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January 2006



Bath Mitzvah

Monday, 30 January 2006 8:59 A GMT-08
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Remembering the Challenger...

Saturday, 28 January 2006 12:30 P GMT-08
I can't believe it's been 20 years since the space shuttle Challenger accident.  Furthermore, I can't believe I remember where I was at that exact moment.  I was in third grade and my teacher had brought in a small television to our classro
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more Tate stories

Friday, 27 January 2006 9:07 A GMT-08
Tate has decided to shorten our names from "Mama" and "Dada" to simply "Mum" and "Da."  Apparently he is just too busy to be bothered with saying that last syllable.  It still cracks me up that

A Conversation with Tate

Thursday, 19 January 2006 12:00 P GMT-08
"Tate, can you say 'ball?'" "No." "Tate, can you say 'duck?'" "No." "Can you say ''uh oh?'" "No." "But Tate, these are all your favorite words! Can you say 'Dada?'" "No
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LONDON OR BUST

Sunday, 15 January 2006 11:59 P GMT-08
It's official, we are going to London, baby!
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baby, baby

Sunday, 15 January 2006 10:05 A GMT-08
I'm getting ready to go to a baby shower for a friend who has already had her baby.  As I'm writing the last congrtulatory statement on her card and slipping the last bit of tissue paper into her gift bag, I'm beginning to realize why mothers (t
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Bend it Like You-Know-Who

Saturday, 14 January 2006 8:51 P GMT-08
We finally watched Bend it Like Beckham tonite, a film I've been wanting to see since our days in York!   I'm only slightly embarrassed to admit that I had to turn on the subtitles about a third of the way through the movie....and it's in E
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antiPod

Friday, 13 January 2006 12:13 P GMT-08
Jeremy is now the proud owner of a brand spankin' new iPod.  He went to great depths to convince me why we needed it despite my protests.  I won't reiterate those reasons here, but let's just say he was only one step away from "will fe
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TMI, folks, TMI...

Friday, 13 January 2006 11:58 A GMT-08
How soon after an armpit shaving casualty does one need to wait before resuming normal shaving activity? Yowzers. I think my armpit is going to take out a temporary restraining order on my razor so it cannot come within 20 yards of us. Note to sel
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back to the grind

Sunday, 8 January 2006 12:21 P GMT-08
Today is the last day of Jeremy's vacation before the Spring semester resumes tomorrow.  If this holiday break has taught me anything, it's that I'm not sure husbands and wives were meant to be in close quarters with no mileage between them for ext
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stamp saga

Sunday, 8 January 2006 12:02 P GMT-08
Would you be annoyed at this?  I want honest opinions. A little over a month ago, I bought 8 books of holiday stamps off the USPS website to use for our holiday cards.  USPS accidentally sent me a duplicate order (16 books), but
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hot topic

Saturday, 7 January 2006 9:25 A GMT-08
The only thing more depressing than realizing it's January 6th and you haven't taken down your Christmas decorations yet, is realizing it's 84 degrees outside and the Christmas tree is blocking your air conditioning unit. 84 BLIPPIN' DEGREES. 
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Goodnight, Moon.

Thursday, 5 January 2006 8:46 P GMT-08
Tate discovered the moon tonite.   We have read about it in his books, and he has probably seen it before at a less-cognizant age.  But tonite he discovered it. 
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