| 10/1 |
10:52 AM |
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is tapering Wellbutrin today as directed by K. DesMaisons, Potatoes Not Prozac author. Working on dopamine levels. Be gentle please! |
| 10/1 |
2:06 PM |
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is getting a lesson in taking the internet for granted. my computer is worthless without it. thank goodness for my phone. |
| 10/1 |
9:36 PM |
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is really glad she as the iGo keyboard for her phone. Now, if I could just get my FB to work properly, I’d be set. |
| 10/2 |
5:44 PM |
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loves having internet back and lots of new FB friends after last weekend.  |
| 10/3 |
12:16 PM |
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is going to squash the people at BT. Seven phone calls later internet still isn’t resolved. I am thinking some seriously bad words here. |
| 10/3 |
2:14 PM |
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So, I bitch about BT and they follow me on twitter! WTH? Wish their actual customer service was that efficient. |
| 10/3 |
3:08 PM |
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Dinner Club: Winter Minestrone, Caprese Salad, Spaghetti Carbonara w/ fresh pasta, Choc Almond Gelato, lots of wine. Missing N&A & N&J. |
| 10/4 |
2:22 PM |
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should be making a salad for dinner with friends tonight but has had internet for the last half hour. You’d be doing the same thing. |
| 10/5 |
1:27 PM |
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is planning meals for the week and wonders what everyone else is having. Do tell. |
| 10/5 |
3:19 PM |
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has now had consistent internet for more than three hours. everything is getting done online and nothing is getting done at home! |
| 10/5 |
9:10 PM |
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is studying for her driving test. booooring. |
| 10/6 |
7:34 AM |
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If I get on the bus with L, the field trip will be canceled. If I don’t, it won’t & I’ll have to run to catch the city bus. What to do? |
| 10/6 |
1:13 PM |
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I got on the bus and the trip was canceled. Came home, took E to school, AJ to the Tube, and myself shopping – and it was FUN!! |
| 10/7 |
8:30 AM |
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My house smells like bacon and reminds me of visiting my grandparents at Table Rock Lake. Bacon, wagon & boat rides, swimming & fishing! |
| 10/7 |
3:23 PM |
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is laughing because she can’t read her own writing and what looked like jwezr was actually jewelry. Handwriting: needs improvment. |
| 10/8 |
1:08 PM |
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Ok, Elena’s cool teacher said she likes my boots – & Aaron and Cheryl said I looked cute. I’m clearly doing this right..finally! Whew. |
| 10/8 |
6:09 PM |
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totally, absolutely, 100% hearts her “potato cult” friends.  Life has changed a lot in the last (almost) two years! Thanks peeps! |
| 10/8 |
7:55 PM |
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is in bed at 7.45 in preparation for this weekend. 4 am is going to kick my ass, but it’s worth it for the par-tay. Thanks M & D! |
| 10/9 |
7:19 AM |
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Extra security screening again today. I must look sketchy without the kids. |
| 10/10 |
1:52 AM |
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made it, but it was a loooooong haul. Glad to be here though! |
| 10/12 |
7:41 AM |
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In spite of London traffic, it’s good to be back. Clear sky, sunny, and NOT 34 degrees! |
| 10/13 |
10:44 AM |
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was only gone for a weekend, but it’s going to take a week to recover. Slept most of yesterday and would like to do the same today. |
| 10/13 |
10:27 PM |
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How many times do I have to have Mad Men mess up my ability to fall asleep to quit watching it before bed? Evidently at least once more. |
| 10/14 |
12:21 PM |
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is singing “lookin’ for love in all the wrong places” and has absolutely no idea why. I don’t know all the words and it’s getting old. |
| 10/14 |
6:11 PM |
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New, unofficial, boring, non-FB-sexy-fied poll: Who eats the leftovers at your house? Here, it’s moi. |
| 10/15 |
9:52 AM |
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refuses to use microsoft office, but wishes open office didn’t crash so damn often and make the computer so freaking slow. Can’t win. |
| 10/15 |
5:56 PM |
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Elena just told me that her “abocado tastes wike wubbiss.” For those of you needing translation, that’s “avocado tastes like rubbish. |
| 10/16 |
2:29 PM |
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thinks that Gap, Banana, and Old Navy should send out their emails on different days of the week. Spread the love, dudes! |
| 10/16 |
3:05 PM |
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Think good thoughts for my mom. Kidney stone blasting happening at noon today. Wish I could be there.  |
| 10/16 |
9:10 PM |
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Mama is out of surgery and all went well. |
| 10/17 |
9:51 AM |
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It’s Macey in her new not-so-super-hero role as Duwali Dog! Faster than a speeding bullet when hiding in bed with me from fireworks. |
| 10/17 |
2:30 PM |
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thinks a $50 Halloween costume should NOT require an hour and a half of additional work to fix its problems. $25 maybe, but not $50. |
| 10/18 |
4:58 PM |
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Pasta with the Knippenburg neighbors tonight! Good times! |
| 10/19 |
5:31 PM |
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has been neglecting social media. I doubt it’s missed me! |
| 10/19 |
6:32 PM |
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Liam and Elena are singing in Italian. Thank you American School in London. You teach L and he’ll teach E. We’ll keep 2nd tuition. |
| 10/20 |
11:33 AM |
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just saw that the time changes this weekend and was filled with a sense of dread. So, more potato and more light box it is. |
| 10/20 |
3:01 PM |
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Listening to Liam playing with his friend makes me happy. |
| 10/20 |
3:37 PM |
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Mom is in the hospital again for another blast. Obviously she’s not happy about it. More thoughts sent her way, please. |
| 10/21 |
12:34 PM |
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keeps boiling water and then forgetting to make tea. Three times now this morning! |
| 10/21 |
2:07 PM |
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Guess who forgot to put the taekwondo uniform in Liam’s backpack this morning. He will be so, so sad. I’m sorry, buddy. |
| 10/21 |
6:09 PM |
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totally made chicken gravy this evening to go with the roasted chix, mashed pots and steamed broc. Gravy makes everything taste good!! |
| 10/21 |
6:52 PM |
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s husband is wonderful for coming home early so she can go out with the ladies. The ladies, the ladies. He’s all mine girls (& boys)!! |
| 10/21 |
9:44 PM |
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ADORES her friends. |
| 10/22 |
10:02 AM |
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is headed to help at Elena’s Halloween party. Pumpkin carving and roasting pumpkin seeds with 2 and 3 year olds is ALWAYS funny! |
| 10/22 |
3:39 PM |
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really doesn’t need to be bombarded with diet ads every time she checks her email or does basically anything online. Enough already. |
| 10/22 |
7:20 PM |
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is sick. Hope I’m not joining the 50K+ new cases of H1N1 this week in the UK. Hot tea, clean hands, Neti pot, rest, & vitamin C for me. |
| 10/23 |
5:39 PM |
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They don’t seem to be related, but somehow becoming a mom also increased my tolerance for “hotter than shit” hot water. Anyone else? |
| 10/23 |
6:20 PM |
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Elena is singing The Hokey “Cookie.” Really loud. Over and over. She is 100% my kid. A song about cookies. That’s what it’s all about. |
| 10/25 |
8:01 AM |
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and the kids are looking forward to carving pumpkins and having lunch with Bexy! I don’t speak for Aaron. |
| 10/26 |
10:00 AM |
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Half Term = toilet training. Seems to be working so far. Hope it sticks this time. |
| 10/26 |
12:01 PM |
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is having a study day today: Driving License, Microsoft Office 2007, Al-Anon, being wheat free, and Elena in general. |
| 10/26 |
6:44 PM |
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L: “Count to 11, Elena.” E: “1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,12.” Technically it *is* 11 numbers, but seriously? |
| 10/27 |
1:17 PM |
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received reassurance this morning during L’s conference that he is, in fact, Aaron’s and my child. Clearly he was not switched at birth. |
| 10/28 |
8:09 AM |
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has a driving lesson this morning with Mohammed Ali. |
| 10/29 |
6:07 PM |
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went to the zoo today and saw penguins mating. Nice. |
| 10/30 |
11:54 AM |
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is wearing jeggings. Elastic waists aren’t just for maternity any more ladies. |
| 10/30 |
6:35 PM |
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went to L’s Halloween parade. Tinkerbell slept through the whole thing and Stormtrooper L refused to wear his mask. It was pretty funny. |
| 10/31 |
7:48 PM |
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Halloween in St Johns Wood is crazier than Halloween in America. Seriously, there were lines at almost every house. |
