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Can our relationship survive IKEA?

Posted in domestic life, operation bread bag, parenting, relationship on October 28, 2007 | 3 Comments »

And the answer is: barely.  Maybe not the relationship, so much as our sanity.
It started off innocently enough.  M wanted nice big cushions to lounge around on, S wanted new towels for the bathroom, and E wanted a nice thermal coffee mug.  We got an IKEA flier in the Sunday paper and thought it would [...]

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Things that go bump in the night

Posted in domestic life, hamsters, operation bread bag on October 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

S here — noises that disrupted my sleep last night:
1) The squirrels living in the attic have decided they want a duplex, and are now staking out some space in the living room closet wall.
2) Two of M’s underwear bread bags fell off the posterboard. M worried this meant the squirrels were in his [...]

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Update on Operation Bread Bag

Posted in domestic life, operation bread bag, parenting on October 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

S here — it’s now Wednesday, and M has actually remembered to change his underwear for the last 2 nights. Hallelujah. Hopefully he can get this habit well established before any of his friends notice his underwear hanging on the wall and make him feel embarrassed about it.
Last night M was whining about [...]

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So what exactly is Operation Bread Bag?

Posted in operation bread bag, parenting on October 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Hello, this is E and I’m taking a break from work to write this. I’m sure you’re curious to know what Operation Bread Bag is so let me explain. Saturday night S says to me, “I did laundry today and I ended up with 12 pairs of clean underwear [i.e. this is 12 [...]

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