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Desperate for a good night's sleep since 2005.

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

The worst school photographs ever

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The kids got the school pictures back. And they are both terrible . Poor Andy was in the throws of Fifth's Disease, also called Slapped ...
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Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Praise thee oh heavenly television

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It didn't happen overnight, but I am pleased to report that Meg finally likes to watch television. It's shocking to believe a child ...
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Sunday, October 17, 2010

Playground

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Our new backyard is sort of weird. Right now, all that's fenced is the pool. We have more land around it, but it's not fenced and is...
Friday, October 15, 2010

Why I don't want to fly US Airways again, part two

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Apparently I'm not one to learn from my previous mistakes. Remember when I said I would never fly US Airways again? Yeah, well, I did it...
Thursday, October 07, 2010

I heart television

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So after I wrote this long post about TV shows I like, I realized, "Wow. I sure watch a lot of television." Later, I also realized...
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Tuesday, October 05, 2010

Things that make you go, "Hmmmm"

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So Bjorn and I both applied to register to vote in Texas. And both of us had our applications returned for "insufficient information....
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Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Fall TV preview

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They're back! The TV shows, I mean. Thank heavens, too. I was really getting to the dregs of my Tivo what with my Real Housewives of New...
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Monday, September 27, 2010

Cousins

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One of the really great things about being back in Texas is being near my family. I have one of those awesome southern families where we hav...
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Thursday, September 23, 2010

Fifth's Disease

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So Andy has Fifths Disease. It sounds a lot more awful than it is, it's basically just a viral infection that causes his cheeks to get a...
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Monday, September 20, 2010

Potty training

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Meg has been training herself to use the toilet. I love that I spent years trying to get Andy interested, forcing him into underpants (and f...
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Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Transitional kindergarten

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So there's a big deal down in Texas about holding your kids back a year before starting them in school. There are a couple of reasons fo...
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Sunday, September 12, 2010

Homework

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Andy's been in school three weeks. So far, he's had one evening's worth of homework, bringing in a box of "All About Me...
Wednesday, September 08, 2010

Hurricane Hermine

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So, um, it's been raining in Southlake the last 24 hours thanks to the remnants of Hurricane Hermine. The smaller bridge is the view fro...
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Thursday, September 02, 2010

Classic

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Andy's feet have smelled awful lately, partly due to the fact that he left them in brief rainstorm last week and that he generally refus...
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Monday, August 30, 2010

Settling in

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Well, after three weeks, I feel like we're finally settling in. Sure, the house is still a wreck in many ways and there is furniture in ...
Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Hugs not slugs

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The first day of school was yesterday. I was definitely more nervous than Andy, I think. This marks the first time that he HAS to be at scho...
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Friday, August 20, 2010

Hits a little too close to home

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Wednesday, August 18, 2010

I suppose it's official

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Andy got a letter today from his kindergarten teacher. I guess it's official, my boy is going to school next Monday. Meanwhile, Andy a...
Tuesday, August 17, 2010

The great sleep battle of 2010

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Meg has turned from being my champion sleeper to being my champion refuse-to-sleeper. Seriously. It started in the spring. She was probably ...
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Friday, August 13, 2010

Kindergarten

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Andy starts school next week. REAL school. I am psyched, and not just because I won't have to pay $200 a week in daycare. I am psyched f...
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I'm an editor, soccer player, native Texan and sarcastic mother of a seven-year-old boy and four-year-old girl living outside of Dallas.
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