Freak Parade

You don’t see much of The Husband around here. That’s pretty much due to the fact that he really would rather not have his face gracing the computer screens of complete strangers (all ten of you who still read this blog)…..and I try to respect that. But since it is Father’s Day, he is […]

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The fire is still burning about four miles over the hills behind my house. It is 65% contained and looking better every day. It hardly smells like smoke at all…and we actually saw white, fluffy clouds today! The winds are supposed to pick back up on Friday, so we’re hoping it is fully contained before […]

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So this weekend was our anniversary. Sixty Six years of wedded bliss. We’re not sure whether the fact that we both feel like it has been a whole lot longer is a good thing or not. Around here, anniversaries usually = kid free. Yeah, um…usually. This particular anniversary happened to be quite a bit too […]

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October 20, 2000

October 20, 2001

Happy Anniversary, Nick!

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I was at the grocery store with The Husband and The Boy tonight. I needed to pick up a few things, including a birthday card for a friend. We were the only people in the card aisle, and as I began to look at cards, The Boy was playing some sort of driving game with […]

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Well, I am so happy to be seeing Tuesday morning. With all the weird happenings this weekend, I was sure it was the end of the world. For starters, The Husband and I had almost 24 hours kid-free. That is definitely a rare occurrence. We went out to dinner and enjoyed real cherry coke…not […]

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Every freaking’ night Every once in awhile, The Girl will wake up and come crawling into our bed at night. Last night was no exception. At about 2:30, we heard her door open and her bare feet padding down the hall. Our bedroom door was hurled open, bouncing of the springy door stop…..SPROING! The Girl […]

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Yesterday, I was looking for some paperwork for my taxes. I pulled a couple of boxes from under my bed and began to rummage through them.
I felt The Girl come up behind me. “Mama, what’s this?”
I shuffled papers for another few seconds and glanced over my shoulder at her. What she held took me a […]

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So I am getting out of the house this weekend. Making a break for it. FREEEEEDOOOOM!. Woot! …uh, what was I saying? Oh yes, I am going out to dinner with a friend on Saturday night. The Boy will be at his dad’s. The Husband and The Girl are left to fend for themselves. They […]

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So as I have mentioned, things have been a little rough around the Freak Parade household as of late. But I have been lucky enough to be the recipient of so many kind words, such encouragement.
Just this morning, as a matter of fact, I was told these words…”Girl, you ROCK!” Nice, right? Sure, these […]

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