Tag: TLR
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Bee Ess En.
So about eight years ago I made the decision to go to nursing school. I made this decision because I was at a kind of a crossroads, and I needed a profession that would support me and my daughter. And also one that I found interesting and satisfying. And? It had to be fast. Because…
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Moving is Such Joy
So last weekend we moved into the new house. Actually we moved on Friday, but I was absent because payroll was due and then there was a training that nobody else could do. So The Lovely Rhonda was forced to begin the move without me. We hired some thugs and a truck because a) we…
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Home Rearranged
So we here at The Swamp are pretty much packed in like cordwood, and so The Lovely Rhonda and I have been discussing the merits of moving house. Three years ago the conversation went thusly: TLR: I think we should look into buying a bigger house and moving. Me: NO I HATE THAT IDEA IT…
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Room-cleaning day: a comedy in three parts
So The Lovely Rhonda and I give the children an allowance every couple of weeks, allegedly for chores that they do. There are assigned chores (cleaning the catbox, taking out the recycling, etc) and there are “other duties as assigned,” such as filling the cat food dish or picking stuff up in the living room…
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Neville Stinkybottom
So we adopted this cat a little while ago. We had been discussing such things and then some friends posted a plea on Teh Book of Face about a stray who needed a home. So it was that we arrived at the house of total strangers and collected him from them. They couldn’t keep him…
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This thing which happened, part 4
So anyway, at last the day arrived. Dad and I had spent Friday afternoon (before shopping for helmets etc) frantically cleaning out the adorable miniature garage. This used to be a normal two-car garage, provided the cars were small and didn’t mind being very close to one another, but we had built a bedroom out…
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This thing which happened, part 3
So it was that we signed papers on two brand-new motorcycles. It turns out that if you buy two brand-new motorcycles, the dealership will trailer them right to you even if you live across the river in another state. We eagerly awaited the delivery day, which was Saturday. We signed on Wednesday. We had to…
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Jump Start
So today The Lovely Rhonda and I went to a motorcycle dealership. I have my endorsement but TLR does not, and having never ridden a motorcycle before, not even a dirt bike or scooter in her misspent youth, she will need to learn to ride. We are familiar with a local dealership that has a…
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This thing that happened today
So this evening I took it upon myself to finish the project I started yesterday. Yesterday evening I got a wild hair to clean the minivan, Moby Titanic. It had been a while and the filth level was teetering on the brink of acceptable levels of sloth. It’s one thing to say, “Oh dear, sorry…
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