We started out in 1989 with me making them do all this STUFF. I had schedules and lists and way too much fear and too many ideas. I felt so weighed down by the responsibility. We started homeschooling due to dyslexia, so between that issue and my own insecurity, it was an ordeal for them […]
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An actual email from Heidi, received at 11:20 this morning: “I think Sam could use a buddy : ) LOL… they are so cute though. Heidi” My response: “O. M. G. Heidi Jo. Sam does not need a buddy! I’m not having a puppy. Love you, but good LOR-ED. love, Mom” (It also weirds me
Today we stopped by Kirsten’s house. She and Heidi and Joe live there together. Kirsten told me Joe has informed her the sweet potatoes are ready. (My dad gave them these plants last spring, I guess.) Joe has a degree in conservation, so anything he tells us about plants, animals, water, weather, bugs, we believe
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James and Sam, June 2009 My doggie Spooner died just about two years ago. He and I started out his life with very much a love-hate relationship. My other dogs had died tragically in a fire at the boarding kennel where we’d left them, and so I took on Spooner at a bad time. I
Kari says when she’s a grown up woman someday, she’s going to name her child (boy or girl) El Charro. We snicker about this and rib her a little, but mostly ignore. Well, just now at supper she said to me, “Mom. When I’m grown up do you care, if every time El Charro gets
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Since it’s dark and raining today, a story from summer instead: Tonight they told me they wanted to have a “hot dog stand.” They were doing things with the couch in the family room, pillows, etc. I asked if this going to be with pretend hot dogs or real. He said real. I didn’t know
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Yesterday Little Jay was walking through the house, and apparently a toothpick was stuck in a fluffy throw rug and jabbed into his foot. It went in about an inch and he pulled it out–life goes on. Well today it’s really sore and the whole side of his foot is swollen, so I sent him
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The road and the lakeshore Breakfast James That character Cutting wood Carrying out the dock My friend Ann’s kid. All connected Maria, fending off the beggars.
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