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My husband Mark and I live in the southeast U.S. with our beautiful two year-old, Amelia. We also share our lives with a lab(ish) goofball of a dog named Shelby.
Archive for September, 2007
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Shopping at the Library
September 25th, 2007So today a very scruffy/scraggly/stinky man walked up to the circulation desk. Man: Do you have a lost and found? Me: Yes. What are you looking for? Man: I’ve lost my reading glasses. Me: What do they look like? Man: [hesitating] Well, they’re wire-rimmed. Me: What color are they? Man: [hesitating again] Ummm . . [...]
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Cigarettes & Cotton Candy
September 19th, 2007At about 7:20 last night, a man came running into the library yelling “Your trash can is on fire!!!!“ What? So I run to the staff room, grab a cup of water, and rush towards the front of the library to extinguish the fire. I get out there, and find that it’s not the trashcan [...]
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The Dragon Boat Festival
September 15th, 2007We got up early this morning and headed out to the Dragon Boat Festival! Mark’s company signed up for this wonderful fund raiser, and had asked Mark to be on the team. Our team was aptly named the “Pill Paddlers” . . . perfect for a pharmacy! Here they are getting ready for their second [...]
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Characters from the Festival
September 15th, 2007This little troublemaker finally decided to take a rest, after greeting almost all of the 4,000 festival-goers.
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Bat-Man
September 11th, 2007Remember the Monster Bug? This is worse. There was a BAT on the wall this time! You should have seen us – outside with Shelby at 11:30 PM and throwing sticks and rocks at our house, trying to get the darn thing to fly away. No such luck – it wasn’t moving an inch. After [...]
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Why So Early?
September 9th, 2007I woke up at 3:14 AM and couldn’t get back to sleep. Want to know why? Our new neighbors were on their back porch chatting away. Their porch shares a wall with our bedroom. I could hear just about every word of their early-morning conversation! Me: [Whispering] Mark, do you hear that? Mark: [Mumbling] I’m [...]
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Monster Bug
September 8th, 2007A few nights ago, Mark and I took Shelby outside to the bathroom before we went to bed. As we were coming inside, I noticed this HUGE bug on the wall right by the door. I screamed like the wimpy girl that I am, and ran back into the yard, almost knocking Mark over in [...]
