crucible of ennui

Me: Catherine, what sport has a “face-off?”
Cat: You.
Glenn: OOOOO - BURN. At least she didn’t say “your mama.”

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Photo by Glenn Calvin

Mongo loves to steal socks. He will pluck them out of the basket when I’m folding laundry. He will snatch them out of Catherine’s room if he sees any. He will also take her underwear and smallish articles of clothing.
Step 1: Steal Socks
Step 2: ?? Step
Step 3: Profit

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Glenn said, “vajayjay is just a ridiculous term for fadoodledo.”
I’ll remember that.

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When Andie & I were 4 & 5, one of the chores we had was picking all the snails out of the geraniums. We’d stick them to the sides of our red wagon, then pull our cargo out and put them in a line in the middle of the street in front of our house. Then we’d […]

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With Easter right around the corner, it’s time to retell that most favorite of rabbit stories, Becky bunny.
When my sister and I were 2 & 3 we had pet rabbits. My bunny was Becky, named for my best friend’s mom who lived across the street. She was soft and oh so fluffly.

I wasn’t aware of […]

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“when I was a little girl and I said something naughty or told a lie my momma would rub icky soap on my tongue as a punishment.”
“why?”
“because I must have told a lie or said something sassy.”
“like godamnit”
“…”
“Where did you hear that Catherine?” inside voice: “please don’t be me, please don’t be me”
“at school on […]

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Catherine is finally at that magical age where the most socially inappropriate things come out of her mouth. Most of the time she is very considerate of other people and refrains from calling people ugly or silly-looking (unlike her mother).
This self-censoring ceases to exist while in the presence of little people.
At the grocery store where […]

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Last night Catherine & I went to hear my niece’s choir sing Christmas songs at a local church complex. Cat did okay, but it was hard for her to keep still towards the end of the performance.
It was pretty much over for us when the pastor guy was doing his end of festivities prayer and […]

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This weekend was busier than usual. 
Usual regularly being ignoring everything outside of the 4 walls of my home. 
Glenn and I headed to the office party on Friday evening. It ended up being a lot of fun. It was at Romanov’s. There was lots of food and lots of friends. We ended up leaving early and heading to see Beowulf in 3D on […]

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listening to Catherine read Where the Wild Things Are to her dolls.

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