Posts Tagged ‘thoughts’

2010 seems a lot easier to write than 2009…I think it’s because it’s more like a movie title…

By amanda December 31st, 2009

I’m not even going to attempt a deep and heart­felt post about this past year and the new one com­ing.  Deep and heart­felt leaves me weepy lately…
I am look­ing for­ward to a new year though…something about past being done and new beginin­ngs.  I know that past is always around, and you learn from the bad […]

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Season finale…

By amanda August 6th, 2009

Robert nailed it when he said this first Ijah free long week­end was like a sea­son finale.  It’s not a show chang­ing one, but it’s a big step.
When Sher­man and I first met I wasn’t sure that I wanted chil­dren.  I had decided that I didn’t in an ear­lier rela­tion­ship and the thought hadn’t really occured […]

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Poorly chosen tools…

By amanda July 30th, 2009

As I spread peanut but­ter on toast with the equiv­i­lant of a filet knife I think to myself what an inef­fec­tive tool it is for the job.  But I keep using it tak­ing twice the time as I would with another tool, and mar­veling at how it is a fan­tas­tic way to con­tol peanut butter […]

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One Year…

By amanda July 13th, 2009

I’m pretty sure that the “first” birth­day cel­e­bra­tion is really just as much for par­ents as it is for kids.  He gets an out­fit and atten­tion and a pretty righ­t­ious mon­key cake, we get a pat on the back for keep­ing him alive and well for a year.
And let me tell you, that first year is […]

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Sesquicentennial…

By amanda March 27th, 2008

I love it when words jump out at you.  I heard sesqui­cen­ten­nial this morn­ing on MPR.  What a fan­tas­tic word…
Like phanero­gram, oppro­bri­ous, and twitterpated.

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