May 23, 2011
Homemade Laundry Detergent Update
You know, I just went off on people who post inane garbage on Facebook, and here I am getting ready to inform you all about my laundry. Oh, for Pete’s sake.
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May 23, 2011
Good weekend. Still cranky. Sigh.
Girls’ weekend went off without a hitch, and was packed with all kinds of good stuff. I went to a birthday party, took Zozer to a birthday party, hit a housewarming event, visited my Gran in the nursing home and my dad way out in the sticks and the local park. We got the house cleaned, and a lot of piles put away. We read some books, and played, and colored.
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May 20, 2011
Blogblock
Once again, I found myself paragraphs deep into a “poor me” rant. Good grief. Even I don’t want to hear that crap.
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May 18, 2011
I {heart} stupid bumper stickers
I am extremely cranky today. Beyond my usual, normal crankiness.
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May 13, 2011
Well…
I know, I know. I’ve been pretty incommunicado the past couple weeks. Meh.
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May 6, 2011
Won’t be getting those again
There isn’t a whole lot I regret in my life. I’m a forward-thinker, an optimistic, glass-half-full kind of girl. I mean, sure, there were some questionable hair styles back in the 80s, and some glasses that I wish weren’t quite so big. And colorful. But you know, all in all, I’ve been pretty lucky to be able to look around, shrug, and say, “Eh, no regrets.”
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April 19, 2011
It’s a good thing
Just made my first batch of homemade laundry detergent. This recipe had good reviews on the interwebs and is obscenely cheap. Took a bit of elbow grease (had to grate a bar of Fels-Naptha soap), but I watched a PBS special on John Muir while I did it. Ironic, yes?
I’m a regular Martha Stewart, I am. Only without the money. And the sewing ability. And the stick up my arse.
Nevermind. I’m nothing like her. I’m just cheap and have a desire to not harm my family or the environment with unnecessary chemicals.
So excited to try this out! Haven’t been this jazzed to do laundry since we got the front-loader.
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April 11, 2011
Note to self
Stop booking the damn 6:45 a.m. flight to Kansas City. It’s not fun getting up at 3:30.
Quick trip…back Wednesday.
Not so much for M. He departed this morning for a 2-week APJ tour. (That’s Asia-Pacific-Japan in his world-traveler-business-unit lingo.) Specifically Seoul, South Korea and all over Australia.
Lenexa, KS vs S. Korea and Australia. Good thing I went to France a couple weeks ago or I’d be green with envy. Okay, so maybe I’m a little green anyway.
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March 22, 2011
ahhh…HA!
Last night we went out for National Ravioli Day (yes, I do live in the best country ever) to a new little Italian joint up the road. The food was amazing, save the t-ravs (ironic, yes?). They were a bit tough and chewy. But the hand-rolled meatballs, and the aroncinis and the salads were top notch and definitely worthy of returning.
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March 21, 2011
Pre-school Econ, or Baby Budgeting
Zoe had her first hard lesson in economics at the mall yesterday.
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