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Put a Ring on It
I love weddings. And it is guaranteed that I WILL cry at them. (I cry at baptisms, too.) True, weddings are a very emotional time for everyone….for the parents of the bride footing the bill, for the mother of the groom losing her BABY, and okay, sure, for the groom, too, but let’s face it: It’s the bride’s show. Months of planning. Meticulous planning, and lists, oh lovely lists….Years of dreaming of this day…oh, don’t tell me you didn’t even a little bit. I remember playing bride with my friend Katie, wearing her mom’s slips on our heads. And to be honest, I wasn’t a *young bride*. After my 30th…
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Remembering, Ten Years Later
Today, I stayed away from the TV. I had seen a promo for a “full broadcast of 9/11 events, in its entirety”. While I suppose watching the BBC broadcasts might offer a different perspective, I spent a few horrifying days glued to the television ten years ago, paralyzed with shock, and have no desire to repeat that, to relive those days. Judge me if you wish. On that morning, I was sitting at my desk, most likely with coffee in hand as I went through my email – I can only assume, as everything leading up to the news is pretty much a wash in my brain. I saw a co-worker…
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Silent Sunday
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The Gallery: Shoes
I love shoes. I love shoes nearly as much as I love handbags (but that is another post). Shoes always fit, no matter how many full-fat lattes you’ve had. They stick with you through the fat jeans and the skinny jeans. They can dress up one outfit, and dress down another. They can add new life to an old outfit. They can feel like old friends. *gazes dreamily at the Zappos.com website and wishes they were in the UK* With fall approaching and the temperature dropping already, I’m pretty ready to pack up all my sandals and pull out my tall boots (for looks) and my Uggs, tall and short…
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I’m No Marketing Genius, but….
….this cannot be the most well-thought out marketing plan ever devised. I don’t care if I was the world’s best sports physical therapist out there, as a female, I just wouldn’t drive this vehicle. Did anyone actually think this through?
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A Brief Question for a Tuesday Morning
It’s only 8:30 on the second day of school, and already, I’m eyeballing the Baileys. Has it ever crossed your mind that the tantrums you endure could be a harbinger of something worse to come? Like being killed in your sleep, suffocated by a stuffed unicorn named Pinky? Yeah, me neither. I don’t know what I was thinking. I need more Bailey’s coffee. You can go about your day now…
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Off To School
Today was the first day of school for my kidlings. Mean mom that I am, I insisted that I take Boo to school – to walk him to his new classroom, check out where he hangs his backpack and stores his book bag – since it will be a rare occasion that he lets me do it again. He did NOT want me to do this, mostly because if the Hubs drops him off at Breakfast Club, he cannot be late. Since I’m not actually working, this just seemed sad, his robbing me of my motherly rights going to class by himself, so I stood my ground. I needed him…
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The Escape Artist
Yesterday morning, Macy made another break through the hedge into the adjoining field to chase a few sheep. Not good. It is beyond frustrating, to be honest, and very scary. I certainly don’t want to find myself in the position of collecting a very dead young dog after having been (quite within his rights) shot by the farmer. It’s even more frustrating when I see dogs – a springer spaniel in the mix, who has to be as happy to chase birds as any spaniel – lying quietly in the grass, mere yards away from a falconry display. Where the birds are TIED DOWN. This is not my dog. My…
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Big Fun at the “Big Skill 2011”
Yesterday we spent the day outside Brecon at The Big Skill Rural Craft Festival. It was definitely a different kind of festival for us – and we had an amazing time. The idea behind the festival is “to promote the rural crafts and skills that surround our beautiful countryside”. There truly was a really wide range of activities to try your hand at: stitching a saddle, weaving a willow basket, fly fishing (which Boo surprised the Hubs with – both that he wanted to try it, and that he was actually better than his daddy at it). I’ll be honest – I missed out on a lot of activities simply…
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Silent Sunday