As God Is My Witness, I’ll Never Garage Sale Again

Posted by on Jun 21, 2008 in dish | 5 comments I’m not a complete Philistine. I know that garage sales are a Great American tradition. Some people plan their whole weekends around which garage sales are where and what they hope to find while browsing.My sister decided a month ago that the two of us, our mom, and her MIL would combine for a multi-family, colossal garage sale. So far, so good. I’m in purge mode. Purge resulting in...
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Operation Adult Bedroom

Posted by on Jun 16, 2008 in dish | 0 comments It’s not what you think.DH and I are taking advantage of the fact that both kids are at camp for the next four days to launch Operation Adult Bedroom. And no, it doesn’t mean that we’re installing a trapeze or a mirrored ceiling. Although…Seriously though, if your bedroom in your house with young children is anything like mine, amidst all the adult trappings are an...
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Hack ‘n Slash

Posted by on Jun 12, 2008 in dish | 0 comments Gettin’ tough with the bad haircolor. Most of it’s gone now, thanks to a major haircut. Let’s just say the nape of my neck is seeing daylight for the first time in yeeeeeeeears. Short on the neck, longer in the front, a little more height on the crown. We’ll see how the curls react with less weight on them. I’ve got about an inch or so of old, tired medium golden...
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Ten Things That Annoy You About Work

Posted by on Jun 10, 2008 in dish | 0 comments This should be cathartic, since we finished school last week. Here we go:The Living Dead. Teachers who can’t remember why they chose teaching as a career need to pick up stakes and find another homestead.Whining. The lengths to which kids will go to excuse their missing work are incredible.Stuck on Stupid. Policies and people who don’t use actual logic or observation as their basis...
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Ten Ways the World Has Changed Since You’ve Been in School

Posted by on Jun 3, 2008 in dish | 0 comments iPods. We thought cassette tapes were the bomb. Now we can make mixes of anything and download yoga podcasts.Yoga. When I was in school, only weird triple-jointed people did yoga (or so we thought). Good thing we learned more about it, huh?DVDs. Skipping ahead to the good parts (like when Mr. Darcy emerges from the bath all wet and yummy) is so much easier!!Viable minority and female candidates...
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