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claire and me: Unwrapping My New Look

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Thursday, January 15, 2009. Unwrapping My New Look. I finally revamped my plain-Rainne (as in Wilson. 8212;why should Janes always have to take that rap? The standard blue text/white background number the template gave me reflected my personal. More than my personal. While I don’t dare even dream of possessing the amazingly mad Photoshop skilz that my girl Melanie over at Beanpaste. It’s not like I’m in charge of dropping bombs on the Gaza Strip or anything. One cup of plain popcorn. I think it's darling!

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claire and me: Tiny Dogs, Big Cruelty

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Friday, January 23, 2009. Tiny Dogs, Big Cruelty. Seems everywhere we look, there's a delicate, not-bigger-than-a-minute Tinkerbelle of a pup on the end of leash. Sporting adorable coats against the winter cold or bows and jeweled collars, these pets are their keepers' darlings. I've never seen so many Chihuahuas, Poodles, and Yorkies as I have of late. And then there's the Puggles (like in this photo), the Peek-a-Poos, Chugs and other so-called. Well, gee. This is what happens every day. They're in smal...

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Letters to Leathernecks: December 2008

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Skating on the Thin Ice of a New Day. On 31 December 2008. Last day of 2008. I remember standing in front of mirrors in my early adolescence. The movement of time,. I wondered where I'd be,. Who'd I be with. And what I would be doing. I wondered if I would remember wondering. In La Marque, Texas,. With Tony and four kids. Working in a small private school. And getting ready to go to Iraq. And I do remember wondering. This time last year, I was awaiting test results. I was emeshed in milsupport. I have be...

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Whopping Cornbread: January 2009

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Friday, January 30, 2009. Are you a soap smeller? And she was all, yes you are weird to let a soap dispenser affect your day, loser, but do you ever smell the soap after you put it on your hands? And I was all, what. And she was all, the soap. I put it on my hands. Ed note: from the ONE SOAP DISPENSER THAT WORKS) and then I smell it. Every time. Do you? And I'm all, no. But I figure this is like a THING. Like you do it or you don't. Go on, tell me. Do you smell the soap? Thursday, January 29, 2009. Stick...

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Whopping Cornbread: October 2009

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Tuesday, October 27, 2009. A piece of public health history. So I guess I'll always remember that time that I was pregnant in the 2009 H1N1 flu pandemic. You know, that one that was really extra super dangerous for pregnant women. It really wasn't very good timing, as far as, you know, getting pregnant, but then, bah! There's never a good time. Maybe my grandchildren will all gather round me when I'm even more ELDERLY. And you know what I can tell them? And such, and all of a sudden, bam! And the things ...

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Milk and Ink: From the Lap of Mama Nomad...: From the life of Mama Nomad

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Milk and Ink: From the Lap of Mama Nomad. Monday, October 13, 2008. From the life of Mama Nomad. I am joining Mrs. G. And her followers in a pictoral "Day in the Life." So without further ado, here is what 4 out of 5 days of the week look like for Mama Nomad. Lucky me, I like to sleep in and Papa Nomad takes the baby downstairs with him around 8 am. I roll out around 9:30 and usually see this first thing as I head downstairs:. So I drink a little black tea.(cup #1). And turn the kitchen into this! So for...

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claire and me: Not the New Year’s I Had in Mind

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Friday, January 9, 2009. Not the New Year’s I Had in Mind. This year, I did not spend New Year’s as I planned: just D. and me, enjoying a nice dinner out at one of our favorite tapas restaurants, then returning home for a quiet evening in front of the fire, or in front of a movie, topped off with our traditional champagne toast at midnight. And then. . . onto something that’s best not described here. Sigh A girl can dream, can’t she? Can you imagine being on the receiving end of that message? I can&#8217...

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Whopping Cornbread: December 2008

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Monday, December 22, 2008. Here's to a happy last week of the year for us all, and ripping that darn Santa hat off of your head at the end. Sunday, December 21, 2008. Too many days stuck in the snow in a tiny house with a two year old, his father, and a bag of red/green M&M's (they were for the cookies. See, and there were leftovers. It got so ridiculous that I actually did some work, which is very unlike me, so I had one of my many-times-daily identity crises so I update my FB status to say Nora. I blam...

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Whopping Cornbread: November 2009

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Monday, November 2, 2009. So this email goes around my work, from the, you know, wellness team. Or whatever. The same people who put up signs about taking the stairs instead of the elevator and such. It's about HALLOWEEN CANDY. And I'm going to hell because I'm going to quote it. When I have obese children with no teeth you can REMIND me of how flip I was about this, et cetera. It’s OK to throw out unused Halloween candy. This is actually a decent thing for me to remember. 183; Sugar-free gum. OK, sticke...