Julie Lyles Carr

It’s all RocksinMyDryer’s fault.  I was experiencing a fulfilling television-viewing lifestyle until she came along.  I was content in my Lost-less world.  I had avoided getting caught up.  Until a few weeks ago.  And it’s all RocksinMyDryer’s fault. See, here’s the thing.  Whenever something goes supernova popular, I feel this uncanny need to be counter-culture.  For example, I do not…
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4 of 8 has quite an extensive vocabulary at this point, but one of the interesting things that her Auditory Verbal Therapist and I have found is that she often struggles if a label has more than one meaning or use. We are working over the next few weeks on really shoring up her understanding of parts of household items…
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So I’m dealing with a little bit of blog envy. It happens fairly regularly, as in, every time I go and read someone else’s blog, I’m jealous. So many cool templates, so many cool widgets, so many cool thoughts and writings, so many cool photos–so many cool bloggers. Eventually Freud will get to this bit of 21st century Blog Envy,…
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“The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord; He directs it like a watercourse wherever He pleases.” Proverbs 21:1 With the conventions and the presidential election fast approaching, it has been fascinating to watch the news, to watch the chain of events that have solidified the candidacy of the players, to witness the tides and turbulence of voter…
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I can’t leave well enough alone, so I’m going to try to tweak the blog a little–and I’m feeling a bit HTML challenged. We’ll see how I do as I change code, host other backgrounds, add some rounded corners and all other kinds of things that should keep me distracted from doing laundry. I’m trying to play with making my…
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