{"id":756,"date":"2009-02-19T19:20:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-20T03:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mixhart.ca\/blog\/?p=756"},"modified":"2013-11-13T10:53:36","modified_gmt":"2013-11-13T18:53:36","slug":"in-praise-of-just-because","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/index.php\/in-praise-of-just-because\/","title":{"rendered":"In Praise of: Just Because…"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Pippi and Misty as interesting characters–Granny took this while I was in Vancouver.<\/p>\n

I smell something rotten in the state. Is it my puppy? I will give him a bath, just in case. I keep smelling this dreadfully funky stench and cannot locate it’s origin. So I’ll start with Fernando.
Tabs is home again with bowel cramps. I am at a loss. I took her off dairy. If her cramps don’t improve in a few days I’ll try wheat. If that fails it is off to the Doctors for a round of tests.
I arrived home late last night. My poor darlings didn’t get supper until 8. Mist had a friend–Taylor stay and help babysit Pip and Tabs. They gave them a bubble bath in their bathing suits and made them pancakes (milk-free for Tabs). I took Tabs for a quick stop at her school’s book fair before I picked up the Mist and her science project. She purchased a $20 book for Mistaya–just because and a “Dora” book for Pippi–just because! And a book and a few erasers and pencils for herself. She is a generous little spirit who loves to spend her money.
Preparing for my paper–Fan Fiction and incorporating it into middle years English curriculum. Must learn all I can to support<\/span><\/span><\/span>t my own thesis topic: Writing online fiction for Interactive, hypertextual, middle years, novel study. Tired and overwhelmed on the home front. I truly need a full time house keeper. One who shops for my groceries and keeps the house tidy daily, and washes weekly linens. There you go–if I could hire that wonderful employee–my home would run like a ship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pippi and Misty as interesting characters–Granny took this while I was in Vancouver. I smell something rotten in the state. Is it my puppy? I will give him a bath, just in case. I keep smelling this dreadfully funky stench … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"kt_blocks_editor_width":"","_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[24,1],"tags":[3112],"class_list":["post-756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-motherhood","category-uncategorized","tag-motherhood"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t