on monday night, davey spent 20 minutes (literally – dave watched the clock) chewing one TEENY, TINY piece of broccoli before eventually swallowing it (following warnings, spanking threats, etc.). samantha, on the other hand, scarfed hers down. she LOVES broccoli. in fact, she loves it so much, she ate some of the left overs with [...]

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can you hear the little mermaid song (i think that’s the movie it’s from)…. "ah ah ah…. ah ah ah…."     anyway, that’s how i feel. today is monday. it didn’t start out the greatest. dave didn’t sleep well. i didn’t sleep well. samantha didn’t sleep well. i had a headache for most of [...]

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so this time, four (4) years ago, we’d had most of our shots. we were filling our malaria medication prescription. we were getting ready to pack and leave work for two weeks. it was almost time for the vacation of a lifetime. it was almost time for our trip to kenya. and it’s fresh in [...]

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well fans, it’s tuesday. around 4 o’clock this evening will mark ONE WEEK since i came down with the creepy crud (as i’m referring to it). it’s been a long and difficult week. and i’m not recovered yet. but i am on the mend. i was home, alone, with the kids all day yesterday and [...]

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