Archive > January 2010

First snowman.

Accomplished only after Grandpa’s flight was canceled, and he used his 4×4 to come pick up the Kid.  Those are radishes for the eyes and a carrot for the nose. We ended up with about six inches of snow total.  Some of it melted today but it’s getting down to 20F tonight, so what’s left [...]

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Snow.

Snowing more than I’ve ever seen it snow in the past ten years.  It looks like a blizzard outside.  Pictures to follow tomorrow.  Everyone’s home safe.

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More weeding.

Two more potential magnet schools marked off the list for absolutely horrendous performance the past two years.  Goes to show that just because it’s a magnet school doesn’t automatically mean it’s superior. I’m now down to one other magnet school, then the school we’re zoned for.  Pretty sad in the scheme of things. I wrote [...]

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Checking out kindergartens.

Things I’ve learned so far… 1.  The likelihood of getting in to either CSAS or CSLA is close enough to nil that I’m not going to spend the time trying.  Those are the only two magnet schools in Chattanooga that admit on a first-come first-serve basis, which currently has parents camping out a *week* before [...]

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Just thinking.

I am remembering a time not long after the Kid was born when my body was on a downward spiral.  When I got pregnant that June I weighed 142 lbs (as I had for seven years prior).  The day before I gave birth I was up to 162 lbs.  Then the Kid appeared, and everything [...]

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A huge suprise for the Kid.

His favorite musical.  It’s coming to a town about two hours away in May.  Worth it!

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Favorite word of the day.

Thick. I was also thinking today about how sometimes it would be really nice to be wrong, especially when it comes to how you believe you’re perceived by other people. But the funk from last week is finally gone, and the writing is back on track, so there really isn’t much to complain about.

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Moving on.

Made it to chapter seven today.  Not sure what’s been up with me this week, but here’s hoping it gets better, ’cause enough is enough.

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