Monthly Archives: November 2009

Outtakes

By Erin | Published: November 17, 2009

Two women, mere yards from the entrance to the National Zoo, stop to take a picture of a squirrel standing beneath an oak. When the toddler I babysit passes this book with a picture of Nixon on its spine, he points to the picture and says, “Baby.” Walking from the Metro stop to the entrance [...]

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I win.

By Erin | Published: November 13, 2009

Up by 5:45 this morning! In bed by 8:30 last night, reading. Lights out by 9:30. Full night of sleep and I’m actually getting work done before Friday’s events begin.

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From My Mother’s Journal, May 8, 1984

By Erin | Published: November 11, 2009

(just over one year) Lora told us she and David were planning on moving back to live with their mother in Colorado. I know you’ll miss having a brother and sister here. I imagine it will be lonely for you, being the only child, but we’ll try to love you enough.

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Wordle

By Erin | Published: November 11, 2009

Check this out: Wordle. It’s a site that makes a little word picture of your blog or another piece of writing, based on the frequency of the words you use. Seriously addictive. Rachel O. shared this delightful site on her blog yesterday. Thanks, Rachel. Now, instead of actually writing, I can Wordle away! (The very [...]

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A Post in Which I Find My Coupon Limit

By Erin | Published: November 10, 2009

Last week, I went to Harris Teeter for some after-vacation grocery shopping, and I had a freak-out moment in the freezer section. See, it’s triples week. Which means any coupon up to 99 cents is tripled (unless it happens to be a “DO NOT DOUBLE OR TRIPLE” coupon, which a surprising number seem to be, [...]

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