Family vacation vs. air conditioning

My dreams of a family-bonding vacation to Yellowstone National Park this summer have been completely dashed by several harsh realities. First off, I knew things weren’t going in my favor when I couldn’t find any hotels in or near the park and airfare was ridiculously expensive as far back as last spring. Then my husband and kids [...]

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Teenage son

My son Eric turned thirteen this month, so he’s officially a teenager now. He’s starting to look more like a young man than a boy, so it’s a bittersweet time for me. His hands are nearly the same size as mine and he’s getting taller than his older sister. His face is still smooth (he’s somewhere [...]

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Missing in action?

I know I haven’t written in a long time… I’ve been busy with all-star baseball (which is over now!) and working too much. Last week was a killer! I got up early and worked, then went to work, then stayed late at work, then brought work home and continued work until late each night (like [...]

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Relaxing weekend

I had a nice, relaxing weekend after a busy week in Anaheim, California, for the ALA Annual Conference. I was wiped out after flying back overnight Tuesday, zipping through 4 timezones in fifteen hours and arriving in my hometown Wednesday morning– without any sleep. I was so sleepy I was dizzy. I thought connected chairs without [...]

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