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I’m loving this car review of the new Honda hybrid!  H/T The Common Room.

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I’m a total hypocrite.  I’ve been eating Chocolate Captain Crunch for breakfast while the kids eat oatmeal.  Mama’s entitled to special privileges, isn’t she?

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The story coming out of Ireland is simply heartbreaking.  There are no words.  So many people, both ecclesiastical and civil, failed these poor children!  Interestingly, the only discipline method that has been endorsed by a pope is non-corporal, the Method of St. John Bosco.  He ran a school for wayward boys – the kind that ran in gangs and lived on the street.  Mother Teresa was so right – the world is dying for lack of love.

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Our chard continues to produce, and produce some more!  We made a square foot garden, and I planted 1 square.  I didn’t know that multiple plants will grow from one seed!  I’ve expanded it to 2 squares, and we still have more than we can eat (well, we don’t eat it every day, either).  I never had chard before, but it’s a lot like spinach and a little bit like kale.  The kids like to eat the red stems like celery, and it will turn your onions pink when you cook them!

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After trying several methods, I found a tried and true method of controlling fire ants organically.  Boiling water is the only method that has worked so far to kill the ants and keep them away.  I had to do it twice for a particularly large pile.  The downside is that it will kill grass and plants, so it can only be used in a bare garden bed or on sidewalks and driveways.  In South Carolina, I had good luck using Equal sweetener, but it’s just not enough for Texas ants!

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Tomorrow is my 12th anniversary.  Our plans?  Stop procrastinating and work on the to-do list!  It just grows longer and longer every day, and a lot of things have to get done before the baby is born!

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We cannot decide on a name for the baby.  I like weird old lady names old fashioned names but husband dear likes trendy names.  And around and around we go.  Mostly it goes like this:  Mama says 3000 different names, husband says no.