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Posts tagged ‘Drat it!’

Out to the garden

We thought a storm was going to roll into the area right in time for Daughter’s soccer game Saturday, but the thunder and lightning — which would have meant cancellation of the game — never materialized. The rain did, however, and by the end of the game, Daughter was dripping wet, mud-splattered and miserable-looking. We [...]

Another writer in the house

This post has nothing to do with Loki. I need to brag on my real kid instead. Tonight was daughter’s third-grade concert. As the students were preparing for the performance, their teachers asked them to write essays in response to a question: “What would the world be like without music?” From each class, two students were [...]

Just wondering

Why is it the bathroom sink always backs up and sprays sewage all over the bathroom while you’re trying to get the house ready for an important visitor? Just wondering.

On the abuse of power

Tonight was my daughter’s Girl Scout meeting. She is a Brownie. I am her troop’s co-leader. When we started the troop, the other co-leader would plan the program while I planned the craft. That worked well at first, but now that half of our troop has advanced to the Juniors level, we’ve had to take [...]

Scans

I could try to make this post involve Loki, but it would be a stretch. How’s this: I was scanning in a ton of old family photos tonight and had to keep rescanning images because of a single black dog hair that didn’t want to leave the scanner bed. Argh. I spent much of this [...]

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