October 2003

Friday Five on Sunday

1. What vehicle do you drive? I drive a 1999 Toyota Solara Champagne White with tan. leather interior, moon roof, CD stereo that plays MP3’s. 2. How long have you had it? Since October 1998 – I got the first one off the truck! 3. What is the coolest feature on your vehicle? Gas mileage […]

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Layla, R.I.P.

Around here – – we’re staying with the story that the baby died of SIDS. But, with you – my blogging friends . . . I’ll make the confession and hope it stays within these walls. The real story is . . . . . it’s batteries ran out. So much for an effective program.

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Baby, think it over

At the age of 35, our local school district is responsible for making me a grandmother, my 60 year old mother a great-grandmother, which makes my 12 year old daughter a mother. For the weekend, only. Her name is Layla. My daughter is going through some Family Living program called “Baby, think it over” –

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Solar Pulse

Have you heard about the up and coming Solar Pulse? The fact that we are expecting a major ‘space storm’ tomorrow the through the weekend? Once in a while–exactly when scientists still cannot predict–an event occurs on the surface of the Sun that releases a tremendous amount of energy in the form of a solar

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Sweating

25 minutes on the treadmill this morning. 3.0 m.p.h. at a 4% incline – – it was a comfortable distance. I walked a total of 3/4 mile and burned 125 calories. At least, that is according to the digital readout on the display. Not quite sure why I didn’t go for the full 30 mins

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Whew

Well, the doc didn’t do the IUD thing. My normal doc referred me to an OB/GYN who told me that I could take the mini pill without the risk associated with the regular pill. Difference is — one has estrogen, and one does not. The mini pill doesn’t have estrogen – – so the risks

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Short of breath

Last night – – we bought this. By the time we got it put together and set up – it was too late in the night to use it. However, today – when I got home from work, I spent 20 minutes on the thing, and now I have chest pain. My goal is to

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Teacher nerves

I’m not a teacher. I’ve never really been good at it – but I muddle my way through. Frequently, throughout my career, I’ve been asked/required/forced to give classes on various topics. Sometimes those topics are within the range of my expertise – – sometimes they are not. When they’re not – I have to spend

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