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Let’s pretend all you had to eat at your house, day after day, was dogfood. Edible? Yes. Yummy? Definitely not!  You keep thinking that something’s wrong.  You try spicing it up, cooking it differently, serving it on different platters, but it just doesn’t seem right. And then someone points out that the label on the bag says “dogfood,”...
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Now that I think about it, it’s only been a few weeks since my daughter’s 6th birthday. Why does it seem like a few months? Time is weird that way. I promised to show you the poem I wrote for the occasion. Here ya go. PS: Yes, you may alter this for your kid and use it...
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We have a birthday fairy who comes to our house.  Sorry to say, she has a rather sordid past.  The tradition started when I found a great deal on some toy I wanted to get for C… but I didn’t want her to know *I* bought it for her. (Yeah.  That should have been my first clue. If “Mommy”...
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“Start where you are.” Well, I happened to be near the coloring cupboard (near the table — oh, here.  I’ll show you.  The coloring books went in the cupboard behind Doodle.) A concept from that book popped into my mind: “Is the activity using resources, or wasting resources?” Now that I think about it objectively, I’m not sure...
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This is such a travesty! I cannot find my camera. Further, I can’t find it AND I have an awesome Wordless Wednesday situation going on upstairs. I can’t leave it this way forever, but I so want to share it… What to do, what to do… I shall just tell you about it. In fact, I’ll give...
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Did you ever think of something you could do for someone else, and find yourself reeeeeeeally excited about it? But, for whatever reason, find yourself denied the opportunity? And then, let’s say, you were unexpectedly presented with another chance — huzzah and hooray! Your spirit sings, your heart dances, The Spirit says, “Yes! Go go go!!!” but you...
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Boo Hoo, Haha, Hi-YA, Ah-Choo! Okay, so maybe that was too brief an update. I’ll elaborate a bit. Day 1 of the facebook detox was kind of sad. You know you’re an addict when… Actually, I’m not going to finish that thought. It’s too sad and rediculous how that first day went. Day two, however, inspires the “haha”...
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