Rox and Roll

Watering Petunias

2008-07-23T01:46:55Z

Today, during their tennis lesson, Petunia's 9 year-old friend Bee asked her how often she showers. "Once a week," Petunia answered. "Ewwww, that's not enough," Bee scolded. Petunia already had her grump on today -- which is always comical, as...

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Tidbits

2008-07-22T01:25:29Z

My Aunt Ess is in Afghanistan for a year as an attorney with the Department of Justice (after spending last year in Iraq), and she had the privilege of shaking future President Obama's hand. My mom said that her sister's take on Obama was: "Nice ...

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Petunia gets one over on Mama

2008-07-19T01:02:13Z

To her father this morning: "I like it when I can buy lunch at camp, because Mama's not there, and it's private." Mama's response: Yeah, that and you think you can get away with buying total crap to eat... But I'm onto you, sister, because I got ...

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Here's your sign

2008-07-17T01:54:50Z

You know what they say: You can take the girl out of West Virginia, but you can't take the West Virginia out of the girl. I confess that despite having lived out of the state for more than half of my life, I've still got a little bit of redneck i...

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Hidden gems

2008-07-15T21:23:24Z

Usually when someone references a "hidden gem," I'm fairly certain that they're referencing something pretty crappy. For instance, my old friend Glenna used the term "hidden gem" to describe this Hell's Angels bar in Lynn, Massachusetts where th...

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Potty Training Boot Camp, Day 8: By jove, I think he's got half of it!

2008-07-14T13:05:24Z

This morning, as I sat down to breakfast with Petunia, this little blur ran past me, chanting: "I've got to go to the potty, I've got to go to the potty, I've got to go to the potty..." And he did. The funny thing is, Dash seems to do the potty ...

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Potty Training Boot Camp: Day Seven, Oops

2008-07-13T13:35:37Z

This morning, we all had a hard wake-up. I spent last night in a tent in the backyard with Petunia, and my air mattress deflated halfway through the night. Since I also kayaked yesterday, I already had a sore tail end, made no better by half a n...

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Potty Training Boot Camp: Day Five, the Backlash

2008-07-12T02:01:35Z

I knew it would happen, I just didn't know when. For the first half of the day, Dash refused to use the potty. He didn't sleep well -- actually, it's more like we had a knock-down, drag-out fight from 1 - 3 am -- so he was exhausted, and moody, ...

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Potty Training Boot Camp: Day Three, and the Big Pot

2008-07-10T03:01:30Z

Dash decided that he was ready for "The Big Man Pot" today. He also called it Petunia's Pot -- but he's since decided that it's Dash's Pot, and no one else can use it. It's a good thing that we're spending the summer in a four-toilet house! Sin...

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Potty Training Boot Camp: Day Two

2008-07-09T02:50:13Z

I have held my breath for a long time today, for day two of potty training Dash The Impossible has been as seamless as day one. He's gone #1 and #2 multiple times today. There was one #2 accident in his pull-up -- while he was running to the pot...

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