Cedar Writes

Tag: life with teens

  • Coffee Drinkers and Bacon Lovers: Have we gone too Far?

    Coffee Drinkers and Bacon Lovers: Have we gone too Far?

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      I rarely take the teen wonders shopping with me these days. We do a lot of online shopping and then I’ll swoop by to pick up the order. For one thing, as my First Reader points out, it’s expensive to take them into the store. Whether he believes it or not, I really do…

  • 12 Minutes

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      I’m tired. I wish there were another way to start the week than this feeling of weary heaviness. Forward… onward… one foot in front of the other slog through it all to the end, where you can do it all over again. Weekends are the two days where life happens, and if you happen…

  • Rambles in a Messy House

    Rambles in a Messy House

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      I’m completely out of the habit of blogging. It doesn’t help that I am busy, busier than I anticipated being at this season of life. I’ve also started to feel like I have nothing meaningful to say. I’m not attracted to commentary about social whatzits and whoosits very often, and tend to steer clear…

  • Scattered, Smothered, Chunked and

    Scattered, Smothered, Chunked and

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    My dear First Reader introduced me to the phenomenon that is Waffle House when I first came to Ohio more than seven years ago now. At the time, the little one nearest our house was his favorite hangout spot. He knew all the waitresses, and soon they knew me, too. They let me to know…

  • It’s a small life

    It’s a small life

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    There are days I let the blog go not only because I’m tired, overwhelmed, but because I have nothing significant to say. It’s a small life, after all. My world revolves around my kids, my husband, the dog, the house, sometimes the garden… and work, which I can’t really talk about here. So I don’t…

  • Mom’s Taxi Service

    Mom’s Taxi Service

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    In years to come, when I look back on this era in my life, I might possibly miss it. Possibly. That’s a bit of a stretch at the moment, while I seem to be perpetually tired, hungry, and exasperated. Then again, I didn’t think I’d miss having wee ones who didn’t sleep through the night…