How Long is Too Long?

Posted on December 1, 2006 by The Daring One

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The thing I like most about the monitor is that you don’t have to guess what these people are saying.

How old were your kids when you stopped using a monitor?

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A Few Questions

Posted on November 29, 2006 by The Daring One

the most amazing picture ever posted to this blogWhy is it fun to get out every toy in the house, even if you don’t plan on playing with any of them? Do you know what playing is? Does it involve throwing things all over the floor faster than I can pick them up, laughing and then unplugging the vacuum just as I get to that satisfying green-light-means-dirt-all-gone stage?

Wasn’t this carpet new 6 months ago? Continue reading →

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It’s A FREEZE

Posted on November 29, 2006 by The Daring One

sonnetsWe’re all snowed and iced in around here.

Dan’s playing computer games. I’m blogging paying bills. Magoo’s reading sonnets. Seriously, this book of Shakespeare’s Sonnets is his favorite.

When asked to describe the snow, Laylee said it was “frosty”, “melt-able” and “skate-able.”

I made a snow angel and she made a “kid angel.”

We’re having the coldest Seattle night in 8 years tonight (almost as cold as an average winter day in Calgary). We have at least 2 inches of snow so Dan’s entire office took a snow day. The schools are all closed and kids are sledding down our cul-de-sac until they run into the garage door at the bottom.

Good times. Maybe we’ll do a Tip Tuesday tomorrow.

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Zoo Montana Adventure

Posted on November 24, 2006 by The Daring One

Dan ran over and asked me what I was doing.

“Um…dipping our naked 3-year-old in a puddle of her own urine at the public zoo. Er. Help.”

Read more at parenting.com.

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NOT RELATED

Posted on November 22, 2006 by The Daring One

One of my sillier film school projects, I thought this script was appropriate to get you pumped for the big sales. Have a fabulous Thanksgiving and be grateful. I know I am. Peace out.

-Kathryn

EXT. MERVYN’S DEPARTMENT STORE – BEFORE DAWN

SAMANTHA, JULIA and DANIEL approach the massive line that is circling around the deparment store. Puffs of breath can be seen rising from all the shoppers into the dark sky. 22 year old SAMANTHA, bundled in a large blue parka with pink earmuffs and huge mittens and boots, smiles as they walk down the line, looking for the end. 10 year old DANIEL is dressed similarily and follows closely on her heals, swaggering like a gangster. They are followed at a distance of about 5 feet by a dead-looking JULIA, age 16. Continue reading →

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Tip Tuesday — Black Thursday

Posted on November 21, 2006 by The Daring One

In an email about the Day After Thanksgiving sales, a friend asked me to do a Tip Tuesday about it. She said:

This is the first time I’m going to brave the crazy American tradition and I’m not sure how to do it. I have specific items I need and have no clue which stores to go to. I don’t get the newspaper and my husband refuses to watch commercials so I feel pretty much [lost] to know which store will have my “must have” item and do I really need to go at 4:30 in the morning and stand in line with a bunch of other people who will probably be heading for the same stinking department as me?

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