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Chatterbox

I told this story to some friends, and one of them said it HAS to be here on the blog. So here it is, from 2 nights ago: Sheesh. I was in the middle of trying to figure out a rather complex problem on the computer, and Hubby was sleeping on the couch. The Mercenary...

Fine Toothed Comb

Yesterday The Mercenary was hoping to earn some extra money, so I mentioned that I’d pay fifty cents if he’d clean out the van.  It wasn’t much later that he informed me that the job was complete.  I asked the standard question:  “Will I think...

6 Tips to Help Finish a Todo List

I’ve been working like a crazy woman on my todo list this summer.  It’s pretty big, including building a block retaining wall around a flowerbed that’s about 65 feet long, hauling in about 30 yards of mulch, replacing the stairs going down to the...

Justice, 3yo style

2006 Last week one evening we had a lot of people over so Hubby extended our dining room table out with all the leaves. It’s not how we usually have it but I just haven’t bothered to take it all back down. A little while ago either the Manager or Captain...

The Price of Pleasing a Boy

Isn’t very high really. There are so many things I can do: listen to him describe the next gadget he’s going to invent watch him leap off the ladder into the pool for the umpteenth time have a good stock of freezer pops at the ready wrestle him to the...

My Exciting Career as Game Show Host

I still haven’t written my mega post on the Love and Logic approach.  I will, I promise.  I have tons to say about it.   I think it will be easier to discuss if I have some examples already posted, so this is my next one. A big issue for me is getting impatient...