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Dec 28, 2007

Haiku Friday: Christmas Gifts

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A Starbucks gift card.
But wait! Here are two more cards!
Caffeine high for me!

A new game – am I
smarter than a 5th grader?
We’ll see, Foxworthy.

Aaron got a book:
Star Wars: Jedi vs. Sith
Total geek heaven.

So, what did you get for Christmas? My most impressive gifts had to be the three Starbucks gift cards – a combined value of nearly $100. Nursing school will be easier next quarter with all that caffeine in my veins. The girls received several Toys R Us gift cards, too, and I can’t wait to go shopping for them. (I know, I’m such a dork for getting excited to buy toys NOT for me.)

Also, thank you all for your support last week. I really hope I’ll be able to tell everyone what’s going on soon.

To play along for Haiku Friday, follow these steps:

1. Write your own haiku on your blog. You can do one or many, all following a theme or just random. What’s a haiku, you ask? Click here.

2. Sign the Mister Linky below or at Jennifer’s blog with your name and the link to your haiku post (the specific post URL, not your generic blog URL). We will delete your link if it doesn’t go to a haiku. If you need help with this, contact Jennifer or myself.

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Filed Under: Haiku Fridays, holidays ·


Dec 21, 2007

Haiku Friday: A Blogger’s Torture

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Dark clouds overhead
Please let us weather this storm
Crossing my fingers

My stomach in knots
Did we offend you, karma?
Let things go our way.

I wish I could tell
All these worries in my head
But I must stay mute

Want to know how to drive a blogger insane? Give her news that directly affects her family and stresses her out, but then tell her she can’t blog about it because people involved may read the blog, which could affect the outcome. It’s killing me.

I want to explain what’s going on. I want to whine and cry and ask for a shoulder to lean on, spilling out my fears to any who would listen. It’s a situation I’ve never had to deal with before, it’s scary, and being unable to type out those words is almost painful. It’s such a big part of my life right now that writing posts without discussing it feels sort of dishonest.

As soon as I’m able, I will share everything. But for now, I can only write these vague lines. Slightly therapeutic, but overall still unsatisfying to me, and I’m sure to you, too.

(Oh, and before you ask: I’m not pregnant. And everyone is healthy. Just wanted to make that clear.)

To play along for Haiku Friday, follow these steps:

1. Write your own haiku on your blog. You can do one or many, all following a theme or just random. What’s a haiku, you ask? Click here.

2. Sign the Mister Linky below or at Jennifer’s blog with your name and the link to your haiku post (the specific post URL, not your generic blog URL). We will delete your link if it doesn’t go to a haiku. If you need help with this, contact Jennifer or myself.

3. Pick up a Haiku Friday button to display on the post or in your sidebar by clicking the button above.

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Dec 14, 2007

Haiku Friday: Weather Report

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The weather forecast:
Maybe snow or maybe ice
They get paid for this?

One says a shovel
Another an ice scraper
Weathermen don’t know

I’m really not sure what to expect this weekend. Our area is already under a winter storm watch for Saturday, but no one can say for certain what’s coming. However, it’s enough to send the city into a panic to buy up all the bread and milk at the grocery. You’d think we were living in Atlanta, not Columbus. It’s a little ice and snow, people! We’re Ohioans – we can handle this!

Also, in keeping with today’s haiku theme, I wanted to let you all know about a haiku contest at LeastLikely2Breed.net. Details can be found at their site, but the basics are if you e-mail them a haiku about one of their products, you can win a cool prize. And for each entry they receive, they’ll donate $.50 to Doctors Without Borders. Deadline is Dec. 22.

To play along for Haiku Friday, follow these steps:

1. Write your own haiku on your blog. You can do one or many, all following a theme or just random. What’s a haiku, you ask? Click here.

2. Sign the Mister Linky below or at Jennifer’s blog with your name and the link to your haiku post (the specific post URL, not your generic blog URL). We will delete your link if it doesn’t go to a haiku. If you need help with this, contact Jennifer or myself.

3. Pick up a Haiku Friday button to display on the post or in your sidebar by clicking the button above.

Filed Under: Haiku Fridays, snow ·


Dec 7, 2007

Haiku Friday: School’s Out

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I have more time now
This term of school is done now
I passed my classes

But wait, no rest yet
It’s the holidays, you dolt!
Shop, wrap, bake, cook, clean.

I took my last final exam last night, even though I was still recovering from the plague. I didn’t do as well as I could have, but I know I still passed the class. This morning I took a deep breath, thinking that I would have some free time for the next few weeks between school sessions.

Then the crushing reality of the holidays fell on my head when I realized we haven’t purchased any Hanukkah gifts yet and we’re celebrating with Aaron’s family on Sunday. Ack! Christmas isn’t even on my to-do radar yet. So much for free time.

Sometimes I don’t like being a grown up very much.

To play along for Haiku Friday, follow these steps:

1. Write your own haiku on your blog. You can do one or many, all following a theme or just random. What’s a haiku, you ask? Click here.

2. Sign the Mister Linky below or at Jennifer’s blog with your name and the link to your haiku post (the specific post URL, not your generic blog URL). We will delete your link if it doesn’t go to a haiku. If you need help with this, contact Jennifer or myself.

3. Pick up a Haiku Friday button to display on the post or in your sidebar by clicking the button above.

Filed Under: being a mom, Haiku Fridays ·


Nov 30, 2007

Haiku Friday: School Pictures

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Her first school picture
 Takes an hour to make her sit
So very Cordy

I knew in advance that picture day didn’t go well at school. Her teacher told me that it took nearly an hour to get her into the picture room, and even then she didn’t want to get near the flash and the camera. To make it even better, she had split her bottom lip that morning, too.

Cordy used to love getting her picture taken at photo studios as a baby. Proof? OK, if you insist:


See? I told you she loved the camera. But since the summer before she turned two, photo studios have scared her terribly, and after the last attempt at two years old, we haven’t tried taking her back. Her sensory issues have only become worse since then – I can’t imagine she would be able to sit for an entire photo session.

So I wasn’t surprised to find this as her first preschool picture:


A slightly scared, cautiously curious, partially pissed-off look. Yep, that’s my girl. And while at first I was a little disappointed that we didn’t get a smile from her, after looking at it more, I love it. It is a photographic representation of everything that has been going on with her in the past year, and it tells so much. It shows the work the teachers put in to convince Cordy to trust them, letting them bring her into the room. It shows her courage to eventually deal with the stress of the bright, flashing light.

I can’t wait to give this picture to the grandparents.

To play along for Haiku Friday, follow these steps:

1. Write your own haiku on your blog. You can do one or many, all following a theme or just random. What’s a haiku, you ask? Click here.

2. Sign the Mister Linky below with your name and the link to your haiku post (the specific post URL, not your generic blog URL). We will delete your link if it doesn’t go to a haiku. If you need help with this, contact Jennifer or myself.

3. Pick up a Haiku Friday button to display on the post or in your sidebar by clicking the button above.

So flex those mental muscles and join Jennifer and I for Haiku Fridays!

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