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This is how we hang in Mexico. Quincy’s only allowed to have her pacifier in bed, so she tends to choose bed a lot. We’re trying to be understanding of her addiction and at this point the doctor is recommending a slow wean. We’ll send her to rehab only as a last resort. Roma and Nonna are busy collecting shells and crafting, while Kristen (my BFF hug hug <3 <3 xoxox… sometimes I gag...

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When spooked, I am not the screaming type. My gut instinct is usually to do a bit of arm-flapping and jumping up and down. If there’s any sound, it’s not so much a holler or shriek as it is an exclamation that comes out strangled and thus intelligible. “Gah!” After I catch my breath, I generally get mad. Foot stomping mad. And that’s when the verbal assault begins. If I’m scared by a big...

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This is Nora. This is Nora with a big camera in her face. When we went to Colorado for our third and fourth Christmases and to ring in the New Year, we also planned a family photo shoot. The last family photo was a near disaster. Think winter white people in white shirts. I wish I was kidding. This recent one wasn’t much better. Certainly not for lack of color, as you can see by Nora’s coat of...

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Thus far in 2010… these three girls… … have made a lot of silly faces. And then there was the notorious pink hair incident… … a by-product of several days of heavy snow and head colds. There are several new photo galleries of our girls, including a few from our California Christmases that I found on a memory stick hidden in my wallet!

Nora slept through the night, and is down again for her morning nap. I’m not quite sure what to do with myself, except perhaps neglect the older two in favor of a little internet surfing. Some of my finds: An interesting video that not only features one of my favorite preachers alive, but also makes a point that I have claimed as truth for quite a long time. A solid 10 on the weirdness scale: I...

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