Author Archives: The Daring One

On Magoo’s Mind – The Crushing Weight of Monarchical Responsibility

Posted on May 14, 2013 by The Daring One

TweetWe’ve been going to Costco for the past 11 years lately and each time we go, we have to get our receipt “checked” by the receipt checking person at the exit. They don’t really check. But they are good with … Continue reading →

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Alright With the Rain

Posted on May 13, 2013 by The Daring One

TweetWe were enduring a typical Pacific Northwest underwater baseball practice the other day. I was hunched under my giant umbrella, wearing a slicker, sitting on my Tommy Bahama chair. Wanda, on the other hand, was running around like a maniac … Continue reading →

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Day of Moms

Posted on May 12, 2013 by The Daring One

TweetDan made breakfast for breakfast and breakfast for dinner. They made me presents at school and I set up the hammock Dan bought me right in the middle of the living room so it wouldn’t get rained on. We read … Continue reading →

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Wherein One of My Wildest Parenting Fantasies is Fulfilled on Mothers’ Day Eve Courtesy of Martin Scorsese

Posted on May 11, 2013 by The Daring One

TweetSome Mothers’ Day gifts are planned. A hand squished in cement and bejeweled with fish tank marbles. A scarf. The hammock you texted a picture of to your husband and he asked if it was lame if you picked it … Continue reading →

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I Am Thankful for Fish

Posted on March 25, 2013 by The Daring One

TweetRemember back in January when I got my trash kicked by a group of 3-year-olds at church? Well, the following week Dan and I had a planning meeting, aimed at finding a way to take the power back… in love, … Continue reading →

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Life at the Moo-zeum

Posted on March 24, 2013 by The Daring One

TweetI would go to a different museum every day if that’s what it took to get Wanda to keep saying “Moo-zeum” in her cute little gravelly voice. Doing this, however, would require planning, hopefully on the part of someone other … Continue reading →

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