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Archive for July, 2008

Free Time

Saturday, 10 a.m.  Ray just left with all four kids in tow, to do errands, including a trip to the mall.  They could be gone for almost four hours!  Including lunch!  I can’t remember the last time I had an empty house to myself for more than 30 minutes.  Any longer than that, usually at [...]

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Battle of Wills

After a week of rain, today’s heat and sunshine were a blessing.  Sadly, we did not get out to enjoy it.  First, we were stuck waiting for the delivery of a dresser.  Then we had a quick errand.  During those few hours all the kids were poorly behaved, so much so that we finally reached [...]

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Characters, indeed

The big kids get to go to camp once a week for the whole summer this year. It gets them out of the house with their peers, away from the (dare I say) boredom of summertime with Mom and the little girls.  At camp they get a swimming lesson and usually a field trip somewhere [...]

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A Crisis of Church

While waiting for a phone call the other morning, I took a few minutes to peruse boston.com.  I don’t often get to read a paper or watch the news, so it was a nice treat, the uninterrupted five minutes to catch up with the bigger world out there.
The headline that grabbed me was the story [...]

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Hot Wheels

We got our new car today!
It’s my first red car and my first minivan.  I know, not very eco-chic, but honestly, any Green car is either too small for us or out of our price range.  (Isn’t it funny how so many green/organic/eco-chic products are hugely expensive?  But that’s a rant for another day.)
The kids [...]

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