Lady in a Small Town

I am going to a funeral today.
No one likes going to funerals. No one enjoys them. No one looks forward to them. You are saying goodbye to someone you knew. Cared about. Loved.
I am going to a funeral of a child today.
I didn’t actually know Brady. His mom […]

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Christmas night we were at my parents’ house opening gifts with our family and friends.
Picky Princess opened the American Girl doll dress my mom got her and said, “O-M-G!  That’s so cool.”
The Baby Boomers in the room said, “What?”  I sort of wanted to say, “No, it’s W-T-F.”

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I love living in a small town.
T and I just went to the grocery store. I walked over to meet him as he came home from work. I took my iPod, cell phone and sunglasses. We shopped.
As we got to the checkout I realized we were buying alcohol for an upcoming event. […]

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This has been a crazy, but nice week. I’ve had something nearly every day after school and then in the evening too! G!rls @n the R*n is going really well and the girls are having a great time. This week we did lessons on listening and gossiping. They are two of […]

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Monday was Best Lady’s birthday. She is 32! Lord S and I went shopping on Sunday and tried to buy her a gift. Here are some of the things we found.
While at Oce@n St@te J*b L*t we found these great fish. They were unstuffed pillows. I thought we […]

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It’s nice to know there’s someone who caresWhen you feel all alone and suddenly scaredYour mom and dad will make it OKWhen they give you a hug, the fear goes away.Chorus:It’s OK (It’s OK)It’s really all rightIt’s all right. (It’s all right)It’s really OKYou’re as safe in the night as you are in the […]

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Last night we went to dinner with my sister, her best friend, and a guy friend of theirs. We ate at our favorite resturaunt (not our favorite diner, which is a different place) and had a ball. We laughed and talked and stared at the people on the other side of the window. […]

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The talk yesterday was that we might have a delayed entry today. The weather wasn’t so bad here first thing. Schools all over our area were closed, but not in the Strathconn Valley. Big huge snow drops were falling, but everything was just wet. The trees still have snow from last […]

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My friend Allison submitted a Peep diorama to the Washington Post contest. They didn’t win, but were semi-finalists. You can vote for the best diorama on the website. This is what she had to say:

PICK ME! PICK ME!
Or, rather Heather’s, Anh’s, and my peeps - the Post has a new page where […]

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I recently told my friend, Best Lady*, about this blog. I don’t know if she has stopped bye yet, but she said she would. She was also a little annoyed I hadn’t told her about it yet. Hi hon!
She told us tonight she is going to have an important conversation with her […]

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