Month: June 2012

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Jun 29, 2012

Of tutus and threethrees (and other crazy conversations)

Electro Boy (a.k.a. Mr. Middle School or Boy Three) is up(stairs), down(stairs), in and out, likely jumping on the beloved Circle of Fun with his baby brother, Little Schrock.  Yesterday,

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Jun 26, 2012

Mom heads for Hunker Bunker, escapes fireworks and starving offspring

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Jun 19, 2012

Man candles are nice, but there’s more they could do

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Jun 18, 2012

Staying positive in a negative world (wherein I pick your brain and write a speech)

That was the status that went up on Facebook on Tuesday last.  Fifteen phriends ‘liked’ it.  One alert Iowa girl, herself a mother of boys, pointed out that there were

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Jun 15, 2012

And the color is…orange

This little song is my fail safe.  My safety chute.  It’s my Plan B and the trick I use when the natives really are getting restless. We learned it when

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Jun 12, 2012

Mother turns game warden on wildlife sanctuary

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Jun 11, 2012

Travel light

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Jun 05, 2012

Trading places – whimperer proposes a swap to whooper

Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.  They’re always jumping, ever grazing, and seldom sleeping. Yup, it’s summertime and the kids are home.  Somewhere, tired teachers are on their

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Jun 04, 2012

One shining moment

He sat just down in front, our senior and second, a.k.a. Kid Kaboom.  Sedate, standing tall, he’d taken his place on the ramp, awaiting his name, his time, his turn.

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