What Gives?!

Since when do tee ball games get called for thunderstorms in California?
I mean, I like the rain, but seriously? Our season is short enough with all the late snow as it is!

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The Last Napper

Naiah (age 3) still conks out. Every afternoon. Wherever she happens to land.
Sigh.
Someday I’ll be out of nappers.

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May Showers

Instead of snow for Memorial Day, as we’ve had in the past, yesterday brought a random downpour. Thankfully it waited til we were done grilling.
And Oh, the cobbler. Needed salt. But Oh, the cobbler!

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Manual Labor

Looks good on ya.
Near the back alley this morning:

And this afternoon:

It’s small, but dude. It’s about all I could handle today.
Behold, my snot runneth black. And lo, the accursed rocks did not prevail!
Here’s a closer shot. Needs more topsoil.

And a tulip:

And the lilac:

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Sparked

This is my lunch today:

It’s very happy. But where is the peanut butter? The bacon? The exorbitant amounts of salt and butter?
I’ve decided to break with my Southern heritage. At least when it comes to eating.
You know those silly little quizzes that are splattered all over Facebook?
I took one called, “Which Food Network Personality Are [...]

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Third Graders

I’ve got two of them.
The girls finished their math books today.
Sigh.

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Backup

It seems kind of insulting that Ella wants to hold her sippy cup while she’s nursing.

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I wonder. . .

Have you ever ripped the front side of your pants wide open at a gas station? Two hours from home?
And then walked into Costco clutching a reusable Target bag like a tiny, red curtain between the watching world and your undies?
And then clawed through two tables of pants to find a single, non-hideous pair in [...]

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First Barbeque of 2009!

Well, probably not the first in the world, but the first up here in the cold! Usually we’re buried in white stuff about now.

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Sun Hat

Aunt Jenn found this in town today. It deserved documentation.

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