my pink toes at NaBloPoMo

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This is truly my sluff post - and on the last day of NaBloPoMo, too! I did it (posted every day in November), with varying degrees of quality. I plan to do a better recap on Sunday or Monday.



I'm off in 30 minutes to visit my mom for the weekend (who had oral surgery this week - it's been a week of paren… Continue

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Jim made it through the first critical 24 hours and is now coherent, off the ventilator, and down from 13 (!) IV drips to 5. Thank you all for your continued thoughts and prayers.

Velma was concerned because the first time she visited him after they "woke him up" (took him off anes… Continue

...I'm not sure what the question was.

The angiogram revealed that Dave's dad had only 5% of heart capacity (much less than the doctor thought). Apparently he had two previous silent heart attacks. As we all went about our lives, as Jim played Solitaire on the computer, as they played puzzles with Peter, as Dave was at work, as we were sleeping, as I was chopping vegetables, as Henry was at recess, as I was drinking coffee...at any of those times - twice - Jim had a heart attack. Silen… Continue

I know it's NaBloPoMo and all, but I'm going to have to take the night off of writing witticisms or posting recipes.

Dave's dad is in the hospital. Not the ER, but the hospital. He's been having some breathing difficulties. Tomorrow he has an angiogram.

Parents are supposed to be invincible. Even when they're 78.

Please keep him in your prayers.

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Your login attempt failed. This is probably because you are a moron. Or because you created your password one late night after watching a VH-1 marathon and chose something so cute and nostalgic like IWOULDDIE4U but now that the vodka has worn off and you’re trying to log in to this site you can’t remember for the life of you EVER liking Prince. And if you did, you certainly wou… Continue

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• King Herod and the Baby Jesus Death Squad


• Golgotha - Complete with Pre-and-Post Crucified Jesus (small holes in his hands allow him to pop on and off the plastic cross)


• Christmas Shopping Smackdown - Contains: sharp-elbowed-red-e

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Humor Mama and Stop Fighting on the Ladder

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I keep wondering about this NaBloPoMo thing: if each of us is trying hard to keep posting every day, how do we have time to read each other's stuff? I have run across some cool people at the NBPM site (Hi Stella,… Continue

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We started the day off with a wonderful thankfulness yoga workshop and
ended it with a lovely meal with our family and good friend. I basked
in the wonder and glory of the day: beautiful sunshine outside, that
bracing make-you-grateful-to-come-indoors cold outside, amazing smells
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I love having Thanksgiving at my house. When Dave and I bought our current house, it was important to us to find a living room/dining room combination that was all one level and didn't turn a corner so that we could seat all the guests at one table.



I revel in welcoming everyone in with the house full of the smells of the season. A warm and cozy refuge from the… Continue

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I seem to be posting a lot of recipes this month. Sadly, I am no Deb Perelman. She is fabulous enough for at least two people and I love her… Continue

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In his (wonderful) guest post, Dave called me She Who Must Be Obeyed. Hmmm. He definitely listens to me, supports me, cherishes me, and loves me. But obeys me? Not so mu… Continue

Surely it was made with me in mind! So today I point you to one of my all-time favorite blogs: Smitten Kitchen. Her latest entry is Pie Crust 101 with her new favorite: Vodka Pie Crust. I can't wait to try it.

I got out of my wonderful three-hour yoga workshop today and found.....a parking ticket on my car. If I thought the universe was trying to tell me something I'd be pretty confused. Or pissed off.

So I spent the day doing my Chinese homework. The homework that I just stared at as very very little sunk in. Sigh. Later, I got to hang out with Shona and Jen and the rest of my bookclub as we discussed The Thirteenth Tale. Well, to say we discussed the book is perhaps a bit generous. We actually discussed a great variety of things,… Continue

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I had another fill today. This brings me up to 8.5 in my Band. At the office, I was down to 277.4, a loss of 2.5 pounds since my last fill 3 weeks ago. So things seem to finally be moving.

I've decided to use the clinic weight as my "official" weight, because our scale… Continue

My dear sweet husband is bailing me out tonight. He'll be posting at my pink toes, and I'll link to it tomorrow. This is just my placeholder to say "Hey - I'm here, and I'm still playing along with this NaBloPoMo thing!" I may have had a little more Singapore Sling than I should have. And then after doing a bunch of deep-breathing Yo… Continue

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I had an appointment with my beloved PCP today. With all of my health
problems, I was amazed that I hadn't been in to see her since August.
Sadly, I have only lost 3 pounds since then. *sigh*

She is so
awesome and is the one who encouraged me to get this surgery in the
first place. She truly cares about me and takes time to listen to me.
She is going to help with the… Continue