Monthly Archives: July 2006

Quick-like

I’m busy packing and writing posts for the first part of WBW (Tuesday to Friday.) I’ve set them to publish themselves every morning, but if they don’t, email Mike and ask him to figure it out ;o) Discuss amongst yourselves … Continue reading

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Fine Art Friday

  William Blake, The Resurrection

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Question

World Breastfeeding Week is coming up, does anyone have any questions or suggestions for blogging topics? :o)

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Not Quite A Personal Day…

But the girls and I are going to the beach next week with my parents and siblings.  I thought it would be too tough to go when we still aren’t unpacked, but it will be a great vacation from the … Continue reading

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Personal Day

It would be really helpful to have a parenting personal day so that I could focus on unpacking. Unfortunately, it doesn’t work that way.

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PBS update

We have really been enjoying Paperback Swap! We’ve gotten rid of some embarrassing books no used book store would take off our hands in exchange for really great ones from a wide variety of genres. I took the time to … Continue reading

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It’s Just Not Right

This week I drove past our local Wendy’s. The marquee read, “VA NILLA FROST Y — CO MING SO ON!” A Vanilla Frosty? What would Dave Thomas say? I know Wendy’s is losing market share but this is going too … Continue reading

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Fine Art Friday

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Things I Like About Our Front Porch

It’s big — big enough for Kate to ride her tricycle on and have a kiddie pool on with lots and lots of room to spare. It’s made of concrete — making the above activities kosher. It’s got a good, … Continue reading

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Quickly

We’re here. The closing went fabulous. We love our house, but each day brings newly discovered quirks. If you are an electrician and want to come to Birmingham and work for food, photo announcements or latin tutoring, give us a … Continue reading

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Update

All our stuff is packed in the pods, in the possession of ABF and we’re resting at my parents’ before taking off for the Magic City early tomorrow morning.  Our closing is early Wednesday morning and then we’ll be working … Continue reading

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Slaying St. George

The Church of England is considering a proposal to dethrone St. George as its official patron on the grounds that he is too warlike and offensive to Muslims.  (HT: CrunchyCon blog) St. Alban is proffered as a replacement.

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