Crush
Anna: Mommy, how many cents is one nickel and two pennies? Lolly: Well, sweetie, one nickel is five cents. So what would the total be? Anna: Is it three? Lolly: Hmmm. No, a nickel has five cents in it. It's like five pennies. Anna: Can I look at a nickel?...
read moreComment Clean Up + Question about kids and conference
All right, so the comments on the check-in post just got a reeeeeaaaallly poor clean-up. I tried to follow the rule "if it's not a check-in or in direct response to a check in, it goes." I probably messed it all up and offended three trillion people and did it in a...
read moreA religious post from Lolly
Hey guys, first of all, thanks again for your check-ins on Thursday. It ended up being a really helpful experience for me, and I enjoyed the opportunity to hear how so many people are doing. I definitely think that just became a "thing" so expect it to happen again....
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Wednesday Check In
I wrote this post last night. It's a post that I decided to scrap, but now I've decided to post it so I can get the "post something!!!!" monkey off my back while I'm trying to focus. Today I'm writing. All day. It's a mess, and shiz just got real up in here in my...
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So… yeah. Here’s a post about bruises and cuts.
This is a picture of Viva after she hit her face on the piano while pretending she was a kitty. (Notice the dark bruise on her cheek.) And this is a picture of Tessa after she face planted while running at the park. This is the conversation Lolly had with them....
read moreNew FFAQ–Bring on the questions and cast your dittoes
All right guys, it's Friday and I'm ready for a new question! (If you're new here, FFAQ stands for Friday's Frequently Asked Question.) You know the routine. Ask a question you've been curious about. If you see a question you'd like to see answered, leave a "ditto"...
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FFAQ–Guy Friends
All right, let's do this thing. Here's the question posed by Nicole which was the runner up last FFAQ (or FOLS--short for Friday... oh, look! Shiny!) as some commenters have more appropriately named it since I'm doing it on a random WEDNESDAY): Do you have a hard time...
read moreIn which my faith in humanity is restored…
...one comment at a time. So, yeah, I spent today periodically checking the comments on my post this morning ready to strike. I have been sitting patiently, like a sniper, awaiting the moment when I could obliterate the first offensive comment I saw so that...
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When the cat’s away…
So last night was really great. There were so many awesome people with so many awesome stories and I loved meeting everyone. Thank you to those of you who traveled far distances to come see me--and to all of you readers who came to support me, it seriously meant a lot...
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What isn’t soothing about this?
"What's that in your 1-year-old's mouth?" I'm sure you're asking. Isn't it obvious? It's an electrical outlet cover, of course! What adult doesn't remember the halcyon days of childhood, when they risked electric shock to find a two-pronged, hard-plastic replica of a...
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34 memories–a love story
34 of my favorite memories of Lolly: 1. When I was 11 years old and she was 13, Lolly gave a talk in sacrament meeting that changed my life. It was so genuine and so powerful--about how she received a witness that the Book of Mormon is true--and she was radiant, and I...
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Not Good + tomorrow is Lolly’s birthday!
So, you know the illness that has stormed through my house causing a need for Diarrhea Juice and basically making life miserable here at Chateaux Weed? I got it today. I'm sticking to the BRAT diet, downing vitamin C (does that actually help?) and I am really, really,...
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