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So during the day, on Tuesday and Thursday, I am at home, alone, with Eilis and Grace. Most of the time, I think I do okay dividing my time and attention between the two of them – especially as Grace gets older and can sit and play with a toy for a few minutes by…
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Opened in June, 2005, Kunkel’s Seafood and Steakhouse restaurant is like finding the pearl in the oyster from the looks of it. Standing alone at the end of a mostly abandoned strip of stores who’s primary resident is Tony Soprano’s Pizza, Kunkel’s looks like a charming little restaurant that you would find in a much…
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I’m a big fan of mediums/psychics/anyone who can tell me what is going on with those people who have gone before me. I feel sometimes like I am on a hunt to track down my sister, my dad, my grandparents, and I know I won’t find them without the help of an over priced snake…
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It seems like just a few minutes ago we were pulling up to our South Florida apartment with our brand new, 7 pound 6 ounce Eilis, wrapped in a bili-blanket due to her jaundice, tiny and wrinkly, an odd shade of yellowish red. It was a scary time for me – and a bit of…
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There never seem to be enough hours in a day! Just driving Brighid and Eilis back and forth to school takes up a good bit of my time, but then when you put in all the other stuff that has to get done – WHEW. I’ve been so blessed in that Jim has decided…
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Well, we’ve been to see the nurse practitioner, who pronounced our baby girl “Absolutely perfect!” Of course, they pronounce most babies, that way, but it always does boost your ego to hear that your child is perfect. She weighs in at a very acceptable 18.1 pounds. That puts her at about the 50th percentile…
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I saw the commercial with Eilis a couple of weeks ago, and she starts asking if she can go. Every time I look at tickets for something like this, I am left feeling like these things are WAY overpriced, and there has to be a cheaper way to entertain your kids. But, Eilis persists, and…
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So, growing up, it seemed to me the men-folk were the ones who did all the fancy ‘lectrical stuff around Christmas time. It was the strong, handsome men hanging lights in the windows and stringing the Christmas tree. Then I married Lazy *** Jim. Our first year together, he helped out, not a lot, but…
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It is December 31, 2005 at approximately 7:45 PM. We have done all of our Happy New Year snacking, and everyone is stuffed full. Eilis is bouncing off the walls, waiting for it to be midnight so she can pop her confetti and streamers and make all the noise she wants. I think we may…
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Going into the whole holiday season in a really bad mood and feeling rather depressed, I was not optimistic going into Christmas Eve. I still had presents to wrap, I still hadn’t gotten the house ready for our Christmas company, and I wasn’t sure how Jim and the family would get along – or even…