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William’s broken arm
11 year ago
in Family
I got a call on Friday which was completely unexpected and caught me off guard – it was someone from the elementary school office calling to tell me that William had fallen and broken his arm. I had to make the administrator repeat the information three times because it didn’t make sense in my head. I immediately dropped what I was doing, called my husband, grabbed a pillow, and headed to the More >
Dumplings and snow days
4LAST SUNDAY IT SNOWED. On Monday it iced. We live in the South. The whole city of Atlanta owns just 10 snowplows. Needless to say, our roads were not pretreated properly or cleared in time to prevent most of them from being a sheet of ice. Normally this is not a problem. We do have snow days in the South, but they are followed a day or so later by sunny 50 degree weather which melts it all away. More >
GrandparentTech: Kids Today
01 year ago
I received some feedback and email concerning my post about purchasing video games. Some good, some bad, and some throwing up their hands in exasperations at “the kids these days”. (And I love the feedback and discussions!) To say that there is a generational difference is an understatement when you are talking about technology usage. Attitudes do vary greatly. I thought I would feed you some More >
Shaking my head
4YESTERDAY WAS THE LAST DAY TO ENJOY THE KIDS and the limited schedule before they headed back to school and I returned to my “normal” schedule. I’ve made an attempt to not be in front of the computer every second and have actually found myself in the kitchen since it was the holidays. That’s why I’ve been mainly talking about food on Mundane Magic. Family time has been great. I have to say that I More >
Welcome New Year
0MY FIRST POST OF 2011 finds me sipping coffee and listening to the strains of Cinderella’s theme song from my six year old’s bedroom. Tomorrow morning will be quite different since it marks the end of our holiday break together. You’ll find us bundled and awaiting the bus early tomorrow morning. Today is our one last day to play.
This year I find myself not making resolutions, but resolves.
I More >
