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Monday, August 2, 2010

Exoneration

Oh, I'm sorry . . . did you want me to blog? I'm behind you say? Alice's birthday was positively weeks ago and you haven't seen pictures of her Easy Bake Oven yet? What excuse could I possibly have for neglecting the internets such an extended period of time?

Well. I'm reading a series about Josephine, Napoleon Bonaparte's wife.

And there are swimming lessons. Lots of them.

And volunteering at Cub Scout camp. I almost died of little boys yelling and kicking up dust.

And sending the kids to Vacation Bible School. Michael has unfounded fears that our children learned to be Pentecostal, but they loved it. And I went running as much as I liked every day right after I dropped them off. Bliss. And as far as I know, not one of them has yet shouted out "Hallelujah!" in the middle of primary.

And my dear neighbor has a new baby. Sometimes I just go over and hold him and admire his tiny perfect toes while the neighbor's mom (who is visiting to help out) un-picks and re-sews the patches onto Seth's Cub Scout uniform because I have the fine motor skills of a naked mole rat. No offense, naked mole rats. The kids really like to look at you in the zoo, but it seems like you spend most of your lives bumbling clumsily around in your tunnels with no particular regard for your limbs or the limbs of your tunnel-mates.

At some point I'll come around and catch up. I know you are all dying to see Alice with her contraption that bakes Lilliputian cakes over a hundred watt light bulb.

Sunday, March 14, 2010

To Whom it May Concern,

Dear Seth,
It is time to grow a few more inches . . . my fragile heart can't abide seeing you guard boys twice your size anymore.
Love, Mom


Dear Michael,
I tried to talk you into the four-year-residency instead of the six. This is me saying I told you so . . . and I still love you despite it all. And I know you'll never read this anyway, because all you ever do is sleep and work.
Love, Mandy

Dear Century 21,
Yes I look at houses on your website every day. No I'm not ready to buy. Stop bugging me.
Mandy

Dear Dora our Explorer,
Stop breaking. That is all.
Mandy

Dear Utah,
Get ready.
Mandy

Dear Cadbury Mini-Eggs,
Please try to be a little less delicious. I am trying to maintain a modicum of self control here. Also, what exactly is the addictive substance that Cadbury puts into your shell? It had better not be crack. But I have my suspicions.
Mandy

Dear Daylight Savings,
I like falling back much more than springing forward. Just for the record.
Mandy