Monthly Archives: September 2007
Money Talk #3 – Revocable Living Trusts
After our Money Talk #2 and reading the fourth chapter in Suze Orman’s The Nine Steps to Financial Freedom, it was discovered that two women in our group had already gone through the steps of setting up revocable living trusts. … Continue reading
Things I Love About Chad
He’s a sweet kisser. He’s super-cuddly and whispers things to me. He takes good care of me. He’s so responsible that everybody around him trusts him. If he says something, he means it. He knows what he wants. He … Continue reading
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Joblessness
There is something really wonderful about the limbo of being jobless. And that is vast amounts of Golden Time. For the last fourteen years I have been a mother. And being a mother means not having very much time to … Continue reading
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Godspeed, Little Doodle!
Bella ran her first track meet today: 3 miles in 27 minutes. Yesterday she officially made the cross country team by running 4 miles in 29 miles. She’s taking this all very seriously – coach said no greasy food or … Continue reading
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Cooler than Freecycle
I am in the middle of my first freecycle.org transaction, and I’m loving it. Basically, freecycle is a bulletin board for people in a community to give and get FREE THINGS. While, I love the word FREE, I love more … Continue reading
Posted in food, Jeannie stamp-of-approval, modernday hippiness, south OC
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Need suggestions!
Bella needs to choose a biography or autobiography of at least 350 pages. Anybody have a good suggestion? Here are some of the auto/biographies we now have on hold: Vivien: the life of Vivien Leigh by Alexander Walker Dreamgirl: my … Continue reading
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Bridal Shower/Bacholerette Party Pics
These photos go with this post and were taken by Wanda. This is what the tables looked like when I got there. I love fresh flowers. And my friends drinking in the shade of a boulder. (Notice the gifts to … Continue reading
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How to Pick a Good Running Shoe
Call me a sucker if you want, but after four trips to the shoe store and hundreds of dollars later, I’m a believer. No more will I ever think I have enough know-how to just walk into a Famous Footwear … Continue reading
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Tomorrow is the first day of high school
and Bella refuses to bring her lunch (even though we have been warned that with 3,200 students that the lunch lines will be verrry long) and she refuses to bring her books. Sounds like the beginning of a very long … Continue reading
For the narcoleptics among us…
I present you with the PILLOWIG. I wonder if I can get one of those things with twelve pillows, for Chad. Thanks for passing this one along, Songbae and Donna!
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