Monthly Archives: November 2010

The Care Package

Posted on November 17, 2010 by Susan

When you send a kid off to college, there’s an unspoken agreement that said child will be sent Care Packages every once in a while.  Poor KT, she ended up with a mother that has a strange phobia of actually … Continue reading →

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That Nine Random Minute Thing

Posted on November 16, 2010 by Susan

Well, you may have noticed that I fell off the NaMoBloMo thang…  I have to admit that I’m rather disappointed in myself, this would’ve been my third (or is is fourth?) time completing it.  The horrible truth is that I … Continue reading →

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Take Yer Daughter to Work Day—Kinda

Posted on November 14, 2010 by Susan

When Mimi realized that I had work on Friday, and she didn’t have school, my child immediately decided that I needed a Sous Chef.  (or maybe it’s Assistant Instructor? {I teach an adult/child cooking class on Fridays}) I agreed to … Continue reading →

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Feeling Proud

Posted on November 11, 2010 by Susan

I can remember being in class about 5000 years ago when a couple members of the newspaper staff walked in.  They asked us if we would take a moment to write down our thoughts about the newly proposed holiday to … Continue reading →

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My Favorite Veteran

Posted on November 10, 2010 by Susan

I don’t know if I’ve ever mentioned that I’m a Navy Brat. it’s not something I talk about a lot as it’s just a part of my childhood and who I am.   We weren’t one of those lucky families that … Continue reading →

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My Near Death Experience

Posted on November 9, 2010 by Susan

This evening I called Shaun and told him I needed him to hurry home from work to rescue me.  We had been invaded by a Man Eating Slug. I had to keep an eye on it to make sure it … Continue reading →

Posted in Critters, Love and Marriage, NaBloPoMo | 32 Comments

Nine Minutes of Random

Posted on November 8, 2010 by Susan

That means I have absolutely nothing I want to write about this particular minute so I’ve set my phone for nine minutes and have just started typing.  This should be interesting to see what I end up with.  Mimi has … Continue reading →

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My Special Manicure

Posted on November 7, 2010 by Susan

We were all downstairs rotting our brains watching fascinating documentaries when Mimi suddenly grabbed one of my hands and told me she was going to give me a manicure.  I looked at the bottle of fire-engine red nail polish in … Continue reading →

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Cooking With Mimi

Posted on November 6, 2010 by Susan

Our Little Mimi had gone into the kitchen to make herself a mid-day snack.  She had tried her best to get me to make it for her but I was very busy playing Bejeweled doing some Very Important Things and … Continue reading →

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It’s Possible I’m Getting Old(er)

Posted on November 5, 2010 by Susan

It wasn’t so very long ago (well…OK…I guess it’s been about twenty years, I guess that is a while) that I wouldn’t even have considered getting ready to go out before nine or ten.  After all, nothing ever happened in … Continue reading →

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