Tag: vacation
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All three kids are out of school until Wednesday
Hold me.
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Did you wonder why I took a blog break?
Well wonder no more. This is from a picture of myself the week before I decided to take some time off. The added benefit of the fact that in addition to looking tired I also look psychotic means that I anticipate that I will no longer get questions on this topic after this post goes…
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I'll be your bridge, your flowering tree. You can still depend on me.
I’ve decided to take a short vacation from blogging. But even though yesterday’s guest post was from someone who has quit blogging, it was not a “hint” — I will be back :) I just need some time off, and I’ll be back in about a week. Mike is starting Kindergarten a week from Tuesday,…
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On the plus-side, maybe he'll turn out to be as hunky as Cary Grant and can just walk around looking handsome for a living
After Christmas, Mr. Plain and I piled the kids into the van and headed to Portland, Oregon. Much of Mr. Plain’s family lives there and we usually visit them after Christmas. We arrived after an abnormally trouble-free drive — complete with a constant loop of cartoons on the DVD player — and got started visiting…
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My own little cat burglar. Aw, isn't he adorable. Wait, what are those cop cars doing on our lawn??
Upon our return, via an equally uneventful 13 hour drive home, I put off doing the mountain of laundry we had accumulated. When I finally got to it, it had grown to an epic size. I am pretty sure that every item of clothing we owned was in there, and I was reduced to dressing…
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They're all losing their tiny minds, so we're staying home to do it together.
All three boys are having incredibly hard times at preschool / daycare this week. When I got to Mike’s classroom Wednesday he was sitting in his cubby crying. Chip had hard days where nothing seemed to be right and he just wanted to eat waffles. Everything made him mad. Even his pants. Robbie got mad…
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Yeah, I’m that person. You know, the total buzz-kill in curlers banging on the wall with a broom.
New Years Eve. We were trying to get some sleep in our very nice hotel so we could wake up at the aforementioned ass-crack of dawn to start our 13 hour drive home. So, you know, we weren’t planning on making it to midnight. But we hear revelers in the suite next door. This hotel…
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I would rather have my wisdom teeth pulled…
…and I was born without wisdom teeth. (Shut Up) Tomorrow at the ass crack of dawn we’re getting up to drive from Portland to the Bay Area. With stops it is about 13 hours. I just don’t have it in me. But at least it will be 2007, or at least that’s what the people…
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"Who am I? Why am I here?" And other ponderous thoughts usually best left for quieter times.
Whoa, I leave town and instantly go all Admiral Stockdale on my blog. I guess this answers the question about how much mental energy is required to take 3 boys and a husband on a 13 hour drive, see relatives, attend a funeral, celebrate Christmas, and get everyone to sleep every night. So much for…
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AHHHHHhhhh
Perfect. The kids are in bed and we’re settling into a nice post-vacation evening of wine, pizza, and Lost. Great to be home, but why is it so incredibly hot in here??
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Welcome home, now get to work
We get back from our long drive and the weather had turned cold. Well California cold. But you definitely need the heat on. When we left I decided against reprogramming the thermostat for lower temperatures and just turned it off. I had a vague recollection of that having been a bad idea previously, but I…
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Off to the middle of nowhere
We’re packing up the minivan for our annual week-long Thanksgiving vacation. We rent a house (middle of nowhere is not an exaggeration) cook a turkey and invite family to join us. It is a green house on a green hill, and last year Mike started calling it our “Little Green Vacation” and the name has…
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Ugh
Headache, backache, fatigue. I’m ready for vacation! So are the kids. They are so tired and cranky. I’m very glad that today is Friday — we leave for a vacation tomorrow, and it couldn’t come soon enough. Yay!