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Yearly Archives: 2016


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Etsomnia™ 107: Put on Your Big Girl Pants

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If a teardrop tattoo means that you murdered someone, I shudder to think what a teardrop on the seat of your pants would mean…

Et·som·ni·a (/etˈsämnēə/), noun, 1. a sleep disorder caused by obsessive Etsy browsing. 2. the surprising arrival of weird handmade merchandise ordered when one is only half conscious. (True story.)
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Remembering

Reuters (I think)

Reuters (I think)

I have nothing clever to say today. I’m just thinking about all those who were lost and those who were left. Wishing us all better days.

Much love,

Donna

In case you want more, here are my previous 9/11-related posts.

A small collection of beautiful, sweet, painful stories told by those who lost family members, It Never Gets Easier.

A 9/11 story you’ve probably never heard, All Hands On Deck.

And my personal 9/11 story, It Was a Beautiful Day.

 


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The Poopocalypse

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Jesse Newton

I need something funny. Do you need something funny? Good. Here it is.

Maybe funny is the wrong word. It’s only funny to me because it didn’t happen to me. Let’s just call it entertaining with a happy ending. (No, not that. Get your minds out of the gutter. Honestly, you people…)

So, last week, something pretty tragic happened in our household. It’s taken me until now to wrap my head around it…

Posted by Jesse Newton on Tuesday, August 9, 2016


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Etsomnia™ 106: Derpocalypse Now

The twins looked at each other in horror. She wanted to put her feet WHERE?!?

Et·som·ni·a (/etˈsämnēə/), noun, 1. a sleep disorder caused by obsessive Etsy browsing. 2. the surprising arrival of weird handmade merchandise ordered when one is only half conscious. (True story.)

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