Seven years ago I was…

Playing with something called GeoCities…
Bemoaning the retirement of John Elway
Getting my first computer with a DVD player
Buying my first DVD (The Ghost and the Darkness)
Seeing the Phantom Menace for the 9th time…

What were you doing?

Mia: What’s this?
(pointing to her wooden replica of Noah’s Ark)
Daddy: That’s Noah’s Ark.
Mia: No it’s not. It’s mine.

The following is a conversation with Mia:
Mickie: How old are you?
Mia: I two.
Mickie: What’s your name?
Mia: My name is Mia.
Mickie: Where’s mommy?
Mia: Points to mommy.
Mickie: Where’s daddy?
Mia: Points to me.
Mickie: What’s mommy’s name?
Mia: Mommy.
Mickie: What’s daddy’s name?
Mia: Snappy.
(Snappy is the name of a turtle we saw at a garage sale…6 weeks ago.)
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I was going to Walmart the other day to pick up some stuff I probably didn’t need when my parking radar was activated. I always seem to get to Walmart about a minute after everyone else in Des Moines and am relegated to parking across the street or in some cases in Illinois. [...]