Tag Archives: Sassy

Subtly Subpar Sub

Posted on March 24, 2017 by joey

I used to substitute teach quite a bit. I don’t now, as my own children have ruined me for all other children I have grown cynical and generally intolerant of other people’s children. I’m sure your children are exceptional, but the other … Continue reading →

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My Secret Shame

Posted on March 21, 2017 by joey

I was readin vanbytheriver last night, which was a fun little read about birds and love. It struck me as funny-odd that she didn’t know the birds in question were mourning doves, but then I had to mention in a family of birders, … Continue reading →

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Share Your World — March 20, 2017

Posted on March 20, 2017 by joey

How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are? I dunno, anywhere between five and infinity, depending? I don’t look my age, and I don’t often feel it. I am, at times, aware of limitations. I feel … Continue reading →

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SoCS — This Woman is Done

Posted on March 18, 2017 by joey

Managed to get through the week. Thought we’d never get to #ThursdayDoors and Thursday Kittens — thank you for the extras, eschudel. Thought we’d never get home last night. Chose side effects over pain this week. Manic pace. Dizzying. Demanding. So … Continue reading →

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#ThursdayDoors — A Night at the Symphony

Posted on March 16, 2017 by joey

Sassy was one of twelve students asked to play before the symphony’s performance last night. Those students played as people walked in. They provided intro music. This particular night at the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra featured Student Side-By-Side. The best of the best high school … Continue reading →

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Share Your World — March 13, 2017

Posted on March 13, 2017 by joey

Do you push the elevator button more than once?  Do you really believe it makes the elevator faster? No. But in college, I pushed the button again if the light on the panel went dim. My dorm elevator was wonky. It … Continue reading →

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The Sound of Headphones

Posted on March 10, 2017 by joey

I freakin hate when kids get to that stage where they live in headphones. I do. I know it’s the norm and that they have to have their music and their video chats. I know that it saves me from … Continue reading →

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All Hail the Lawnmower

Posted on March 3, 2017 by joey

As I have told you countless times, before I had babies I knew virtually nothing about babies. (I know a lot about babies now. They’re the needy, wriggly, emotionally unstable people I had always suspected, but also they must be burped every … Continue reading →

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SoCS –And How!

Posted on February 25, 2017 by joey

How do you do? How d’ye do? Howdy do? Howdy! I’m a howdy do person. You? Greetings from Indianapolis, where yesterday Bonnie Blue told me it was 74 and I believed her because it got so hot in my office, I … Continue reading →

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Double the Whip

Posted on February 24, 2017 by joey

In honor of our beautiful warm weather here in February, I share with you a photo from the summer of 2004. My parents came to stay with the kids for the afternoon. When we returned, Sassy, almost two, wanted ‘some’ too. … Continue reading →

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