Monthly Archives: December 2016

Stop, Caltrop, and Roll

Posted on December 29, 2016 by larva225

I hope each and everyone of you out there had a wonderful magical Christmas.  I suppose we are in that odd holiday purgatory, floating between Christmas and New Year’s eve. No one is quite sure what day of the week … Continue reading →

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Season d’Etre

Posted on December 24, 2016 by larva225

So tonight is the big night.  I just saw the Santa tracker on Facebook and he’s over Australia right about now. And thanks to that awesome airline passenger that posted the video of Santa passing in front of the moon, … Continue reading →

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Guilting at Windmills

Posted on December 20, 2016 by larva225

Our weather was particularly schizophrenic this weekend, with Saturday topping out in the low 80’s and Sunday never making it above 45°.  And since freezing us cold-intolerant Cajun pansies isn’t enough, the temperature drop was accompanied by a really horrible … Continue reading →

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In the Cheat of the Night

Posted on December 19, 2016 by larva225

You know that sense of nostalgia that you get, that feeling, it’s almost in your sternum. It’s that feeling that everybody  is where they’re supposed to be. It’s that feeling that everything is right with the world, and it’s the … Continue reading →

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Bin There, Done That

Posted on December 16, 2016 by larva225

As we prepare for the coming of the fat man in red next week, I started to look around my house with the eyes of a parent suddenly conscious of the fact that there’s about to be a whole lot … Continue reading →

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Press Your %uck

Posted on December 15, 2016 by larva225

Remember a while back when Stella discovered the F word?  Well, all has been right with the world since then.  Until yesterday morning. I really really really thought we were out of the woods with this, y’all, at least for … Continue reading →

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Wrapper’s Delight

Posted on December 14, 2016 by larva225

Is there anything you really wish you were better at – anything that try as you might you just can’t seem to do?  Of course you do.  We all do.  Here’s a list of some of mine: Pumpkin Carving: I love … Continue reading →

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Take It or Believe It

Posted on December 13, 2016 by larva225

“Mommy?” “Yes?” “Who’s that man hanging on the wall.” Thinks to myself “Oh shit.” It was Sunday.  We were at cake bingo.  Cake bingo was held in a rather prominent Catholic church here in town.  There was a crucifix on … Continue reading →

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Cake Love, Not War

Posted on December 12, 2016 by larva225

As anticipated, it was a wild and crazy weekend.  It was one of those weekends where everything was happening all at once and there was just no way to do it all.  Saturday was the main event, with voting early, … Continue reading →

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Three Frog Night

Posted on December 9, 2016 by larva225

“Boy!  Things have been so busy lately!”  Or how about, “It’s been crazy-hectic the past few weeks.”  I think I’ve probably opened at least 75% of my blogs and other various correspondence with such words.  Don’t get me wrong: it’s … Continue reading →

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