No ticket for Mama.

31Jan09

Officer – “Do you know why I pulled you over this evening?”
Valancy Jane – “Because I’m pregnant?”

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An informal sister get together.

30Jan09

Valancy Jane – “Wanna grab a late breakfast on Sat morning?”
Bug – “Sounds great!! Have your people call my people.”
Valancy Jane -”As soon as they get back from break. Union rules.”
Bug – “Mine are just lazy.”
Valancy Jane – “Mine drink. Mostly because I told them to.”
Bug – “I suppose mine wouldn’t be [...]

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A bouquet of memory cards?

30Jan09

*on the way to Aurora’s birthday party*
Brady – “I charged up the camera battery.”
Valancy Jane – “I …. feel like you just wrote me a love poem.”

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The Chinese lady that runs the Mexican food shop.

30Jan09

I sometimes stay and eat my dinner in the shop, while she drills me about my life and eating habits.   And while her tone and words haven’t softened towards me, her actions have.  Instead of making me come to the counter for my food, she brings it straight over to me, and she brings [...]

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Oh and I’m not kidding.

30Jan09

Awesome!  A way to share with my baby all those angsty girly songwriter mix cds I made back in the days of Napster!
THAT’S bonding, folks.

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So then My Homie in Sales said ….

29Jan09

…. “Everyone wins at tonsil hockey.”

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Happy Birthday Aurora.

29Jan09

I’m so very glad you were born, because to picture my life without you is like, the fastest way on earth make me cry.

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How to cheer up a Twinnie

29Jan09

Valancy Jane – “You want some of Sam’s delish cranberry bread?”
Twinnie – *little head shake*  “No.”
Valancy Jane – “You wanna play with Brady’s camera?”
Twinnie – *little head shake*  “No.”
Valancy Jane – “You wanna stand on my desk?”
Twinnie – “Yes.”

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Dayquil, grammar, marriage and unicorns.

28Jan09

Rhett says:
So how many doses of Dayquil is too many doses?
Valancy Jane says:
For me?
One.
Rhett says:
I have a grammar question
Which is correct: “How many doses is too many doses?” or “How many doses are too many doses?”
Jonny Opinion says:
is
Rhett says:
Because I don’t know if you’re technically referring to a group of doses or simply a single [...]

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I have plenty more where that came from.

28Jan09

Long-Suffering IT Guy – *attempting to reassemble my printer, after diassembling my botched attempt at reassembly*
Valancy Jane – *bloggi- uh …….. working*
Long-Suffering IT Guy – “Ok.”
Valancy Jane – “Is Boris alive again?”
Long-Suffering IT Guy – “Possibly.”  *hooks up wires*  “Can you print a test page or something?”
Valancy Jane – “Sure.”
Boris the Printer – *spits out [...]

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