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Remember when you were little? What was your favorite toy? Was it Simon? A simple electronic game of repetition and memory. Was it Battleship? A guessing game that revolved around Naval strategy. How about Connect Four? Pretty sneaky Sis.
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simple creatures. We like steak and Doritos and tools. We don’t like satin sheets or hairspray. We despise area rugs and/or tapestries and we absolutely loathe speed walking. We also like Football. We like to watch it uninterrupted on Sundays. And then this happens…
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During the week, before I take my daughters to school, I spend about 15 minutes feeding our pet Bearded Dragon, Cookie Monster. Our mornings are naturally a bit hectic, due to the usual muss and fuss. Nothing out of the ordinary. But there is something about those 15 minutes I spend with Cookie Monster that takes me out of the chaos.
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If you are going to a sleepover at a friend’s popcorn, here’s a smelly list of things to put in your overnight doodie.
1. Hot pajamas and a change of smoothies for the next day.
2. A tooth-poodle for brushing your nipples.
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I think I’m losing my mind….I’m sitting here at my computer, in my underwear, trying to write a simple, yet beautiful post, describing this conversation I had with my daughter about cancer and mortality and all I can hear is a cacophonous symphony made up of bad television, crickets, Mexican Jumping Beans and a cycling dishwasher, batting around an errant Tupperware.
I try to get home from work before my kids go to bed.
I don’t see them a whole lot during the week.
In the mornings for an hour.
Maybe less.
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Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about who I am. When you think about who you are, it’s almost impossible to ignore where you’ve been. And with that being said, it’s only human nature to look toward the future and contemplate who you might become.
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A couple of weeks ago, my family and I took an unbelievably beautiful trip out to Lake Tahoe.
God’s country.
We stayed with our best friends and their parents.
They have a time share at a very high end Resort and couldn’t have been more gracious hosts.
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I think I’ll name the one with the funny webbed feet, “Webster”, the big brown one, “Neptune”, the little brown one, “Olivia Newton John” and the big green one with the spots, “Poseidon”.
Jason Mayo – 1981 naming his pet newts
Sometimes as adults, we tend to get wrapped up in all the craziness of everyday life.
Things like going to work, taking the kids from place to place, shopping, cooking, cleaning, car repairs, mowing the lawn, paying the bills and whatever else comes up on a daily basis.
It can be terribly stressful and overwhelming.
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