Sheila on January 25th, 2010

Several weeks ago, my dryer started to squeak. This was no once in a while squeak, either. All of a sudden, the sound coming from the dryer made me want to stick knitting needles in my ears to make the noise stop. And since there are plenty of knitting needles around here, [...]

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Sheila on January 11th, 2010

Yesterday, I walked into the living room to “remind” Maggie and Katie that I had asked them to turn the television off 2 times and come to the kitchen for dinner. When I rounded the corner, though, I was greeted with this sight and all I could do was laugh.

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Sheila on January 10th, 2010

A week or two ago, I was chatting on IM with a friend when Katie sat down next to me. She cuddled for a minute, then started reading the IMs out loud. Sure, there were plenty of words that stumped her, but she was getting far more than I thought she could. [...]

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Sheila on January 9th, 2010

This morning, we were watching Dinosaur Train, and Maggie said she wished we lived in the Cretaceous period and the the Dinosaur Train came through our house and through the fireplace.
Stagg and I started listing off all the problems with this idea, including:
* A train coming through the living room [...]

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