Tag: family
member name: anna g. vanwinkle
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March 06, 2007 11:36 AM EST --
(I wrote this song driving home from the morning school run. If you can imagine, without the music, a coffee house song on Sirius 30? it sounds like one of those. I played it for the boy . . .
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February 04, 2008 05:51 PM EST --
Dear Abby,
Today I was shocked to see that my Sister In Law is now hawking gifts my recently deceased mother gave to her on E-Bay. I've been angry before, but this just takes the cake and the plate . . .
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March 14, 2006 11:48 PM EST --
While I take the time to feed a colony of perfectly sane feral cats - I've noticed that the wild strays are oddly free of neurotic behaviors.
This leads me to believe that our cats pick up all their . . .
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April 02, 2006 07:00 AM EDT --
The woman who walks out our front door in the morning and the person who crawls out of my bed? don't even look related. The woman who crawls out of my bed in the mornings . . .
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October 01, 2007 08:18 PM EDT --
From My Email on September 22nd, 2007
Dear Friends and Family,
A lot has happened in a short period of time. My mother went in for bypass surgery on Monday, bounced out of it perfectly . . .
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December 25, 2007 04:20 AM EST --
This Christmas, there's a tree with 1700 lights on it standing 8 feet tall in my living room.
Then there's my mother, in her grave, six feet down, 550 miles away.
I'd pack up the tree . . .
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March 03, 2006 10:12 AM EST --
A moment from the job.
Wednesday at 4:30 PM is a day I will never foget.
First a little background on my views of farting. OH quit smiling. YOU FART TOO. According to the experts we all . . .
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March 14, 2006 11:14 PM EST --
They say that Cat's have much smaller heads than dogs, but what matters is what's between the ears. I don't know. For such sophisticated creatures, I find my pride of housecats very easy to . . .
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June 16, 2006 01:52 PM EDT --
My dad is the original Mr. Fix It. He's known world wide for his staunch snobbery of duct tape and those who use duct tape in the process of fixin' anything.
He's from . . .
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December 19, 2006 09:33 PM EST --
It's really been a weird season, and while I could forge on and write something holidayish, the weird is sticking to me more than the ribbons and bows. I'll forge ahead.
I have this relationship . . .
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March 04, 2006 08:13 PM EST --
My guys. Michael and Bryan. Big and Little. Shortage of Hair and lots of hair. Tall and short. Older and younger. Husband and Son. Priceless and Priceless. Life without them? Unimaginable times infinity. . . .
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December 04, 2006 01:30 PM EST --
As you all know, I have a certain affinity for the feline creature. AKA, can't live without them. When I saw this action figure I knew that somewhere out in the great beyond that a God . . .
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April 13, 2006 11:34 AM EDT --
My mother called yesterday. My niece is getting married.
"Hey, sweetheart. I have something to ask you. I pulled my jewelry out of the safe deposit box. Do you mind if I give Jennie . . .
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January 24, 2007 11:54 AM EST --
Yesterday, Alex F. - a relative newcomer to Gatherland mentioned in the comment post to the article about my Not So Nice Niece, that I must come from a horrible lot of wretched people. . . .
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January 24, 2007 10:17 PM EST --
Jiggley Jack the naughty cat
Funning in my hair,
A clumsy one, he balanced
Behind me on the chair,
His paws went in
He tried to catch
A tussled curly q
And sent himself a flyin’
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July 09, 2007 07:43 PM EDT --
This is my signature dish and never fails to generate excitement at dinner time.
Looks good enough to eat doesn't it?? You got that right!
In spite of how restaurant . . .
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May 22, 2006 10:16 AM EDT --
Every now and then social workers get to do some good. Here's Mary's story.
She wheeled herself into my office.
"Are you the new Social Worker?"
"Yes Ma'mam, what . . .
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July 01, 2006 12:30 AM EDT --
Hello folks. Update here.
The DISASTER period known as June 2006 started with our truck driver for our military move showing up without anyone to pack our stuff into boxes. Those who did show up? Didn't . . .
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May 21, 2006 11:04 AM EDT --
Happy Family Dog Rental Just For YOU!!
We hear it time and time again.
"What a Great Dog!!"
When we brighten up and say, "Well, why don't you get . . .
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February 16, 2006 08:52 AM EST --
thanks Aileen - for your post about losing your mind. It reminded me....
It reminded me, I have something to look forward to when I get old. Old-er.
However, I'm not going down easy. . . .
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