Finished my class. Caught up with Michael Jordan’s Hall of Fame speech. Taped the Emmy’s, which I’ll never watch. Joining Weight Watchers tomorrow (are you required to tell them that you plan to stick around only until your pants aren’t so uncomfortable? Is there a special membership plan for this?) Of course, now I need…
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It’s the first day of the NFL season, I’m in Green Bay for the Bears’ opener, and I am thinking of my dad. It is nearly 80 degrees today, which would have made him very happy. I can’t remember ever going to a Bears game with my father when it was warmer than 34.  And…
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For homework in my Visual Storytelling class this weekend, I had to shoot and edit a 30-second video sequence. Took me, oh, about 15 hours. I know my husband Rick is reading this right now and going, “Uh, excuse me, it took you 15 hours?” OK, so he helped. But I should point out that…
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I’d like to go on record as saying I love the Duggar’s. I don’t think it will surprise anyone who has ever met me or read me that I have, on more than one occasion, tuned into their documentary TV series, “18 Kids and Counting” and like it. And every time they have a new…
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If I didn’t think I would lose all credibility as a responsible parent, I might have rousted my children from their beds last night and asked them to help me with my homework. As it was, I seriously considered it. I am a student again. For three days now, 12 hours in all, and I can…
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