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…quite contrary.

Every day seems like the same old day around here. I’m not complaining, but my ADD isn’t amused. It works to get the creative juices flowing though. So, today we started experimenting with growing fruits and veggies from root and seed. Our kitchen window gets pretty decent light and we are now using our ledge for more than the kids trying desperately to sit on it. As long as the cat doesn’t get mad, and knock things down, our experiments should keep the oldest child entertained for about 10 minutes in the morning. Maybe more if she wants to journal about how the green onions have sprouted and grown in 3 days! Which she has.

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I found myself having to take a drive on this blustery day.  That is the way it goes.  I make an appointment, and inclement weather follows.  Overdue Pap smear finally going to get done?  Hello, blizzard!  So of course today was rainy and windy and downright chilly.

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JD has really taken a shine to reading lately.  Not just paging through his board books, but actually bringing me books and telling me “wead!”  True to his age, he really enjoys the same book over and over and over.  I have read “Where Is Baby’s Pumpkin?” so many times in the past two days it has gone from cute to “good grief, let me dig out our old flap books for a change of pace”.

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Summer vacation has arrived.  Sadly, summer weather has not.  The squabbling had reached that level where I was going to either lose my mind, or put their snow suits on them in May and send them outside to play in the gale force northerly wind.

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I am a gift card-girl.  I like gift cards.  I give gift cards.  I don’t care if you’re a newborn baby or celebrating your 100th birthday.  Gift cards for everyone!  I don’t know what you already own.  I don’t know if your tastes have changed.  Honestly, if I start shopping for you… I really just end up shopping for myself.  So here’s a $25 gift card.  Go knock yourself out.

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