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Archive for October 2008

Happy birthday Owen!

At 5:28am CST my little guy officially turned 9.
When Owen woke up he discovered a new desk and chair set up under his loft bed. He’s wanted a desk for a long time (”to do my homework on and to play with toys on”) but a desk as a birthday present for a 9 year […]

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Two baby boys

Conversation between me and a mom accompanied by her adorable, round-headed, approximately 18 month old son. This started because I kept smiling at the baby because the mom had him in an area I was working in for a few minutes. I got a vibe from her that I was mildly freaking her out because […]

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Zombie info

Owen’s school is having a Scholastic Book Fair for the next few days. We bought some books there this afternoon after school.
According to Owen, from his new book Monsters and Villians:
“Don’t ever burn up a zombie. It produces an incredible stink and it won’t destroy them.”

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Half day

The thing I really love about the work I do is I can (almost always) easily work it around Owen’s schedule. Today he’s got a half day of school. Woo hoo!

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Swim class

Owen’s doing an awesome job in swimming class. He’s learning how to swim towards a wall, then do a flip, push off against the wall and start swimming the other way. He said he thought he was doing it really great until his back hit the bottom one of the times (he did do […]

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Exercise log 10-20-08

Monday 10-20-08

Body pump at the YMCA — 60 minutes

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Henry Vilas and Scotty

This morning we drove to Madison for a picnic on Lake Wingra and went to the Henry Vilas Zoo afterward. It was almost too cold to have a picnic, but we managed. They warmed up after in the new Children’s Zoo playground, and going ’round on the carousel with Michael. The Vilas Zoo is great […]

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Happy birthday Scotty!

#29!  I love you!

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Underground

UNDERGROUND
Under water grottos, caverns
Filled with apes
That eat figs.
Stepping on the figs
That the apes
Eat, they crunch.
The apes howl, bare
Their fangs, dance,
Tumble in the
Rushing water,
Musty, wet pelts
Glistening in the blue.
– Barack Obama, 1981

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Exercise log 10-06-08

Monday 10-06-08

Body pump at the YMCA — 60 minutes

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