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A Learning Week

May 12, 2015May 12, 2015 CrankygiraffeLeave a comment

Learning is a never-ending process.  This week was no exception for me.  Here are a few of the "interesting" things I learned this week: 1. There is no way to "gently" hit a badminton birdie.  It also greatly frustrates 5-year-olds when their mom always hits the chicken (aka, birdie) too far.  It is equally frustrating for moms… Continue reading A Learning Week

The Inadvertent Name
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The Inadvertent Name

January 22, 2015January 22, 2015 Crankygiraffe8 Comments

The other day I tried to find my blog by googling my new blog title.  My old blog title was original enough so that it was the first result that popped up on a google search.  That isn't the case, however, for this new blog name.  At first I was a little disappointed that you… Continue reading The Inadvertent Name

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Day 27: What is 5 Years?

November 27, 2014November 26, 2014 Crankygiraffe5 Comments

"You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness." ~Johnathan Safran Foer There is a current radio commercial that I hear every day on my drive to and from work.  I can't even remember what the commercial is advertising, but it stands out in my head because of its opening line: "Oh November,… Continue reading Day 27: What is 5 Years?

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Blogger Friends Got Ideas!

Yesterday, after my Alter Ego, Cranky Giraffe, posted about my son’s crazy little love letter to his newest idol, Lady Gaga, an old old blogging friend tweeted it, with an idea that maybe he could meet her!  I know the likelihood of it being re-tweeted by anyone other than myself is pretty low… But who […]

It’s Been a Long Time…

“It’s been a long time since I came around Been a long time but I’m back in town And this time I’m not leaving without you” ~Stefani Germanotta (Lady Gaga) I know I haven’t been here blogging for quite a long time (almost a year and a half…), but there was something about blogging that […]

The Common Sense Problem

The airplane seat map shows that the emergency exit row seats are considered “less desirable.” It’s a little ironic since they come with extra leg room, even if they don’t recline (really, who needs to recline 2 inches when you have two extra feet of leg room?). I think the real reason they are less […]

Walking Tall

This month I’m traveling around the country to check out fellowship positions. It is exhausting, trying, lonely, and often confusing. Most of all, I miss my kids. I spend a lot of time trying to figure out how fellowship and moving to one of these places would fit into the current, ideal, little life of […]

Happiness, Please

Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that, but simply growth.  We are happy when we are growing. ~John Butler Yeats, 1909 Is there a difference between pleasure and happiness? I had never really thought much about it until today.  My husband sent me an interview by Dr. Robert Lustig, who just […]

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