Wednesday, November 19, 2008 - Filed
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At the House
| Rants
This holiday, take a deep breath and
relax with some of our very own StoryRhyme.com helpful hints.
Here's number 9: Don't serve that greenbean casserole with the
canned mushrooms and shoestring onions because it's just
gross...
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Sunday, November 16, 2008 - Filed in:
At the HouseSouthern California has been burning
the last two days. There are fires all around us, the air is thick
and as I look outside, the sky has cast an ominous orange glow over
the backyard...
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Wednesday, November 12, 2008 - Filed
in:
At the House
| The Internal
StuggleI think I'm getting to be an old hand
at this dyeing stuff. Well, I have done it twice now. Go to the
drugstore with the top of the old box (very clever). Husband
suggests I go lighter this time (to replicate Michael's results).
Sound advice; right (from a guy who goes to SuperCuts)..?
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Saturday, November 08, 2008 - Filed
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At the House
| I Have No
Idea
First of all, we're way too cool for
this catalog (or so I thought), yet it comes anyway...
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Tuesday, November 04, 2008 - Filed in:
The Internal
Stuggle"To live content with small means;
to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than
fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich; to
study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly; to listen to
the stars and birds, to babes and sages, with open heart; to bear
on cheerfully, do all bravely, awaiting occasions, worry never; in
a word to, like the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up
through the common..." Read
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Wednesday, October 29, 2008 - Filed
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I Have No
Idea
Gift cards have now crossed over from
the realm of the merely functional to become toys and collector
pieces? This particular card features a cutout "Domo" with magnetic
Halloween costumes (included inside the gift card packaging) so you
can dress your Domo in different Halloween costumes...
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Tuesday, October 28, 2008 - Filed in:
The Internal
Stuggle | I Have No
IdeaLying in bed last night, eyes wide as
saucers, I gave up on sleep and went to the kitchen for a cup of
tea. Flipping through the cable channels (yes, my life is dominated
by media) I came across "The Duggars: 17 Kids and Counting" on TLC.
I am strangely fascinated by this family...
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Saturday, October 25, 2008 - Filed in:
At the House
Charlie made decorations and signs for
everything including a "Chamber of Secrets" sign that he put on the
toilet tank; a "Leaky Cauldron" sign for the kitchen; and a
"Platform 9 3/4" sign that we hung at the front door to welcome
guests. Our Chamber of Secrets and Leaky Cauldron signs remain to
this day...
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Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - Filed in:
The Internal
Stuggle
At the age of 2, Grandma moved with her parents and brother from
Kansas to the Arizona desert to homestead. Her mother (my Great
Grandmother) taught school in the one-room school house and owned
and ran the general store. Life was hard in the small ranch town.
It was remote and often lonely...
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Friday, October 17, 2008 - Filed in:
RantsI first heard the ancient curse, "May
you live in interesting times," a few years ago. I've always liked
this curse. It seems innocuous enough, not harsh like the
traditional "May your cattle die and your crops wither" type
curse...
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