Tag: family
group name: mnlife
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July 02, 2007 09:53 AM EDT --
As of last week I now have a cell phone. More accurately, we have one cell phone for the family. I hope we only use it to cut long distance costs but I've already observed some strange, addict-like . . . more
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July 04, 2008 05:08 PM EDT --
It's typical... it's cliche... and I love it.
Family on the Fourth.
Hey, if you want edgy... go read something else.
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June 25, 2008 12:25 PM EDT --
You learn as a parent ... continually. And usually it's a lesson on your shortcomings.
One recent lesson starts like this: Kids have moods for the same reason we all do. Because sometimes you . . . more
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September 20, 2006 04:28 PM EDT --
Well, it has been a quiet week in mine. The neighbors are visible more, doing their various lawn tending chores and waving from their work with rakes, and brooms. Our neighbor to the north has been out . . . more
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April 14, 2008 11:12 AM EDT --
Are out-of-wedlock births no big deal? Or are they? I am listening to MPR's Midmorning and Kerri just introduced the topic:
Kids without marriage
As the rate of babies born out of . . . more
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March 29, 2007 09:27 AM EDT --
I heard that the University of Minnesota's Veterinary Continuing Education program will host a conference called Building a Bridge of Hope: Interdisciplinary Conference on Family Violence and Animal . . . more
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May 24, 2007 03:17 PM EDT --
Wait. I thought I was an adult. But, according to popular lingo, I am also "an adult child." It means that my mom still thinks of me as her kid. Thus she can say to me, . . . more
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August 02, 2007 07:23 PM EDT --
“Let’s just stop for dinner,” I begged from the back seat.
Our son was driving—we were headed home from our family canoe trip in the Boundary Waters Wilderness. We had . . . more
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April 05, 2007 10:18 AM EDT --
Education is one of the biggest line items of Minnesota's budget.
Minnesota's Governor Tim Pawlenty had a few choice comments about education costs and spending when addressing the Association . . . more
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December 12, 2006 07:57 PM EST --
My favorite bookstore is having a birthday. It's a reason to celebrate because it proves that even in the face of amazon.com and the big chain bookstores the little independent can survive, and . . . more
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May 24, 2007 09:23 AM EDT --
In the latest "What are you reading?" discussion I noticed a few people mentioned reading aloud, myself included. It made me wonder how many people read aloud and how they do it.
Despite . . . more
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September 27, 2006 08:57 PM EDT --
Hey Julia!
I was just thinking about that old table cloth, and when I got it after I moved into my first unfurnished apartment sometime in 1965.
I bought some nice oak furniture a good couch and chair, . . . more
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December 15, 2005 08:17 AM EST --
I wrote this for Francesca when she was nineteen, never dreaming that, one day, I'd be using it to pay tribute at her funeral.
--Beryl Singleton Bissell
This evening, I watch you force the zipper . . . more
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February 13, 2007 11:35 AM EST --
From Minnesota Public Radio News feature Should Minnesota mandate cancer vaccine?:
Lawmakers at the state Capitol are debating whether to require 12-year-old girls to get a vaccine that prevents some . . . more
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January 12, 2007 11:45 AM EST --
I was at a funeral yesterday. I did not know the man well who died. He was my brother's father-in-law and I knew him somewhat, had seen him at various family functions etc. As far as funerals go it . . . more
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January 21, 2007 02:34 PM EST --
What products or gadgets have you tried, and realized they just aren't what you hoped they'd be?
Here are some things that I've bought or used that looked like a great idea but weren't. . . . more
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July 23, 2006 02:00 PM EDT --
So, we were getting ready to head off to Colorado for a couple weeks and I was really afraid the rabbits were going to starve. Add to this - the workmen had to bring in an equipment-mounted . . . more
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March 20, 2007 10:21 AM EDT --
I was born and raised in MN...North Minneapolis to be exact. I was born in the Swedish Hospital in 1948. I went to grade school at Lowell School, Jr. High at Jordan and graduated from North High . . . more
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June 21, 2007 12:03 PM EDT --
I have been waiting for this day. The longest day of the year. I am sun starved, warmth starved, nap starved and today I can have them all--sun, warmth, and nap. I swim at a lake near my house each day . . . more
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November 05, 2007 09:49 AM EST --
MPR's Midday features a live event Wanted: Parents , the focus of a new documentary from American RadioWorks:
Every year, more than 24,000 American young people in foster care "age out." . . . more
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