Lady in a Small Town

I am kicking off my renewed interested in blogging.  I know I am not the most interesting writer, but I am going to try.
When I was in high school a friend gave me a book called 14,000 Things to be Happy About.  I started a list of my happy things in 1993.  When I stopped [...]

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Labor Movement: Thanks for the weekend!

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So last September I was tired all the time.  My breasts hurt and I had to pee 3 times a night.  I had no idea what was wrong with me.  Duh!  Finally in late September I took a pregnancy test.  And then I took another one.  And another.  And needless to say, I have a [...]

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We got home around 5 yesterday.  I was asleep by 9.  I have slept nearly all day today.  Darn good thing I didn’t have to go to work.
I still haven’t even downloaded my pictures yet.  I think I took well over 400.  It was such a nice week.  We had good weather several days and [...]

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I have something in common with Dooce.  How crazy is that?
Okay, maybe it was just that first sentence, but I know exactly what my dad is trying to say when he doesn’t say it. And when people ask me if my parents like Jon, I’m all, like Jon? Hmm. How do I put this? They [...]

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In the summer I get up later and later as the weeks go on.  Sadly, at the end of the summer I have to learn to get up early again.  I sometimes think I should be teaching night school.  Only they don’t have that for elementary kids.

from xkcd

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for stuffed up nose
for a sinusitis diagnosis
for Sudafed, which didn’t help
for a sick day
for sub plans which took me 3 hours for a 90 minute class
for sleeping late on a school day
for shopping for a dress for my sister’s wedding

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I thought this was such a funny quiz I had to try it for myself! Thanks Toddled Dredge!
My husband and friends will agree it is totally accurate!  And?  I actually use dashes in my speech and writing, so that is too funny!  Although, I hate public speaking!

You Are An Exclamation Point

You are a bundle [...]

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Whoorl wrote a nice piece about her childhood blanket and challenged her readers to write too. I am writing about my favorite childhood stuffed animal. This week we had Staff Appriciation week at school and we each brought in an artifact that represents us. I brought my bear. Almost no one [...]

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