moving!!

This is great.  We’re moving!  Like, tomorrow or something ridiculous like that.
As of July 1, we can start using the keys to the new place ( which we got last week ).
The movers, however, aren’t coming until July 24th.  We have those 3 weeks to pack, to slowly bring some breakables over, to buy and [...]

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People who think kids are dumb are dumb.

We saw Wall-e tonight.  It was fun, and it made us all laugh.  E’s favorite part was an allusion to an Iraq-related Bush-ism, “we have to stay the course!”  She nearly split a side.  (Update:  Beloved has found since that there is a good bit of debate going on about that line.  I think that’s [...]

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A Book of Faces

I suppose I joined the (facebook) crowd today.  I only have 12 friends.  But I didn’t look for 1/2 of them.  So far, I kinda don’t understand.  I mean, we don’t write posts.  We just do these weird updates? I am sure I’ll figure it out.
The girls had their last day of school.  E came [...]

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Last Week of the Year

The school year, that is. The girls are done on Friday. The past two weeks have been exhausting. Their school just sucks the life outta ya at the end here. Breakfasts, meetings, concerts, picnics, more breakfasts, more meetings. After Friday, they have two weeks to knock [...]

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Sometimes, we have a hard time.

My Beloved is not my daughters’ biological father.  He is their step-father.  They do not call him dad.  They call him by his first name.  When people say, “oh, your dad is here!”  They look over and say “hi, [real first name]!” and do not correct people.  When we are walking down the street, and [...]

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Top Posting

Hey – guess what I did?  
I agreed to Produce next year’s play!
Woo hoo me!  I get to strangle myself on the joint responsibilities of work and family/school/volunteerism!
Go Zuska!!

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On Brutality Amongst Ten Year Old Girls

My update post, and, hopefully, my last.  Our goal in this family is to stop focusing, to stop complaining, and to stop allowing this other family so much power in our own. 
We had the meeting with the principal, and Beloved and I were as satisfied as we could have been.  The guidance department is available [...]

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Reminiscent of the Fog

(yeah, apparently I remembered that I have a blog … for today)
Boston wore a disguise today.  It pretended to be San Francisco, and try on the natural air conditioner for size.
Of course, it wasn’t as beautiful.

Like on the hotter days, back in Berkeley, when I’d decide to pack the kids up for a quick jaunt [...]

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Wasaaaaaabiiiiiiiii!!!!!

I have been gluten free for about 8 weeks now.  I feel slightly less bloated – and have stomach aches less frequently.  I thought for a while that it resulted in a lighter Zuska, but really, that was just part of my typical day-to-day 5 pound fluctuation.
Sometimes, I really miss ooey, gooey, pourous bread.  I [...]

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snippets

glad obama won
sad that i lost a friend recently
glad we’re moving soon
work’s been super busy
home’s been super busy
J turned 10
Beloved finished his first (of four) semester of school
I’m 1000% addicted to politics, but may be on a downturn, due to the first bullet
summer makes me want all new clothes
girls are going to have a really [...]

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