Monthly Archives: March 2008

Happy birthday to our boy…he’s nine!

Posted on March 31, 2008 by barbaraehardy

  A very happy birthday to our Austin.   Nine sounds so old.  Wasn’t it just yesterday that he was a little boy?  And now here he is, a baseball playing, braces wearing all-American big kid.      from Grandma     … Continue reading →

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The beginnings of logical thinking

Posted on March 20, 2008 by barbaraehardy

  The scene:   Santa Monica Airport The cast:  Diana and Aurelia (2 years, 4 months)   The conversation while watching the planes:   A:  "Grammy drives a plane." D:  "Grammy does fly back and forth from our home to hers … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday, Diana!

Posted on March 17, 2008 by barbaraehardy

  Happy birthday to daughter Diana!    She wasn’t actually born until almost 10:30 p.m., so she is not quite thirty-three, but close enough 

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Ta-Dah!

Posted on March 14, 2008 by barbaraehardy

  And the guest room is done!  Hooray;  I’m not quite finished gettting the rest of the upstairs back in order, but progress is being made.  

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Seven new deadly sins and other thoughts of the day

Posted on March 13, 2008 by barbaraehardy

  Polluting, genetic engineering, obscene riches, taking drugs, abortion, pedophilia and causing social injustice join the original seven deadly sins defined by Pope Gregory the Great in the sixth century: pride, envy, gluttony, greed, lust, wrath and sloth. The Pope … Continue reading →

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Bits and pieces

Posted on March 7, 2008 by barbaraehardy

  Life!  It’s just bits and pieces, bits and pieces.  So here are the ones making up my life right now:   1.  The painter was here all day working on the guest room.  He’ll finish tomorrow, and then I’ll … Continue reading →

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1933

Posted on March 4, 2008 by barbaraehardy

  On March 4, 1933, the start of President Roosevelt’s first administration brought with it the first woman to serve in the Cabinet: Labor Secretary Frances Perkins.   From today’s New York Times   My parents weren’t even married in 1933; … Continue reading →

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55? Are you kidding me

Posted on March 3, 2008 by barbaraehardy

  Right this minute it is 45 degrees, and it’s going to hit 55 today!!!!  That will take care of all the snow on the ground…just in time for three straight days of the stuff.  LOL   Mother Nature loves her … Continue reading →

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