My younger son was in nursery school at the time and his best buddy, Dugan, thought her name was “Fleabee”, to the amusement of us all.
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Suprise Me
Save the Bones for Henry Jones
Prompted By Naming Pets
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My younger son was in nursery school at the time and his best buddy, Dugan, thought her name was “Fleabee”, to the amusement of us all.
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Mean Girls
Prompted By Good Riddance
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I am so glad I am not in middle school and no longer have to deal with cliques and mean girls. Thank goodness I grew up and survived that phase of life.
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The Big Sisters’ Club
Prompted By Birth Order
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When you are the oldest, your parents practice on you. So you receive the benefits of more attention and bear the brunt of their mistakes.
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River of Dreams
Prompted By Dreams
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"All I Have to Do is Dream," "Sweet Dreams are Made of This," "Dream Weaver," "Dream a Little Dream of Me," "The Impossible Dream". . . . It seems that every songwriter has something to say about dreams. They have all been running on a loop in my brain this week.
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Song Lyrics that Fit
Prompted By Mending Fences
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Sometimes the fences that need mending exist right within the family.
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PE ABCs: Agony from Bombardment to C Stunts
Prompted By PE Pleasures and Perils
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The bottom of the gym suit consisted of … bloomers. Yes, ballooning from the waist and ending in tight elastic at the widest part of the thigh.
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Not a Critic, but I Live with One in my Head
Prompted By My Own Worst Critic
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I’m not a second guesser. Once I decide to buy or do something, I don’t perseverate about my decision.
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What we wore in Oakland
Prompted By What We Wore
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Back in elementary school in Oakland CA, girls were not allowed to wear pants to school. We treasured the days when a field trip to a farm or park allowed us to come to school in our stretch pants – sometimes with stirrups on the feet! Disneyland made women and girls wear dresses to the…
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And Things That Go Bump in the Night
Prompted By Vacation or Staycation from Hell
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And Things That Go Bump in the Night It’s been one week since we started our unplanned Covid 19 quarantine/staycation and I’m still reeling with the disbelief and the worry. And each day brings news of people we know or of well-known personalities who’ve been affected. Yesterday we learned of the coronavirus-related death at 81…
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