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Oh, poo

Friday, January 25th, 2008

Santa left Tad a very interesting present in his stocking this Christmas - Cars underwear.
Mommy has been buying Pull-Ups with coupons - Cars Pull-Ups.
Do you see a theme here?
Tad is quickly approaching two and a half, and even though this is not the ideal time of year to begin potty-training (that would be summer, when […]



Something just totally made my day

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

Here I am, plugging away at home, too tired and distracted by free-flowing snot coming from the noses of my children (well, mostly Ane now - Tad’s pretty much over that phase), when I get an email from Amazon stating that this will soon be available.
HURRAY!!!
Or, as I said to the Webmaster, w00t!
(Yes, I’m done […]



The imaginary hunt

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

Ane has an imaginary friend named Laura.  Ever since I introduced her to the Laura Ingalls Wilder books last summer (after our visit to Mansfield, MO), she has been enthralled with the stories.  It also serves as a nice counterbalance to her Princess obsession (you know, playing pioneer girl is almost as compelling as playing […]



Just call me Ma Ingalls

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

It is COLD here.  Clear, cold, icy dry and dropping into the mid-20’s at night, and it’s supposed to be like this until Friday or so.
Here at the Corner, we have baseboard heating (our house was built in 1965).  But we also have a fireplace insert, which, when we get it going, provides a lot […]