February 2013
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Academy Awards Movie Madness- Life of Pi
Did you ever want to read a book, but then you don’t? Then the movie version of the book comes out, so you go see the movie instead, and then you wish you read the book first? And then after you see the movie, you don’t really want to read the book anymore? That is me… Continue reading
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Welcome to Holland
Last week I mentioned that I was granted permission to post one of my favorite essays. It touches upon what it feels like to parent a special needs child. It was originally given to me by my son, M.’s, teacher years ago on the first day of school, and it has stayed with me ever… Continue reading
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Daily Post Weekly Writing Challenge
This week’s writing challenge on the Daily Post blog (www.dailypost.wordpress.com) is to describe a character from your life. Check out the challenge here. This is my contribution. I am twelve years old and I just woke up at Gido’s house. Gido is my grandfather and we will be spending the day together. Gido slept on… Continue reading
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Week in Review
Highlights and lowlights from my week: First, the lowlights: * It snowed. About five inches in the Trenton, New Jersey area. This meant that I had to dig out snow pants, waterproof gloves, hats, scarves, boots (which I did not have for my older son, so had to improvise). This also meant I had to… Continue reading
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Where in the World?
Lesotho, Benin, Bhutan. Do you know what these words represent? I wouldn’t either prior to my internet search today. They are countries. Yep. Real countries on Earth, not fictional countries in the Star Wars galaxy. Lesotho is a country in the southern portion of Africa with a beautiful landscape, according to http://www.listofcountriesoftheworld.com. Over two million… Continue reading
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Modern Conveniences
Back in February of 1996, my then-future husband attempted to win my affections by making me a mix tape. That’s how we rolled back in the twentieth century. The mix tape was invincible as a tool for wooing a girlfriend. Obviously, it worked on me. I still have that mix tape. Here’s a pic: I… Continue reading
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WOAW’s What to Watch- The Walking Dead (and a note on Zombies…)
In this second installment of Waiting on a Word’s What to Watch, we talk ZOMBIES! As you all know, I like me some sap. Beautiful stories about love and friendship and families warm my heart and make me cry. But guess what, Blogtropolis? I also love a good apocalyptic survivor story. I revel in watching… Continue reading
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Adam Levine, Chicken Wings, and Yoga
On Saturday, M. and I ventured on our weekly food shopping journey to Whole Foods. My husband requested wings for Superbowl Sunday and Whole Foods was having a sale, so M. and I did our shopping, then grabbed a bucket and filled it up with three different types of chicken wings. M. and I were… Continue reading
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A Quick Note on the One Month Anniversary of WOAW
On January 3, I published my first post here at Waiting on a Word. I wanted to get started and see how it felt before I invited any followers. I was so nervous hitting the “Publish” tab, even though I knew nobody would read what I wrote. I posted two or three more posts, still… Continue reading
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Our First Baby
My husband and I started dating in 1996, but our first baby was born a year earlier. On February 3, 1995, my husband’s nephew, Matthew, was born. He lived with his mother, my future husband, and his grandparents when I met the family right around his first birthday. In fact, on one of our first… Continue reading
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