tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41910966548176017532024-03-14T02:36:40.962-05:00Mental P MamaMental P Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05957544840704376193noreply@blogger.comBlogger1501125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191096654817601753.post-18838350168086154672022-11-22T14:59:00.006-06:002022-11-22T15:06:43.981-06:00Tap Tap Tap<p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana;"> <b>Is this thing on? Is anyone in here?</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana;"><b>Long time, no see. </b></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi0QWvnYMtTU7PsytngrvKfC502RmEZglEov_8zAa3xpFBtIlXf9-5Lebo67rlauHZsxw5mQ1Yyiq6OHONzbZ6LTukNblWY-vNJEcNYSs82RY0U1ubkSfN8FEpR8iC8DtAMLFM8GjauuZi5-BkoHsJKnZTxw7Lg14HuowSvHouOkT6q3Uaois_7USVn" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2710" data-original-width="1941" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi0QWvnYMtTU7PsytngrvKfC502RmEZglEov_8zAa3xpFBtIlXf9-5Lebo67rlauHZsxw5mQ1Yyiq6OHONzbZ6LTukNblWY-vNJEcNYSs82RY0U1ubkSfN8FEpR8iC8DtAMLFM8GjauuZi5-BkoHsJKnZTxw7Lg14HuowSvHouOkT6q3Uaois_7USVn" width="172" /></a></b></span></div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana;"><b><br /><br /></b></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p>Mental P Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05957544840704376193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191096654817601753.post-17635269778469942722013-09-18T09:19:00.003-05:002013-09-18T09:19:53.031-05:00Hump Day Haiku #7<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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i went to art class</div>
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and then i went to dinner</div>
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now see my angel</div>
Mental P Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05957544840704376193noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191096654817601753.post-23062856736355230362013-09-03T14:00:00.002-05:002013-09-03T14:00:40.406-05:00Opening Day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Sunday, September 1, 2013</div>
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Dove season opens at noon.</div>
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My brother surveys the field.</div>
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He has spent the last 20 hours out at the farm.</div>
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Roasting a pig.</div>
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This is probably the last hunt we will have here.</div>
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<a href="http://berryfarmstn.com/">Berry Farms</a> is booming.</div>
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It was a bittersweet day.</div>
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Mental P. shows up in the nick of time.</div>
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Can anyone spot her sporty hunting vehicle?</div>
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There is some shooting.</div>
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There is some laughing.</div>
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The pig is ready.</div>
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It was a feeding frenzy.</div>
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It was the best pulled pork I have ever had in my life.</div>
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And I've had some pulled pork...</div>
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I'm sorry, but how cute are these girls and their Muck Boots?</div>
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I need some Muck Boots.</div>
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And a truck.</div>
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Somebody found this baby chicken snake.</div>
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It may have found its way into a <strike>car</strike> truck full of cute girls.</div>
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And these little boys were so proud.</div>
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There is about to be a mighty fine dove dinner here in Middle Tennessee.</div>
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Life is grand. </div>
<br />Mental P Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05957544840704376193noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191096654817601753.post-76866148369726354052013-08-20T21:15:00.002-05:002013-08-20T21:15:45.618-05:00Tuesday Text: Parentexting™<div style="text-align: center;">
Now that we are out of college,</div>
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we have begun to contemplate our later years....</div>
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Don't you think I cheered him up?</div>
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Parenting: always a new frontier.</div>
Mental P Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05957544840704376193noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191096654817601753.post-15070568193275286352013-08-15T07:19:00.000-05:002013-08-15T07:19:00.276-05:00This 'n That ThursdayUtter nonsense:<br />
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<li>I do not understand why people poke me on facebook.</li>
<li>I went to a psychic yesterday. He was eerily spot on.</li>
<li>I am having steak for breakfast.</li>
<li>I have somehow become a dog sitter.</li>
<li>I slept with the windows open last night and froze. In August. In Tennessee.</li>
<li>I am ready for boots and sweater weather.</li>
<li>Why do people keep saying "on point"?</li>
<li>I have a wacky horoscope today. It's telling me to be in denial.</li>
<li>I have lately become obsessed with the number 3 and angels.</li>
<li>I have my sight set on a pair of brown and pink cowboy boots.</li>
<li>I cannot eat enough kale. It's quite odd.</li>
<li>I might also have an issue with dill pickles. And sauerkraut.</li>
<li>And coconut milk.</li>
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You?Mental P Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05957544840704376193noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191096654817601753.post-73191171324643726932013-08-09T12:24:00.001-05:002013-08-09T12:24:55.116-05:00August?So, the last time I blogged, it was July 10. Maybe this will become just a monthly thing. I don't know. Just like a butterfly, MPM is going through her own metamorphosis. And a visit with the newly launched offspring is even more evidence of that. <br />
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They are <strike>happily</strike> settled into their new apartment in New York City. Yes, the MPM rugrats are living under the same roof once again! After 4 years at different universities, they have both secured jobs that pay a living wage, and are sharing an apartment. I have seen it with my own eyes, and I am duly impressed. Except for a minor detail, which has me quite flummoxed. Apparently they were raised in a barn.<br />
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Sometimes I lie awake at night remembering this scene. Where did I go wrong?<br />
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But I digress. I had a spectacular time, and I got to visit with so many of my wonderful friends in New York and Connecticut. I miss them so very much, but I know that I am on the right journey here in Tennessee, and they are just a quick 2 hour flight away. <br />
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There was lots of fun, too:<br />
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A wedding in Grand Central Station.</div>
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A visit with a spoiled dog who is summering in New England.</div>
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Another <strike>expensive</strike> taxi trip downtown.</div>
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This one took us right past the <a href="http://www.historyvortex.org/FlatironBuilding.html">Flatiron Building</a>.</div>
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A tapas restaurant that served champagne in the Ladies Room!</div>
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Thank you, Baby Bird for introducing us to <a href="http://beautyandessex.com/">Beauty and Essex</a>!</div>
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An early birthday dinner for my babies with <a href="http://onthem104.blogspot.com/">Daryl</a>.</div>
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This is our favorite restaurant on Columbus Circle, <a href="http://robertnyc.com/">Robert</a>.</div>
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The best part of the whole trip:</div>
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Love them to the moon and back.</div>
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Even if they have no idea about the proper way to install toilet paper.</div>
<br />Mental P Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05957544840704376193noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191096654817601753.post-68999775289699460532013-07-10T10:11:00.003-05:002013-07-10T10:11:57.881-05:00Blessings<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">“The cure for anything is salt water - tears, sweat, or the sea.”</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">―</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4480096.Isak_Dinesen" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: none;">Isak Dinesen</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/655345" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: none;">Seven Gothic Tales</a></i></span><br />
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I just returned from a little trip to the beach.</div>
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<li>It was heavenly. Although we had torrential rain most of the time, we managed to entertain ourselves.</li>
<li>I began a 5 day juice cleanse yesterday.</li>
<li>It has been almost a year since I moved home to Tennessee.</li>
<li>The entire year has been restorative, healing and enlightening.</li>
<li>I am so glad I am here.</li>
<li>Dora went to Connecticut for the summer. I am going to Connecticut, too. In 11 sleeps.</li>
<li>I am looking forward to seeing as many people as I can, celebrate some birthdays including my babies' who will be 22. </li>
<li>I am wondering if this blog has run its course.</li>
<li>My babies are almost 22?</li>
<li>I have discovered a new fountain of youth in skincare. I am thinking about marketing it as well.</li>
<li>Life is awesome.</li>
<li>I am off to my 6 month oncology appointment this morning. It's all good.</li>
<li>Then to work. Business is booming.</li>
<li>Y'all come visit.</li>
<li>Wait. My babies are 22?</li>
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Mental P Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05957544840704376193noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191096654817601753.post-85199472732627943972013-06-11T07:59:00.001-05:002013-06-11T07:59:22.902-05:00Tuesday Text: Parentexting™<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I really miss college.</div>
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But, in two sleeps, I get company!</div>
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<br />Mental P Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05957544840704376193noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191096654817601753.post-71802558886435059542013-05-29T11:10:00.001-05:002013-05-29T14:20:31.747-05:00On the Day You Were BornWhen my babies were born, we were given <a href="http://www.debrafrasier.com/pages/books-events/on-the-day/index.php">this book</a>. It immediately became my favorite, and as soon as they could talk, The Bird and Augie asked us to read it to them every day. <strike>They actually asked us to read hundreds of books every day; "Hello comb, hello brush...."</strike> It was a rare day that I could get through reading this one to them that I didn't choke up a bit, and that was just the way it was. <br />
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And now? In the 10 or so days since they have become college graduates, and have set their sights on their next steps, all I can think about is this book. And how we did, indeed, sing when they came to this Earth. And to us. And I still get teary.<br />
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The gift of all gifts; they are my heart. I am so very honored that they came through me. And this spinning world is all theirs.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On the day you were born</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the moon pulled on the ocean below,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and, wave by wave,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">a rising tide washed the beaches clean</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">for your footprints...</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">...while far out at sea</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">clouds swelled with water drops,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">sailed to shore on a wind,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and rained you a welcome</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">across the Earth's green lands.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On the day you were born</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the Earth turned, the Moon pulled,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the Sun flared, and, then, with a push,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">you slipped out of the dark quiet</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">where suddenly you could hear...</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">...a circle of people singing</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">with voices familiar and clear.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Welcome to the spinning world." the people sang,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">as they washed your new, tiny hands.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Welcome to the green Earth," the people sang,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">as they wrapped your wet, slippery body.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And as they held you close</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">they whispered into your open, curving ear,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"We are so glad you've come."</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- From <i><b>On the Day You Were Born</b></i> by Debra Frasier</span>Mental P Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05957544840704376193noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191096654817601753.post-12514409011068161692013-05-16T08:40:00.001-05:002013-05-16T08:40:54.465-05:00This 'n That ThursdayDid I mention that my children are graduating from college this weekend? On the same day? At the same hour? Here's how we're gonna do it:<br />
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<li>Friday morning: MPM flies to Charlottesville, Virginia, rents car.</li>
<li>Friday evening: MPM and The Bird have dinner at Monticello. Yes, Monticello!</li>
<li>Friday night: MPM has been invited to a party at The Bird's apartment.</li>
<li>Meanwhile, the MP Dad is is Philadelphia attending festivities with Augie.</li>
<li>Saturday morning: Stephen Colbert delivers the Valedictory speech at UVA. MPM is a little bit excited about this.</li>
<li>Saturday afternoon: MPM drives to Philadelphia and MP Dad drives from Philadelphia to Virginia.</li>
<li>Saturday evening: MPM attends party with Augie and other friends and parents.</li>
<li>Sunday morning: the babies graduate from their respective universities. MPM cries.</li>
<li>Sunday afternoon/evening: festivities ensue. </li>
<li>Monday morning: MPM begins to pester Augie to wake up so she can help him <strike>throw away all the crap and fumigate </strike> pack his apartment.</li>
<li>Monday evening: MPM flies back to Nashville. MPM cries a little bit more.</li>
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Mental P Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05957544840704376193noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191096654817601753.post-66949776588938224492013-05-14T08:43:00.000-05:002013-05-14T08:43:15.824-05:00Tuesday Text: Parentexting™The one where The Bird gives shopping advice to her brother:<br />
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I don't think I know the outcome of this shopping adventure.</div>
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But I will find out in 3 sleeps!</div>
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I am Virginia and Philly bound!</div>
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My college graduates.</div>
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Wasn't it just yesterday when they went to kindergarten?</div>
<br />Mental P Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05957544840704376193noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191096654817601753.post-88711928715186609942013-05-09T07:50:00.000-05:002013-05-09T07:50:08.564-05:00This 'n That Thursday<br />
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Listen up!</div>
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<li>Nashville and Franklin are in the top of the job market nationally.</li>
<li>Tennessee was just named the number one retirement destination.</li>
<li>Did you know I sell real estate in Tennessee? In Franklin and Nashville?</li>
<li>I cannot believe that my babies are graduating from college next weekend.</li>
<li>I had my 35th high school reunion last weekend. It was wonderful.</li>
<li>Did you know Amy Grant was in my high school class? We had an evening at her home.</li>
<li>I get to hear Stephen Colbert speak at UVA. I'm way excited.</li>
<li>Whatever happened to grape Nehi?</li>
<li>Today is an eclipse of the new moon. It is a time for new beginnings.</li>
<li>Did I tell you I sell real estate?</li>
<li>I can't decide whether or not to go see "The Great Gatsby." </li>
<li>I am obsessed with my juicer.</li>
<li>I have an urge to smell a baby's head lately.</li>
<li>I think the book is always better than the movie.</li>
<li>I bought cilantro instead of parsley the other day. I thought I was gonna die of the smell.</li>
<li>My favorite juice is kale, chard, parsley, cucumber, celery, lemon.</li>
<li>I think cilantro is the scourge of the earth.</li>
<li>Can you believe my babies are graduating from <i>college</i>?</li>
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What's going on in your world?</div>
Mental P Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05957544840704376193noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191096654817601753.post-39647417924044310002013-04-30T09:47:00.000-05:002013-04-30T09:47:27.902-05:00Tuesday Text: Parentexting™<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Party planning across the miles...</div>
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Such a little hostess she is.</div>
Mental P Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05957544840704376193noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191096654817601753.post-65112045271392820392013-04-29T07:55:00.001-05:002013-04-29T08:01:52.776-05:00Monday Morning Memories<div style="text-align: center;">
The Nashville Marathon has come and gone.</div>
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So have my Virginia Belles.</div>
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<a href="http://lifeinmathews.blogspot.com/">CBW</a> and Baby Sis.</div>
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But not before they slogged through 13.1 miles.</div>
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In a wind driven rain.</div>
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Up and down Nashville's friendly, hilly roads.</div>
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In an amazing race time 2:37-- they rocked it.</div>
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While I waited in my toasty, dry car.</div>
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Dozing.</div>
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Oh, and there may have been cocktails.</div>
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Now, we detox.</div>
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We will let our stomach muscles rest from all the laughing.</div>
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And make plans for the next reunion.</div>
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Nashville Blogfest anyone?</div>
Mental P Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05957544840704376193noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191096654817601753.post-26285877956906804782013-04-25T07:58:00.000-05:002013-04-25T07:58:17.234-05:00This 'n That ThursdayNonsense:<br />
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<li>That newscaster who dropped the F-bomb on his first broadcast? He sure has had a lot of attention, and has anyone but me noticed that he cannot speak or even read a teleprompter?</li>
<li>The Nashville Marathon and Half is in 2 sleeps. It's supposed to rain and thunder. The last time I ran this race, we were under a tornado warning. Those conditions were not the best.</li>
<li><a href="http://lifeinmathews.blogspot.com/">CBW</a> and her Baby Sis are coming tomorrow morning to participate with me.</li>
<li>I expect we'll manage to entertain ourselves. <strike>I've been building my wine reserves.</strike> There is lots to do here.</li>
<li>I do not care for Michael Buble.</li>
<li>Don't tell anyone, but I have already decided not to run the race on Saturday.</li>
<li>My beloved dog Dora is now terrified of her empty food bowl. What is that all about?</li>
<li>I am celebrating the full moon today as a sign of a great new phase.</li>
<li>Jimmy Buffet is our entertainment after the race.</li>
<li>I wonder if I might be a Druid.</li>
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You?</div>
Mental P Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05957544840704376193noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191096654817601753.post-61857748084004906732013-04-23T10:34:00.001-05:002013-04-23T10:34:42.874-05:00Tuesday Text: Parentexting™<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
My soon-to-be college grads coming down to the wire:</div>
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I know I sound like a broken record,</div>
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but where has the time gone?</div>
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Hold your babies tight.</div>
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Forever and forever.</div>
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Life is precious and capricious.</div>
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And sometimes too short.</div>
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Today I ask you to send special love and prayers</div>
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to my Virginia Blister Ann Marie.</div>
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As she says a final goodbye to her teenaged daughter.</div>
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Hold your babies tight.</div>
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And, please, everyone wear a seat belt.</div>
Mental P Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05957544840704376193noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191096654817601753.post-11209358151769618082013-04-18T07:56:00.000-05:002013-04-18T08:23:11.289-05:00This 'n That ThursdayRandomness:<br />
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<li>My babies graduate from college in one month. On the same day. At different schools.</li>
<li>I hope they nab that Boston murderer today. How cool is the FBI?</li>
<li>I replaced my <a href="http://thementalpausechronicles.blogspot.com/2013/04/angels-everywhere.html">totaled car</a> with a snappy Prius. Her name is Princess.</li>
<li>Remember when you used to get dressed up to go on a plane?</li>
<li>I am "running" the Nashville Half Marathon next weekend with <a href="http://lifeinmathews.blogspot.com/">her</a> and her Baby Sis. I am not at all prepared. Could be ugly.</li>
<li>I have become slightly obsessed with vegetable juicing lately. </li>
<li>It was 90 here yesterday, and I just heard we have a slight frost risk Saturday morning. And I thought Connecticut had wacky weather.</li>
<li>Is there anything better than a bath with lavender epsom salts before bed?</li>
<li>I wish I could train Dora to sweep her hair off the floor. But since she is afraid of the wood floor, it probably won't be possible. Oh, and also because she's a dog.</li>
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What random goodness do you have to add? I really want to know.</div>
Mental P Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05957544840704376193noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191096654817601753.post-26680319990842278772013-04-10T10:20:00.002-05:002013-04-10T10:20:47.483-05:00Hump Day Haiku<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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last night's art class piece</div>
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inspired by all my angels</div>
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both seen and unseen</div>
Mental P Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05957544840704376193noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191096654817601753.post-20431953219922749062013-04-09T08:35:00.000-05:002013-04-09T08:35:05.915-05:00Tuesday Text: Parentexting™<div style="text-align: center;">
A tale of two relationships:</div>
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I still don't know my wifi password.</div>
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I can always count on The Bird</div>
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for some levity.</div>
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We just love our cheese.</div>
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Mental P Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05957544840704376193noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191096654817601753.post-58254980338362566822013-04-03T07:56:00.000-05:002013-04-03T07:56:06.658-05:00Angels Everywhere<br />
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<b>The Players:</b></div>
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A jack-knifing semi</div>
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A drunk driver</div>
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Many, many angels</div>
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<b>The Scene:</b></div>
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Very foggy interstate</div>
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Easter Night</div>
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And all I feel is lucky and blessed.</div>
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Strangers on the highway</div>
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Tennessee State Police</div>
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EMS</div>
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University Medical Center staff</div>
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Loving friends and coworkers</div>
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Family</div>
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Angels are everywhere.</div>
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Mental P Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05957544840704376193noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191096654817601753.post-33894104400619054822013-03-26T15:38:00.001-05:002013-04-02T18:40:19.760-05:00Tuesday Text: Parentexting™<div style="text-align: center;">
So, I went to a concert.</div>
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And I sent little snapchats to my children.</div>
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Because they were fun.</div>
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And?</div>
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I become fodder for entertainment on Instagram.</div>
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Just wait til I go to the symphony.</div>
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Mental P Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05957544840704376193noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191096654817601753.post-73701410489669258892013-03-22T09:08:00.004-05:002013-03-22T09:10:01.712-05:00Well, Crap<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It would appear that I have brought Connecticut "spring" to Tennessee.<br />
Sorry.<br />
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Mental P Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05957544840704376193noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191096654817601753.post-8731050856605637382013-03-21T00:01:00.000-05:002013-03-21T00:01:00.379-05:00This n That ThursdayWondering:<br />
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<li>Why am I all excited for basketball madness? I don't really like it.</li>
<li>Got any good veggie combos for juicing? I'm obsessed.</li>
<li>How long can you go to one vein for blood before it scars up?</li>
<li>When did blinkers become optional? No, I'm serious.</li>
<li>Whose idea was it to eat brussels sprouts <i>and</i> cabbage for dinner? Oh, yeah.</li>
<li>Did anybody else notice this last Mercury retrograde? It knocked me out.</li>
<li>Tamoxifen and night sweat advice? Even the dog won't sleep next to me now.</li>
<li>Anybody doing that Oprah 21 day meditation thingy? I think the prompts are very good.</li>
<li>Now, what do we do with this? And how come they make money just being idiots, and children are starving to death all over the world? Please explain.</li>
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Mental P Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05957544840704376193noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191096654817601753.post-61422131115090509492013-03-07T08:57:00.001-06:002013-03-07T08:57:14.683-06:00This n That Thursday<br />
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<li>I have not seen or heard the Harlem Shake. And I could care less.</li>
<li>Why does spinach make your teeth all fuzzy?</li>
<li>Did you know that it is good luck to carry a green purse?</li>
<li>I am obsessed with vegetable juicing.</li>
<li>So not interested in that new Oz movie at all.</li>
<li>Have you guys ever heard of oil pulling? It is really fascinating.</li>
<li>I am so sad about Valerie Harper's brain cancer. I always thought she was so cool.</li>
<li>Should we believe all those new warnings about gel manicures? Because I love them.</li>
<li>I really like Chanel Bleu, a men's cologne. For myself. Do I dare?</li>
<li>When Dora and I were out on a walk yesterday, we passed by a garage that had paintings hung all around on the walls. In an arranged way. That was some man cave.</li>
<li>Speaking of Dora, she has a new fancy Martha Stewart collar. And some spring colored poopy pick-up bags. She feels really posh.</li>
<li>I went to a bourbon tasting last night. I have a headache this morning.</li>
<li>I think I will use the word "posh" a lot today.</li>
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