Category Archives: health

Celebrating Today

Posted on 2020/09/26 by

Saturday, September 26th 2020 My schedule is so open today it doesn’t even appear on the weekly view of my Google Calendar. After some substantial adulting online and in person, Manmeat makes other plans and I take the kids. We … Continue reading →

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Not Less Than Two Hours

Posted on 2020/09/22 by

September 22, 2020 My son just made a beautiful argument to forgo my suggestion to “Go Outside” in order to utilize most of his (currently) two-hour allotment of recreational COMPUTER TIME today instead. ‘He just did all this baseball yesterday, … Continue reading →

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Carrot Tops 🥕

Posted on 2020/09/22 by

Tuesday, September 22nd 2020 2020-09-22 Carrot Tops [0:42]: 😹

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At Rise: Mom, Look

Posted on 2020/09/22 by

Tuesday, September 22nd 2020 AT RISE: CJ: Mom, look how far I can smush my nose! MOM: [Lifts phone to point camera at her.] CJ: MOM: 😍 SCENE: 😹💕

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At Rise: Homeschool Gym Class

Posted on 2020/09/22 by

Tuesday, September 22nd 2020   AT RISE: Mom is in the kitchen turning on the oven and scooping two containers of beautiful looking school-lunch spaghetti into the iron skillet. The two kids are in the living room at their desks. … Continue reading →

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Rant: Mistakes

Posted on 2020/09/22 by

Tuesday, September 22nd 2020 Mistake #1) Don’t Cry Over Spilled Coffee Though I avoid the phone “like the plague” (can we say that anymore?), I made the mistake of making an actual live phone call on Sunday, and in my … Continue reading →

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At Rise: Too Many Legs

Posted on 2020/09/21 by

Monday, September 21st 2020 AT RISE: It is “recess” in the distance learning environment. The kids are wrestling on the couch and Little Sister seems to have eeked out a slight advantage over Big Brother. Sister: [Giggling hysterically.] Brother: OH … Continue reading →

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Bubble Wow’s Birthday 2020

Posted on 2020/09/20 by

Sunday, September 20th 2020 The Oberhauser 4 joined the McSweeney/Kolonoski 5 to celebrate Mom’s birthday in the backyard. 2020-09-20 Happy Birthday Bubble Wow [1:45]: 💕

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Girls Girls Girls Girls Girls

Posted on 2020/09/19 by

Saturday, September 19th 2020 My daughter comes in showing off her outfit. And I love it. 😻

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Back to School 2020 – Day Three

Posted on 2020/09/18 by

Friday, September 18th 2020 4th & 7th Grade Distance Learning – DAY THREE Be still my heart. Is this WORKING?! The kids are subsumed into their computers off and on throughout the day, and so far they only seem to … Continue reading →

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