepover at the zoo. Tomorrow I have to make a flyer for the safety program our troop is hosting and get a troop newsletter out to all the parents. I need to work on the Mental Health event […]

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Amy stripped naked in bed again last night. She can undo zippers and snaps. Any ideas how to keep her clothed until she’s potty trained?

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Picked up some cookie money and then we went to the post office to ship cookies. While in line for the postman, Amy giggled, ran and generally acted like an out-of-control child. I sent Noah to pick her up and bring her back to my spot in line. Amy was annoyed at this interference with […]

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We should have a revolving front door like they have at hotels. Then I wouldn’t hear the door slam every few minutes and the house would stay heated or cooled. Whoever is inventing the locking-top sippy cup for me can work on the front door design after they are finished.

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Even though we have given Sears a payment this month and given authorization for an autodraft next month, they still call several times a day. No matter what I say to them on the phone, they call back an hour later. All day, every day. Apparently their method is to harass us until we owe […]

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Today’s chore list includes two different banks to deal with Cookie money, a visit to an old employer to pick up cookie money and the post office to ship cookies. Plus, I get to do this with all four children in the car complaining about having to go with me on errands “Are we done […]

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Doug has been cranky all day today. He leaves early in the morning for another week in Nashville. In the past two weeks, we functioned ok for the first two days, had problems on day three and I became a total basket case by day four. So, Wednesday something will break and Thursday I’ll have […]

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Doug went out on the premise of buying dog and cat food and came home with Godiva. He wants a going away party tonight! 🙂