| 8/1 |
9:52 AM |
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Headed to Brugge this morning with our fabulous traveling companions. Vaca without small children is pretty, damn relaxing. |
| 8/2 |
7:30 PM |
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is at a Cercle Brugge match. |
| 8/4 |
10:15 AM |
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finally has proper internet access while Aaron eats breakfast. Amsterdam is beautiful. As was Brugge, Leiden, Ypres, etc., etc.  |
| 8/4 |
11:06 AM |
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is glad she married to Aaron eight years ago. (Also glad it’s cooler out than that day!) Happy Anniversary, AJ. |
| 8/5 |
10:43 AM |
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Joe and Angela just sang Paula Abdul in unison. My trip is complete. |
| 8/6 |
10:36 PM |
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likes the weather in Belgium and the Netherlands better. |
| 8/7 |
6:26 AM |
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is in no mood for 5 a.m. wake ups. |
| 8/7 |
10:04 PM |
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is in bed and will be going to sleep hopefully soon. |
| 8/9 |
8:11 AM |
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is wondering if twitter is still in hack land or if it will let me post. we shall see. |
| 8/9 |
8:13 AM |
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is doing laundry and packing for trip #2 this week. Looking forward to everything except the plane trip. |
| 8/10 |
12:54 PM |
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would rather be watching mad men than cooking for the trip, but the trip *is* tomorrow, so no choice. |
| 8/10 |
2:48 PM |
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just gave some dude from a car service directions to his destination…and set his tom tom for him. he was clueless. |
| 8/10 |
9:25 PM |
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Facebook thinks Aaron is a girl. |
| 8/11 |
4:23 AM |
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is up and having breakfast. See you soon, KS! |
| 8/11 |
11:20 PM |
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made it to Kansas and it wasn’t too bad!! |
| 8/12 |
11:50 AM |
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has already been questioned by the cops this morning at 4.30 a.m. Parked to try to see the meteor shower and looked suspicious. |
| 8/12 |
1:49 PM |
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is headed to TARGET!!! |
| 8/13 |
3:03 AM |
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missed chat, but L&E caught loads of fish on hot dog bait! Had a great time with Gpa, Gr8 Unc. Dan & Gmy Aunt Colleen at Pondermostly! |
| 8/13 |
11:05 AM |
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So, 4.45 is better than 3, but it still sucks when you went to bed at 10. . |
| 8/13 |
1:51 PM |
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Headed out to Aunt Betty’s to see the animals and play on the farm. I may need to start a Farmville plot with all this experience. |
| 8/14 |
1:08 AM |
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had a great nap this afternoon but didn’t want to get up from it. |
| 8/14 |
12:19 PM |
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Cousins coming with the kids to play this morning and dinner with hs friends this evening But first an early morning Walmart run. |
| 8/14 |
12:38 PM |
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would like to know how a bunch of American rats ended up living in France. And does Remy have a work visa? Details, people, DETAILS. |
| 8/14 |
8:24 PM |
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just put two exhausted kids to bed. Liam was perfect, but after much screaming and hitting on Elena’s part, I’m beat. |
| 8/15 |
5:15 AM |
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had a great time with the girls this evening. I learned a lot about myself as well. Evidently at one point I owned a trench coat. |
| 8/15 |
12:36 PM |
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M&D kept E up until 10.30 last night b/c she napped from 2-6.30 yesterday. Why is she up at 5.45? Mama is officially tired. |
| 8/15 |
8:33 PM |
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Elena No Nap is going to be the death of me. |
| 8/16 |
1:38 AM |
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loves her mama. She’s been secretly doing my laundry. |
| 8/16 |
12:49 PM |
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got to sleep from 8 to 6.30. Wahoooo!! LIfe is so much better when I’m well rested. |
| 8/16 |
5:02 PM |
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is sitting outside enjoying the warmth knowing that she can go into the air conditioning whenever it gets too hot. |
| 8/16 |
7:28 PM |
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is hiding from everyone in the basement to recharge like the good little introvert that she is. |
| 8/18 |
3:35 AM |
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wishes that she’d kept every cd she ever owned. . |
| 8/18 |
5:19 AM |
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still sorting the ipod. it’s taking hours! |
| 8/18 |
10:17 PM |
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thinks it’s dumb that the computer can’t charge the ipod. sat down to relax and sort more music and it was dead.  |
| 8/19 |
5:45 PM |
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is packing for the trip home. Looks like it’s supposed to storm in Wichita and Chicago just as we are scheduled to fly. Wish us luck. |
| 8/20 |
1:02 PM |
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got home 3 hrs late. person got on the plane without a ticket, even though her four kids were ticketed – two on her pssport!! v. messy |
| 8/20 |
11:53 PM |
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is sure that if everyone understoood what a bitch she is when she doesn’t get enough sleep, they’d let me sleep no matter what. |
| 8/21 |
12:35 PM |
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huh? wha? yes, elena, i’m awake…i’m awake. *yawn* what time is it, anyway? noon? welly well well, 2.30 a.m. to noon…not too bad! |
| 8/21 |
5:25 PM |
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is experiencingt the joy called “Random On the iPod.” Of course, I had to make a Random playlist to avoid the 750 kids’ songs. |
| 8/21 |
9:13 PM |
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Keeping the kids up late so that they’ll sleep tonight. Have to be out the door at 10 tomorrow for a lunch with some of my fave peeps. |
| 8/22 |
9:14 AM |
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in bed at 10.30…up at 7.30! perfect! now off to lunch with my sugar free and on-their-way-to-sugar-free buddies at Whole Foods. |
| 8/22 |
11:53 PM |
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evidently missed the sleepy window. Either too much serotonin or too much Mad Men. I may never know. |
| 8/23 |
11:20 PM |
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made gazpacho and hummus and grilled chicken today. gorgeous weather. i wore shorts!! |
| 8/24 |
9:00 AM |
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Happy Birthday, Elena! |
| 8/24 |
1:58 PM |
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thinks she’s not going to have the kids nap so she can go to bed at 8. |
| 8/24 |
4:33 PM |
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There is no place in my heart for fruit flies. |
| 8/24 |
6:49 PM |
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Birthday girl just bonked on the coffee table. Looks like she needs it glued. Off to the A&E we go…. |
| 8/25 |
9:24 AM |
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s husband is smart. |
| 8/25 |
11:23 AM |
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has been sugar, sweetener, & simple carb free for 365 days – and zoloft free for 5!!! I am ridiculously proud of myself.  |
| 8/25 |
6:14 PM |
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is too tired to be ordering groceries, but it has to be done. Will I get to bed early tonight? I…hey, Elena’s not wearing any pants! |
| 8/26 |
8:52 AM |
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reorganized the kids’ bookshelf and they are rediscovering their old faves…now that we can actually see them. |
| 8/26 |
10:53 AM |
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is tired of wire shelving acting as furniture. |
| 8/26 |
1:41 PM |
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decided to rearrange and reorganize a few rooms of the house and we have a surprise cleaning lady visit. shit! |
| 8/26 |
6:29 PM |
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Why does Liam wait to poo until AFTER the cleaning person is here?? Is it too much to ask for 24 hours of clean commodes? |
| 8/26 |
9:36 PM |
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is going to watch Mad Men and will finally be caught up with the rest of America. Yippe! |
| 8/27 |
4:58 AM |
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is never pleased to be up in the morning when people in the US haven’t gone to bed yet. No thank you, Elena. |
| 8/27 |
9:38 AM |
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might finally have a handle on all of the kindergarten stuff for L. There was a little bit of info overload last week. Doing ok now. |
| 8/27 |
2:05 PM |
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at emergency again with Elena. she’s ok, but i can see her skull where she hit her forehead on the edge of my bed. ugh. |
| 8/27 |
6:50 PM |
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is going to let Liam read her to sleep this evening. Hopefully The nonEnglish Patient will cooperate. |
| 8/28 |
1:44 PM |
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is a little on the grumpy side today. Looking forward to a haircut and color tomorrow though. Pink is gone and roots look terrible! |
| 8/29 |
4:18 PM |
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it’s a little bit purple…. |
| 8/29 |
6:45 PM |
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Feels like a crisp, Fall day in KS in London today. I’m not looking forward to Winter coming, but I do love Fall in KS. |
| 8/30 |
11:59 AM |
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thinks there’s going to be no more of this practically shaved right side of my head next haircut. But I do love the purple. |
| 8/30 |
2:26 PM |
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is tired of Elena proudly peeing on the floor. No amount of positive reinforcement is working – nor is getting angry. Back to diapers. . |
| 8/30 |
3:51 PM |
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just found out that our answering machine evidently isn’t working. It just says “Call back later!” What’s the point? |
| 8/30 |
10:20 PM |
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hasn’t talked to enough adults today. |
| 8/31 |
3:54 PM |
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Just finished my meal plan for the week. What are you having? |
| 8/31 |
7:45 PM |
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I’m feeling intellectually challenged because I got to proofread something. I do miss that aspect of work. Maybe I should be an editor. |
| 8/31 |
8:20 PM |
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Elena is dipping Liam’s sunglasses in hummus and licking them. Gross. |
