Build a word map. To remind you which way to turn your feet. When life gets bumpy or chucks tomatoes at your head. Here’s mine. What would yours say?
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Time Out
Scenes from this past week…. Airport waiting I bought my Mum flowers Private concert Home is where the music is Organic bling O.R.E.O.S. Words to live by Girl Wonder played her last 8th grade concert. High school is getting real y’all. And I’m not ready. Burger’s all around at Burger Up. Best. Burgers. Hands. Down. [...]
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Real life is happening here. Laundry’s done but piled up in a bin on my bedroom floor. Wrinkly clean because I really can’t be bothered to fold things. The kitchen floor is sticky. I forgot to run the dishwasher. Dirt and leaves roll like tumbleweeds across the living room floor. Work is work and is [...]
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Veggies for lunch make me feel healthy. The Chicken Farmer and I made a quick trip to Chattanooga. Cornbread Festival. Who wants to go with me? Industrial blue. We stayed in a 100 year old bread and breakfast. Stone Fort Inn Gorgeous. Cozy. With fantastic staff. Sparkle Stone Fort Inn has opened a restaurant, Terra [...]
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Parenting a teenager is an experiment in self-control. The little buggers are all cute and cuddly when you first bring them home. Then they gain the power of speech. Which they cannot use without adult supervision till at least 30. Those big wide eyes lose the power of hypnosis when they learn to roll at [...]
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This past week…. Skyline in Clean Dish City Birthday morning for my Birthday Girl. Y’all…. mah bay-bee turned 14 on Monday. I just don’t understand how that happened. I blame it on New Math. Grits, fried corn and jalapeños with a fried egg and cheese. Birthday dinner. Girl Wonder requested Birthday Cobbler. I grabbed some [...]
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It’s loud up in here. All the voices and goings on in my head. Perhaps you can relate? We (all the collective mini-mes hollering and stamping about in my brain) need a bit of peace and quiet. Last week, I wrote about one way to make that happen. My head is a busy, loud place. [...]
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Parenting can be like holding your breath. At some point you turn blue. Holding it all together. Holding it all in. A tired mamma can leak and explode. It’s ugly and messy. Or a tired mamma can let it all go. Release. Exhale. A quick trip out of town for work the perfect opportunity. Just [...]
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Road trips are opportunities for excitement and adventure. The first philosophy of road tripping is aim high. Think good thoughts. Seek the joy of discovery. The second fundamental philosophy of road tripping says the universe and you do not always have the same definition of adventure. Which leads us to the final road …
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Much like Vegas: what happens in the car stays in the car. Road Trip Rule #6: Vegas Rule You are bound to feel ill will. Traffic. Mile after mile of radio stations broadcasting nothing but Nascar events. Drivers who got their license from an online Turkish DMV. Another query for “how much farther”. 5 …
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