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Bandwagons, Family matters

On Tuesday I folded so much laundry, and I didn’t start a truck

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Today I took a squinty picture of myself first thing in the morning, because I was going to take pictures of all the things all day long! And then I didn’t take all the pictures, but I did do a bunch of other stuff.

About the time I sat down to write about The Other Stuff, though, my mom — who’d left her truck here while she visited my brother — came back. The friend she rode with dropped her off, and a few minutes later she hopped in her truck to go home. And the truck wouldn’t start. We spent a bit trying to get the jumper cables to do their magic, but it didn’t work.

That adventure pretty well sapped my will to write, so here’s a little listy-list about our day:

  • I took my loratadine (generic Claritin. Generitan!) and my daily vitamin.
  • The misbehaving cat got out, and I just let him go.
  • I cleaned the kitchen, because it was clean-the-kitchen day on my list of cleaning things.
  • The kids did their schoolwork.
  • I did a lot of laundry, and I watched “Once Upon a Time in Wonderland” while I folded it.
  • The kids spent a ton of time outside.
  • The kids had tae kwon do.
  • Poppy had soccer practice right after tae kwon do.
  • The cat came back and meowed at me through the screen. So I let him come back in.
  • Poppy had an American Heritage Girls meeting.
  • We had omelets for dinner.
  • The kids went to bed.
  • I watched TV.
  • I tried and failed to make a truck start.
  • I folded more laundry.

    • This morning I’ll be trying to figure out how to remove a battery from a truck so I can take it to the auto parts store. Can I do it? Will the truck ever start? Did I ever finish folding all the laundry? Tune in tomorrow!

    Bandwagons, Family matters

    On Monday I spent a lot of time thinking about the cat

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    In 2011 we went hiking and played some board games. Last year I had a cold and we went to Dollywood. This year? It’s been an eventful week thus far.

    This is the third year I’ve participated in Adventuroo’s Week in My Life linkup. It works like this: I do some meticulous record-keeping and take lots of pictures, and the next day I tell you all about what we did the previous day. Except that some days (most days) my record-keeping is somewhat less meticulous and I only take pictures for about half the day.

    Which is, coincidentally, exactly what happened yesterday.
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    Writing (elsewhere)

    Elsewhere: I tell you how to make a showy, glowy picture pumpkin

    The Photojojo showy glowy picture pumpkinI don’t think I’ve carved a pumpkin since early in Rockford’s graduate school days, when he worked for a gentleman who was very enthusiastic about Halloween, but I’ve spent a lot of time over the last couple of weeks thinking about things to do with pumpkins. (Besides turning them into pies or smashing them, obviously.)

    Why the sudden gourd obsession? Because the fine folks at Photojojo wanted a post about a Cool Thing to Do with a Pumpkin.

    I’m pretty pleased with the final result.

    You can read all about it at — and be a witness to the launch of Rockford’s career as a hand model — at Picture Pumpkins: Give Your Halloween Memories a Gourdy Glow. Let me know if you give it a try! I’d love to see your fancy photo pumpkin.

    (Related: “Gourd” never, ever looks like its spelled correctly. Especially after you type it multiple times. Gourd gourd gourd.)