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Feb9

where hobbies, hijinks, and capers go bad = my childhood #9

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another summer’s day

after a year or so of middle school

with too much time on our hands

trying to act grown up

 we decided that

we’d lounge around

on the back patio

grill up some food

have some lemonade

do nothing

sit around, eat, talk, be lazy.

but when the fire on our hibachi

somehow got too big

we did the obvious thing

threw it into the hedge

and yes, there was some collateral damage

and no, we didn’t think they’d notice

but actually, they did 

and no, it didn’t end well

and yes, our day of lounging ended rather abruptly.

 “the grass is always greener around the fire hydrant.”

-jeff rich

 

Feb7

only drama.

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and the rest should stay back?

 

sign found by the parent drop-off circle

at my school in the morning.

 from a class the night before

but it works in the morning too.

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“you cannot have the drama without comedy.”

-tommy wiseau

Dec30

being yourself.

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after visiting grandma’s house with no worry that you’ll catch a cold.

 

“fashion is about dressing according to what’s fashionable.

style is more about being yourself.”

-oscar de la renta 

 

after visiting grandma’s house and ?

i truly admire their spirit and they look so happy.

 

 

 

 

 

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image credits: crafty momma.com (dogs), google images (humans)

Dec28

blanket statement.

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(photo not me, but how i was feeling)

that annoying moment when you can’t find the long side of your blanket.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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image credit: zooborn.com

Dec27

on fire.

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so much romance
at the car wash today
as this couple wandered around the lot
kissing and kissing and kissing yet again
waiting for their car to be finished
not noticing that their car
was long ago completed
and up front waiting for them.
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“the kiss would have been magical I was sure,
if I hadn’t caught my marshmallow on fire and dropped it on his shoe.”
― holly hood, Ink

Dec14

the lost and found is lost.

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today

when the kinders found things out of place

they went to put them in our class lost and found

but discovered it was missing. 

the class then set out to find the lost and found

that was lost

until someone found it

and proudly put it back in place

then the mini wooden zebra, the blue rubber spider, and the green magna-tile

found a place to wait until we can find where they belong.

“first up, the lost and found has gone missing.

it itself, is lost.

so please try not to lose anything until we find it.”

-michael scott, the office 

 

Dec13

your guest’s is as good as mine.

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that moment

at the faculty party

when you get ready to leave

and go to pick up your coat

only to realize

that everyone has

a long, dark, down, winter coat

so you make a best guess choice.

 

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“confusion is a word we have invented for an order which is not understood.”

-henry miller

Dec6

where hobbies, hijinks, and capers go bad = my childhood #8

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as the youngest of 3 daughters

it took me a while to realize

that i was often being used

as the canary in the coal mine

sent in first to check

if the mud was sticky

if the place was scary

if it was wet

if there were spiders or alligators

if the others could squeeze in somewhere

if we were going to get in trouble

for whatever crazy scheme we thought up that day

i was curious and relished the adventure

excited to try things first

only to realize time and again

that it generally

had not

been a good idea in the first place.

whoever thinks they can fool me 267 times or so

has got another thing coming….

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“a younger sister is someone to use as a guinea pig in trying sledges and experimental go-carts. someone to send on messages to mum. but someone who needs you – who comes to you with bumped heads, grazed knees, tales of persecution. someone who trusts you to defend her. someone who thinks you know the answers to almost everything.

~ pam brown

 

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image credit: lets feast.feast-ed.org

 

Nov27

open it.

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apparently i have a bit of a reputation for opening my gifts early.

how bad is it when my sister thinks

i may get overexcited

and try to intercept a delivery at the post office?

i’m not worried,  she’ll never know…

p.s. if she happens to be reading this,

i’d just like to say for the record 

that it was already a little bit open when i found it.

Nov18

around again.

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if you have eaten the above, you are my contemporary.

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 here i go, around again

another trip around the sun

 happy to say i’m still here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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