February 2012
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“Hang out with a child all day and you’ll start to believe that same level...”
– Domesticated Britt
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“Though my soul may set in darkness,
It will rise in perfect light.
I have...”
– Poet Sarah Williams (“The Old Astronomer”)
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Well, that's a given
Me: "I think I'm psychic. Either that or I expect the the worse and when it happens I just say, 'Ah ha! See! I knew it!"
Ryan: "I don't know hun, but I think you do have too much time on your hands to think."
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Today
Still wondering why I’ve received dirty looks from a handful of women whom I’ve never met. And while Ryland was with me being a complete sweetheart.
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Um, how old are you really?
Random Person: "Is that your son?"
Me: "No, that's just some kid I hang out with a lot."
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“Boys will be boys, that’s what people say. No one ever mentions how girls have...”
– Hilary Thayer Hamann, Anthropology of an American Girl (via prima-volta)
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Every single second is a battle.
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This is the perfect example of why I continue to believe the whole world is gone to shit.
We went to the Main Library downtown to see a referrence book, that suposedly is so expensive it must be kept in a locked case. After discovering it was missing, we wondered the floors and shelves for books of french art nouveau posters. Coming up empty handed and starting to head out the door, I notice...
January 2012
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“What people have the capacity to choose, they have the ability to change.”
– Madeleine Albright (via thewaywegetbyxo)
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Relocating Strain & Dreams on The Brain
Maybe it’s the stress of moving that produced my vivid dreams this week. Maybe it’s the effot I made to get more sleep, so I’ve been able to remember them better. Whatever the reason, they really have stuck with me and I’ve been mulling them over for two days now.
Monday night I dreamt I was painting our new home and I was not wearing my wedding band. I begin to search...
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4:30 am on the third day of the year
awake to the sound of puking
discover little monkey sitting up in bed, covered in dinner
clean him up, put him on the floor with clean pillow and blanket
take the sheets off the bed and downstairs
discover the dog’s mess in the garage
scold the dog
start the washing machine
take clean sheets upstairs
make the bed, pick up little monkey and put him in it
tuck him in and kiss...
December 2011
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When pretending to kill, you better be ready for...
Ryland poked a kid on the playground yesterday in the eye with a stick. At first he wouldn’t say why he did it, nor would he apologize to the poor kid, so I gathered our stuff and we had to leave. He wasn’t answering my questions and I figured that leaving was a good enough punishment, so I left it alone.
Later on at home he told me he was ‘sorry I embarrassed you when I did...
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Exterior Car Speakers
…So everyone you drive by can enjoy the shitty music you are listening to…
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“Try to clue your child in that TV is all for pretend and he’ll say...”
– Domesticated Britt
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How Does a Boxer become considered an 'aggressive...
Too many people trying to pass off their pitbulls as boxers, that’s how. Called a management run rental town home complex in Hollywood and they also consider bulldogs, do-gos and dobermans as aggressive breeds.
I’m sorry, but unless I own more than one of these or I’m running a dog fighting ring out of my town home, there is no such thing as an ‘aggressive...
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Shipwrecked
I was told from birth which path was for me.
“We all dream of leaving the beach for the sea.
You’ll be ready at 18!
College then career, thats the plan!
You’ll sail until you reach this distant land.
This is the path, this is whats expected of you.
Understand
when you grow up, that’s what you’ll do.”
But at night it was hard to discern
where...
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November 2011
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“Why not be generic when it comes to acts of love? It might save you from...”
– Domesticated Britt
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Olive Garden = Noodle Shop
Yesterday Ryan, Ryland and I went to Olive Garden for lunch. I was really surprised when he ordered the kid’s shrimp alfredo and ate all of the “shrimpies”. Today we decided to swing by Flashback Diner right before bowling and Dad was rehashing his good behavior the day before with him. Two old ladies sitting behind us both complimented on how well behaved, polite and quiet he...
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Neighbor leaves a note on the dog poop on THEIR side of the front patch of grass. Not sure if it pertains to Buster, because why would you stick a sign IN dog poop and not on someone’s front door? Hey if you wanna play in poo who am I to pick it up and spoil your fun? :-P
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Conversations with Allied Forces
I’ve have faced the fact that based on my young appearance and homemaking status, not many parents approach me or continue to engage in conversation, even if our kids are playing together already. When the question of income arises (as it always does in America, “…and what do you do?”) I smartly reply, “I’m doing it.” My husbands career will quickly become the next topic. “He’s in office...
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“The more run-ins I have in this ‘civilized world’ the more it is apparent that...”
– Domesticated Britt
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A kid with restraint on Halloween? Nah.
Ryland: "TRICK OR TREAT!"
Older Lady: "Well hello dear!" (Holding a bowl of candy in front of Ryland's face) "ONLY take three."
Ryland: (grabs three, then snatches a fourth and runs off) "BYE!!!!"
Older Lady: (to me) "He can't count to three, huh?"
Me: "Oh he can. But it's convenient to forget right now."
October 2011
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25 is time for a little Self Reflection
Usually around the time of my birthday, I get temporarily depressed. It’s not the let down of a less than perfect celebration or the stress of one, but usually an unkindly reminder that yet another year has passed me by. You would think New Years would have that effect, but it doesn’t.
So here I am again and in less than 2 weeks, I will be 25. But somehow, this year...