Speeders Beware

April 13, 2010

Ok, so I’m driving in to work the other day and there’s a story on NPR about how the state got a grant and is boosting police forces on the street in an effort to crack down on speeding – “Slow Down or Pay Up.” Catchy eh? Got my attention and I checked the speed. […]

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Single Parenting

April 12, 2010

I have all the respect in the world for the amazing ladies, and guys, who manage to raise children alone. How on Earth do you do it? Especially with a new crawler and a preschooler well into her terrible twos hell bent on testing all the limits? I’m sure it’s one thing when the kids […]

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Keeping it Positive

April 11, 2010

If you see your child pulling the dog’s tail, what is the first thing that jumps into your head to say? If it’s something like “Don’t pull the dog’s tail,” then you’re like most everyone out there. I know I was raised with “don’t do this,” “don’t do that” and it comes naturally to say […]

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Meeting Captain Sig

April 10, 2010

You’re not going to believe this. As I was searching for a photo to put with yesterday’s post I discovered my favoritest crab boat captain was not only in town at that very moment, but he just published a book, North by Northwestern: A Seafaring Family on Deadly Alaskan Waters, about his family’s history in […]

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Guilty Pleasure

April 9, 2010

I have a really strange guilty pleasure dejour. Maybe it will last a while, or perhaps it will fade when something “better” comes along. Who knows? I only know I’ve been getting these really weird obsessions the last few years that I can only attribute to the massive influx of hormones that come when you’re […]

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Box – The Best Toy

April 8, 2010

Sweetness recently formed this very interesting love/fear relationship with the Costco car wash. Daddy takes her through it from time to time after a Saturday morning run to the mother of all warehouse stores. The response is rather interesting. Now, you have to know Sweetness has this thing about loud noises. She covers her ears […]

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Sick Day

April 7, 2010

It’s been a rather crazy day here at the Heligirl household. I’m off work on Wednesdays, but rarely does that mean it’s less busy. However, when one or both kids are sick it can either be really lazy (lots of watching movies and sleeping) or just plain nuts. What made today particularly exciting was the […]

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Not So Happy Morning

April 6, 2010

On days like today I wonder why our government doesn’t just use babies for the sleep deprivation torture of our enemies. I really think it would work, and is much cheaper than conventional methods, I’m sure. Mr. Man’s new crawling skill is keeping him up at night. I’m not sure if it’s little twitching muscles […]

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