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Month: August 2006

headaches are a bad way to start the day

headaches are a bad way to start the day

I decided to get a new pair of contacts out this morning to see if that would help, but it hasn’t so far. I’m wondering if I need to make a trip to the eye doctor. I always feel like my headaches are related to my eyes somehow. Maybe there’s something wrong with me other than just bad eyesight? And how much Excedrin is too much? In other news, Paul and I decided to opt out of the bug spraying…

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days like these

days like these

“Some days even my lucky rocketship underpants don’t help.” – Calvin (from Calvin & Hobbes) Sigh. These past few days have been exhausting. I have been a little down – not depressed, persay, but rather just really tired and non-energetic. I have come home from work several times with bad headaches, and my body still hates me for getting up at 5. Yesterday, however, I got up at 5 and didn’t go back to bed (for the first time). I…

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practicing hospitality: banana bread

practicing hospitality: banana bread

Originally published on August 22, 2006 at Onward & Upward I may not be much of a cook, but I do love to bake. When I was growing up, my mother would always make banana bread and give it to our neighbors or people just moving to town. I remember many a day, wrapping up banana bread in saran-wrap or foil to take to someone. I hope to continue the tradition on my own. This weekend, I made banana bread…

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meet mrs. b

meet mrs. b

After writing the post last night, I felt a bit better and was able to go to bed. This morning I got up for work and long story short, realized that for $10 I could get a copy of my birth certificate from the Vital Records office in Atlanta. I am very fortunate to be living in the state where I was born. :-) Therefore, plans for errands were still on and I am so glad I took the entire…

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martha's tonsils in ernestine's mouth

martha's tonsils in ernestine's mouth

So have you ever read Cheaper By the Dozen? In one chapter of the book, five of the 12 kids need to have their tonsils out. Their father, as efficient as always, decides to have the doctor remove them all on the same day. Martha is the only one of the older children who doesn’t need to have her tonsils out. She is sent to their aunt’s house, being fed on all sorts of unhealthy sweet stuff, while the rest…

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