http://www.girldetective.net/?p=4010 Reading, Writing, Movies and Mothering in Minneapolis, Mostly Mon, 11 May 2026 20:58:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=4010&cpage=1#comment-23735 girldetective Thu, 11 Aug 2011 16:19:37 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=4010#comment-23735 I figure the earwigs are a byproduct of the wet long spring we had and the hot hot summer that came after. But they are definitely an increased, unwelcome presence this year, as are ants, which have not been deterred by my homemade ant traps like they were last year. I figure the earwigs are a byproduct of the wet long spring we had and the hot hot summer that came after. But they are definitely an increased, unwelcome presence this year, as are ants, which have not been deterred by my homemade ant traps like they were last year.

]]> http://www.girldetective.net/?p=4010&cpage=1#comment-23702 Marsha Wed, 10 Aug 2011 04:31:27 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=4010#comment-23702 What's with the earwigs this summer? I don't remember this many in the house in years past. What’s with the earwigs this summer? I don’t remember this many in the house in years past.

]]> http://www.girldetective.net/?p=4010&cpage=1#comment-23694 girldetective Tue, 09 Aug 2011 20:48:54 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=4010#comment-23694 Oh, that sounds blissful, and like a deserved reward for picking up and moving to a different country. How old are your boys, again? Mine aren't quite to a place where books satisfy them mostly, and I fret they never will be. They're in morning swim lessons and afternoon camp for now. Oh, that sounds blissful, and like a deserved reward for picking up and moving to a different country. How old are your boys, again? Mine aren’t quite to a place where books satisfy them mostly, and I fret they never will be. They’re in morning swim lessons and afternoon camp for now.

]]> http://www.girldetective.net/?p=4010&cpage=1#comment-23692 inquirer Tue, 09 Aug 2011 18:45:17 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=4010#comment-23692 For the first time since I had kids my summer had been long and languorous and quiet. Guess that is what happens when you move to a place in the middle of the season and don't meet anyone. School starts two weeks from Thursday and I am sure it will all change. Oh, but the joy I have felt with days full of nothing but my two boys and books and special movies rented and outings that WE want and views of the Rocky Mountains from my back porch. Not to mention that I neglected (forgot?) to give anyone my phone number for weeks. For the first time since I had kids my summer had been long and languorous and quiet. Guess that is what happens when you move to a place in the middle of the season and don’t meet anyone. School starts two weeks from Thursday and I am sure it will all change. Oh, but the joy I have felt with days full of nothing but my two boys and books and special movies rented and outings that WE want and views of the Rocky Mountains from my back porch. Not to mention that I neglected (forgot?) to give anyone my phone number for weeks.

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