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Lady Broadoak Visionary Planetary Healing Tutorial | October 10th 2008 by Virginia Simson
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Blame the Microwave
So the thing is...Blog | September 29th 2008 by Barb Cooper
So, I'm back from the Retina Specialist where I (possibly the youngest person seeing the doctor that day) underwent a series of tests which involved fun things like having dye injected and then having time-lapse photography taken of the weird spot on read more
Love (My Spastic, Stupid Life) Thursday
So the thing is...Blog | September 25th 2008 by Barb Cooper
Y'all are just not going to believe the day I had today.No, really. I think you'll say, "There is no way that happened." And then you will say, "But who could make that story up?" And then you will say, "Barb needs a new category for this post. I'd l read more
Avast There, Matey!
So the thing is...Blog | September 19th 2008 by Barb Cooper
I am feeling better. In fact, I am feeling so much better that I am fully participating in Talk like a Pirate Day.At the very least, I plan on swillin' some rum. (Silly YouTube video embedded here about Talk Like A Pirate Day telephone etiquette.)Yo read more
Sick on a Stick
So the thing is...Blog | September 18th 2008 by Barb Cooper
In case you have missed the news, I am ill. It's just a cold, probably, although the symptoms do mimic some sort of... Black Plague. (Which I totally spelled PLAQUE the first time I typed it. Always a little shaky when it comes to confusing historic read more
Because I am Post Nasally Dripping...
So the thing is...Blog | September 17th 2008 by Barb Cooper
Oh my gosh, I don't want to be too dramatic or anything here but I think I might have blown my nose hard enough to have caused permanent damage. Like maybe some of my BRAIN came out. (Lordy, lordy, not the BRAIN. Take the HIPS--really, take them all! read more
Slovakia - Bulgaria 82-0
Goon's World | September 15th 2008 by Goon
This has to be one of the craziest stories I have ever read. When I played football I was on a few teams that got waxed pretty bad this is something that hard to beat a 82-0 drubbing. Now I hear they finally have an actual video of this historic drub read more
I Ab Stubbed UB
So the thing is...Blog | September 15th 2008 by Barb Cooper
I ab sooo stubbed ub. I tink I hab a code.Okay, so that kind of "impaired" dialogue writing makes me laugh, laugh, laugh. (I don't know what that says about me, really. That I would laugh at someone with a serious speech impediment?) (If you want to read more
Random Thursday Love
So the thing is...Blog | September 4th 2008 by Barb Cooper
For those of you keeping score at home, another miserable attempt to give my husband a present has been foiled. Again.See, in our move from Texas to New York, Coop's pint glasses, the ones with the peeling Pete's Wicked Ale logos? Well, they got dona read more
Hey Sundin would you make a decision?
Goon's World | August 28th 2008 by Goon
I am begining to wonder if hockey fans are ever going to have a answer. Hey Mats please make a decision, it really isn't all that though. 1.) You're either going to play hockey this season or 2.) Yyou are not going to play. What is wrong with some of read more
Okay, I'm Over Myself
So the thing is...Blog | August 26th 2008 by Barb Cooper
I awoke this morning with a renewed energy and zest for life in New York. I think yesterday was just a bout of normal homesickness for all that was familiar back in Austin. It wasn't a crisis; just a dull ache. Maybe that's to be expected--after all, read more
MEMEMEMEMEMEME
So the thing is...Blog | August 22nd 2008 by Barb Cooper
DK sent me this and I was tagged for a meme about six random things but I figured this was more interesting. (Oh, okay, I couldn't think of six interesting things about me.)1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?Nope. My mom just liked the name. Oddly enough read more
Global Kitchen Gardens and Borders
So the thing is...Blog | August 21st 2008 by Barb Cooper
I never realized it before but your basic kitchen garden is a microcosm of the Geo-political world.Here, I failed to plan appropriately for population growth, and my support infrastructure leaves something to be desired. It's kind of like a Newly Ind read more
Letters from the Front
So the thing is...Blog | August 19th 2008 by Barb Cooper
It is possible that Ana (10) will be an attorney when she grows up.(This is the "welcome" letter she left for our weekend house guests, who were staying in her room.)It says, "Welcome to the Cooper Hotel!Your room will be on the upper floor, number 3 read more
Oh-Eight-Oh-Eight-Oh-Eight
So the thing is...Blog | August 8th 2008 by Barb Cooper
A reader/friend wrote me to tell me that she'd heard on the radio that today is supposed to be a lucky day because of all the eights. (08/08/08 --Friday, August 8, 2008.) She said that we should light a white candle and say something like, “Please, read more
Well, THAT'S a bummer
So the thing is...Blog | August 5th 2008 by Barb Cooper
My MIL is coming this week so we had our house professionally cleaned yesterday. I've been so gimpy that I never quite got it back to spic and span after the family of five (three teenage boys!) stayed in our house for the first five days while we we read more
I'll Stop the World and Felt With You
So the thing is...Blog | July 21st 2008 by Barb Cooper
This is SO a knitting post. I'm sorry if you were tuning in for something else because, dudes, fiber will out. I am powerless against the forces of good and increases. (Get it? Hahaha, I slay myself. Ah, me.)This is also a total expose (how does one read more
Dang
So the thing is...Blog | July 21st 2008 by Barb Cooper
I have a really long (albeit knitting) post in the works but I had to interrupt myself to ask the eternal question: No matter how horrible and spoiled and awful your children have behaved in the long days of summer, why is it that taking them to a ne read more
The Lesson
So the thing is...Blog | July 12th 2008 by Barb Cooper
Oh, look, it's two in the morning and I'm awake, either AGAIN or STILL, who can tell. Luckily, there are some corn chips to eat or what a waste of time THIS would be. (Just kidding but MAN, I am SO going on a diet AND starting to take Melatonin when read more
The Power of Greed
So the thing is...Blog | July 8th 2008 by Barb Cooper
(This is a knitting post. I'm sorry to do this to you non-knitters but, well, here, look at the beautiful Ana. Try not to notice that she is reading AND knitting. Just look at her face while I natter on about yarn...) I interrupt my Texas travelogue read more
Finally, School is OVER
So the thing is...Blog | June 27th 2008 by Barb Cooper
Yesterday was the last day of school for my kids. In Texas, the last day of school--early May--always came too soon for me. I rushed around saying, "May is the New December" and did everything EXCEPT send out holiday cards. (Well, except for that on read more
Ti-MING
So the thing is...Blog | June 25th 2008 by Barb Cooper
Okay, then. I was going to write a poignant post about how this is the three-month anniversary of the date I brought my children to New York to live. I was all set to tell you that it seems like both a YEAR has gone by and also just two weeks or so read more
So, this is what it's like
So the thing is...Blog | June 23rd 2008 by Barb Cooper
So this is what it's like living with a teenager.Our Internet connection has been really spotty. My husband, who is a computer geek by profession and therefore has more computer problems than anyone else on the planet, diagnosed a faulty router. He b read more
Saturday
So the thing is...Blog | June 22nd 2008 by Barb Cooper
I haven't written a lot about my foot lately because there's been no real news and how many times can you all read about how gimpy I am before you start throwing things at me? I had major reconstructive surgery in March of 2007 and while that went ve read more
When Good Lemonade Stands Go Bad
So the thing is...Blog | June 17th 2008 by Barb Cooper
It used to be so simple having a Lemonade Stand. I'd set up everything, the girls would make the sign, I'd make the lemonade and then the girls would sit and look so adorable that every single passer-by would pay a quarter for a cup of lemonade and s read more
Happy Birthday, Scout
So the thing is...Blog | June 16th 2008 by Barb Cooper
Our ridiculously happy cow dog has a birthday today. Four years ago, he was born in this off-the-grid trailer encampment near Elgin, Texas. Twelve weeks later my husband completely lost his freaking mind took pity on him and brought him home.I beli read more
So, Okay, Alrighty Then
So the thing is...Blog | June 13th 2008 by Barb Cooper
I have really, really, really Big News.Really. Big. News.Are you ready?Today I found my LYS --my Local Yarn Shop!It's a great store in a neighboring town. The people are so incredibly friendly and helpful and Stef and Ana and I talked yarn and knitti read more
For My Sister
So the thing is...Blog | June 6th 2008 by Barb Cooper
I have all kinds of things to write about since my parents are here and Ana had HER field day yesterday but my sister asked me how I make this salmon because she is heading to the coast for her (Big Milestone) birthday and she wants to make it when s read more
It Was a Beautiful, Beautiful 20 Minutes
So the thing is...Blog | June 5th 2008 by Barb Cooper
In anticipation of my parents arrival today (!), my husband cleaned our entire house top-to-bottom yesterday.Well, you know, in the form of a four-man cleaning MACHINE that he hired. Dudes. You could perform surgery on any surface in my house right n read more
Clutter Run Amok Perchance
So the thing is...Blog | June 2nd 2008 by Barb Cooper
Today, my dear readers, I find that I must pose a deeply philosophical question. It will take all of your deepest thought, every bit of your education, your most spiritual reflection...How many googly eyes are really too many??I'm starting a new orga read more
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