January

(We got the) Hollywood Vibe

29 January 2012 By azxure Leave a Comment

Remember this post? We survived. We woke up at five AM. We hustled everything into the car and were out the door by 6:30. We picked up another girl and made it to the convention center by 8 and we all ran from there. [Read more...]

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Dance Moms and their Stars

14 January 2012 By azxure 1 Comment

So most of you who read this probably already know I have a tiny dancer on my hands. Last year she was invited to try out for, and consequently got into her studio’s Company. Yay for her, tons of work for me, but totally worth how much she loved it. This year she tried out again and made it in. [Read more...]

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Dinner

11 January 2012 By azxure Leave a Comment

I try every week to make a meal plan. Actually I try every other week – I try to keep my food shopping to roughly twice a month, with maybe a run out in between for milk & eggs. Usually this works pretty well and should a disaster strike, we’re prepared with more than three days worth of food. That puts us more than three days from anarchy, or so the saying goes. [Read more...]

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My Side of the Mountain

11 January 2012 By azxure Leave a Comment

I started reading this book with my kids tonight. You can find a current (and inexpensive) printing of it here as well as many customer reviews.

I read this book for the first time probably around 1989/1990. I’ve reread it many times since then. I’ve gone so far as to push it on my kids, although none ever took a real interest. I decided tonight to start it, and lo and behold, all three listened with very few interruptions. [Read more...]