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- November 16th, 2008
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eba1999 has posted a new entry on: The Green Room
Wedding Gifts, 25 Years Later
Mr. Peevie and I still have items we received as wedding gifts in use in our household--nearly 25 years later. The most useful and still-in-good-shape gifts are in regular use in our kitchen. A block…
- November 12th, 2008
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eba1999 has posted a new entry on: The Green Room
The Circus Problem
The Circus is coming to town.At church we've been hearing sermon anecdotes about the pastor's tradition of taking his girls to see the circus every year; and we're being asked to make a donation to se…
- November 8th, 2008
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eba1999 has posted a new entry on: The Green Room
On Being Eight
I cannot believe it. Another whole entire year has gone by, and now I am eight years old. A lot has happened since I told you what it was like to be seven.First of all, back then I was only in first…
- November 6th, 2008
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eba1999 has posted a new entry on: The Green Room
Meta-Poll Seeks Voters
By the way, don't forget to vote in my meta-poll in the sidebar.The results of the last poll, which asked if Sarah Palin would help or hurt John McCain's chances: Voters were almost evenly divided, w…
- November 5th, 2008
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eba1999 has posted a new entry on: The Green Room
The "Yes We Can" Moment
Last night, my family and I and our friend The Professor ate salsa-baked goat cheese with pine nuts and watched the election returns. Talk about reality TV!From the comfort of the living room we felt…
- November 3rd, 2008
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eba1999 has posted a new entry on: The Green Room
Inadvertent Prophecy
Mr. Peevie pointed out this unfortunate juxtaposition of politics and seasonal fun in our neighbor's yard.Can you read the sign on the right, on the tombstone? It reads, "R.I.P." Right next to the J…
- November 2nd, 2008
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eba1999 has joined the group: Bloggers Unite
Bloggers Unite
Bloggers Unite is an opportunity for bloggers, vloggers, and photobloggers to use their space to make the world a better place. - October 31st, 2008
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eba1999 has posted a new entry on: The Green Room
My Hero, by A. Peevie
My hero is my dad. He plays games with me and helps me with my homework. I like playing X-Box with him. He is kind and loving. He reads to me at night. We read a book series together called Alex…
- October 29th, 2008
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eba1999 has posted a new entry on: The Green Room
Is Barack Obama a Socialist?
I know, I know. You're tired of my posts about politics. You're thinking, "Please! Get back to writing about giant flying ants and heroes and bodily functions." But please hang in there--the elec…
- October 28th, 2008
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eba1999 has posted a new blog review on: Writer Chick Talks
- October 27th, 2008
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eba1999 has posted a new entry on: The Green Room
Me and Turtle
Today my baby brother Turtle turns 46, and in his honor, I'd like to tell you a couple of stories about him.Turtle and I did not get along when we were kids. I'd say to my mom, "I HATE him!" and she'…
- October 20th, 2008
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eba1999 has posted a new entry on: The Green Room
Barack Obama Wins McCain Endorsement
Speaking of Republicans endorsing Obama, Colin Powell spoke up with his endorsement yesterday. Do I need to remind you that Powell is a retired four-star general, the former secretary of state, forme…
- October 17th, 2008
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eba1999 has posted a new entry on: The Green Room
(In)Civility in Public Discourse
I have been an official Obama supporter since October 1, 2007. Some right-leaning friends still feel an urgent need to aggressively attempt to convert me from Obama to McCain. In the last month or t…
- October 15th, 2008
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eba1999 has posted a new entry on: The Green Room
Blog Action Day: Poverty Sucks
What do you know about poverty? What can one person do about it?Take a look at this 2007 Report on Illinois Poverty from Heartland Alliance. More than 21 percent of Chicagoans live in poverty, and 12…
- October 11th, 2008
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eba1999 has posted a new entry on: The Green Room
In Case You Missed It
I love The Internets!I just have to share with you some links to articles that I believe deliver a unique perspective, or a particularly insightful analysis of the sometimes scary, dramatic, important…
- October 10th, 2008
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eba1999 has posted a new entry on: The Green Room
Fifth Grade Political Primer
This article in Newsweek claims that "from an 11-year-old's point of view, the difference between Senators Barack Obama and John McCain is almost nil." They both want a better health care system, fai…
- October 9th, 2008
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eba1999 has posted a new entry on: The Green Room
Second Grade Field Trip
Today I went to The Grove on a field trip with M. Peevie and the Second Grade Class. I rode on a bus with about 40 very loud children. Sometimes I wanted to cover my ears. Sometimes I was loud, too…
- October 7th, 2008
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eba1999 has posted a new entry on: The Green Room
Jack is (Almost) Back
This is the most exciting news I've heard in a long time: Jack Bauer will be back on November 23 for a two-hour movie prequel to Season 7.The Fox/24 site says Jack is "working as a missionary in Afri…
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eba1999 has posted a new entry on: The Green Room
The Road to High School
When I went to high school, back when dinosaurs roamed the earth, there were no decisions to be made, no entrance exams to take, no open houses to visit, no applications to fill out.I just walked two…
- October 4th, 2008
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eba1999 has posted a new entry on: The Green Room
Can I Call You Joe?
Sarah Palin redeemed herself in the VP debate with Senator Joe Biden this week. She didn't win, obviously, but she didn't make a fool of herself, either--and that's pretty much how low the standards w…
- October 2nd, 2008
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eba1999 has posted a new entry on: The Green Room
Nurturing the Neighborhood
My little neighbor V. was riding M. Peevie's bike today. She crashed and hurt herself, and M. Peevie came running to our house--not to her house--to tell me. So I hurried out to pick up the pieces o…
- September 30th, 2008
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eba1999 has posted a new entry on: The Green Room
The Best Thing in the World
A. Peevie takes Verapamil, a medicine that slows his speedy-quick heart-rate down. We try to give it to him in the morning, because he's already got a fairly slow heart-rate at night--but sometimes w…
- September 29th, 2008
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eba1999 has posted a new entry on: The Green Room
Unprepared
No matter which way you're planning to vote in the next presidential election, this Sarah Palin clip is unsettling. It's disturbing that a person who aspires to the second highest elected office in t…
- September 25th, 2008
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eba1999 has posted a new entry on: The Green Room
Minority Report: Chicago
Why do people think we need more rules and more laws? Why do people think it's a good idea to make rules or laws governing problems that MIGHT occur at some point in the future?Some day, when I am th…
- September 24th, 2008
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eba1999 has posted a new entry on: The Green Room
Teaching Kids About Money
Mr. Peevie and I have not been the most consistent, creative, or effective at teaching our kids about money, so when the topic came up on my Door County Girlfriends weekend, my pointy little ears perk…
- September 23rd, 2008
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eba1999 has posted a new entry on: The Green Room
Door County Reprise: Ahhh, girlfriends
This time I got to go to Door County with just girlfriends, and no children whatsoever. It was, in many ways, similar to Door County: It's All About the Kids: there were fights, spills, much stayin…
- September 17th, 2008
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eba1999 has posted a new entry on: The Green Room
Cash for Good Grades
Some high school students in Chicago will be earning cash rewards for good grades this fall. The program, called Green for Grades, is targeted to 5000 freshmen at 20 CPS high schools with very high p…
- September 15th, 2008
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eba1999 has posted a new entry on: The Green Room
100 Foods Every Omnivore Should Try
Andrew over on the blog Very Good Taste has posted a list of 100 (somewhat arbitrary) foods every omnivore should try. Being a person who has only rarely met a food she doesn't like (primarily uber-s…
- September 13th, 2008
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eba1999 has posted a new entry on: The Green Room
Book Review: The Shack
I have finally joined the club that meets at The Shack. Apparently, this iconoclastic bestseller has been rocking the Christian reading world since its publication last year. Christianity Today call…
- September 11th, 2008
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eba1999 has posted a new entry on: The Green Room
I Got Your Enrichment Right Here
Prepare to be shocked and appalled. Ready?Remember Mrs. Sheets? We were discussing M. Peevie's educational plan with the principal and the second grade teacher. During the discussion, Mrs. Sheets a…
- September 9th, 2008
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eba1999 has posted a new entry on: The Green Room
The Politician and the Pulpit
My friend Q just forwarded to me the video of Sarah Palin speaking at a church-related graduation ceremony at her church. I watched the whole thing.First I want to say something in Palin's defense, b…
- September 6th, 2008
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eba1999 has posted a new entry on: The Green Room
It's All About the Kids, Part II
Sometime during our stay in Door County, we lost the Sangria Poltergeist--although we still have the fumes and fruit flies. Maybe my mechanic is not so crazy after all. I'm kind of going to miss the K…
- September 5th, 2008
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eba1999 has posted a new entry on: The Green Room
Believe In Something Much, Much Better Than This Crappy Ad
Does anyone else find the U.S. Cellular billboards to be creepy?I'm referring to the ubiquitous (in Chicago, at least) billboards featuring a little girl peeping out of a carboard box, with the slogan…
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eba1999 has joined the discussion: Are you blogging about Politics?
- September 4th, 2008
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- September 3rd, 2008
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eba1999 has posted a new entry on: The Green Room
What's Missing From the GOP
A few comments on the GOP convention:1. This interesting perspective from Harold Meyerson in the Washington Post echoes one of my original concerns about McCain's campaign: there is no talk about th…
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eba1999 has posted a new entry on: The Green Room
Real Life Has Got to Go
It's my favorite season of the year: The new TV season.Many of my friends, acquaintances, and family members are all, "Oh, I never watch TV!" or "The only thing I watch on TV is CNN" or "There's neve…
- September 2nd, 2008
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eba1999 has posted a new entry on: The Green Room
It's All About the Children, Part the First
That's what my insane friend Mrs. D'Onofrio says: "It's all about the children."The hell you say.I might be willing to spend my entire Labor Day weekend at a "shack" in Door County with 400 eighth-gra…
- September 1st, 2008
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eba1999 has posted a new entry on: The Green Room
Sangria Poltergeist
I was driving to my friend Jane Addams' house for happy hour. I had made a delicious pitcher of sangria, and since I did not want to get thrown in the clink for driving with an open container in the c…
- August 27th, 2008
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eba1999 has posted a new entry on: The Green Room
The Mirror is...Empty
The recently released Kiefer Sutherland vehicle, Mirrors, is not worth your time and money. Don't even bother renting it on DVD.The good parts can be summarized in terms of Kieferlishousness: Kiefer;…
- August 26th, 2008
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eba1999 has posted a new entry on: The Green Room
Surreal Babysitting Adventures, Part III
Start with Surreal Babysitting Adventures, Part I and Part II, if you want the context.One day, I was upstairs in my home office, working away. The Babysitter Who Shall Not Be Named (BWSNBN) was downs…
- August 25th, 2008
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eba1999 has posted a new entry on: The Green Room
I am Jonah
I am Jonah.My pastors have been preaching on Jonah, and every single week I leave church thinking, "I am Jonah. I am just like him."Jonah gets a bad rap because, well, he's an idiot. Just like me.Firs…
- August 24th, 2008
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eba1999 has posted a new entry on: The Green Room
Dr. Peevie on Healthy Boundaries
Everywhere I go, I see/hear/read about people having trouble with boundaries. It seems that for many people personal boundaries end up trampled in the dirt under the feet of other people's expectation…
- August 23rd, 2008
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eba1999 has posted a new entry on: The Green Room
Surreal Babysitting Adventures, Part II
In case you missed it, here's the first installment of Surreal Babysitting Adventures.If I knew that K-Nut would be in charge of dinner, I'd do my best to make sure that she had a ready-made, simple-t…
- August 22nd, 2008
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eba1999 has posted a new entry on: The Green Room
Two Down, One to Go
I breathed a sigh of relief this week when two out of three Peevies started school again. Finally. (I'm singing a different tune now than I did when I wrote this post!)They had been jumping up and dow…
- August 20th, 2008
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eba1999 has posted a new entry on: The Green Room
Surreal Babysitting Adventures, Part I
We've been fortunate to have, for the most part, babysitters who love our children, who make wise decisions while caring for them, who rarely lose them and who almost never give them overdoses of OTC…
- August 19th, 2008
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eba1999 has posted a new entry on: The Green Room
Library Scofflaw
I love libraries. I remember going to the public library in Philadelphia when I was a little girl. Mom and Dad would take us every three weeks, and we'd get to check out a huge stack of books almost a…
- August 16th, 2008
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eba1999 has posted a new entry on: The Green Room
His Wife Will Thank Me
I rarely have any complaints about my Mister. As I've blogged before, Mr. Peevie is virtually the embodiment of spousal perfection. He puts up with my many limitations, he understands me, he treats me…
- August 13th, 2008
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eba1999 has posted a new entry on: The Green Room
In Which the Littlest Peevies Meet Honest Abe and Snore Their Brains Out
Dateline: SpringfieldThe new Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum is a wondrous, amazing place. You should make plans to go there immediately, if you haven't already been. You'll take photos next to wa…
- August 12th, 2008
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eba1999 has posted a new entry on: The Green Room
Eating Bitterness
One of the Olympic announcers mentioned tonight that the Chinese gymnasts are taken from their parents at age three to live and train at state-sponsored training academies. They only see their familie…
