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Midwest Potato: Day 1, No Goats

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Friday, April 11, 2014. Day 1, No Goats. We made it to Costa Rica! Well, so far we made it to a airport hotel in San Jose, which is right next to an enormous casino, with a huge flashing neon sign that says "FIESTA." But still! Yesterday we spent mostly in transit. I was excited that we had a layover in El Salvador, because it just seemed so exotic. What does the airport in someplace like El Salvador look like, I wondered? Do peasant farmers bring crates of chickens on the plane and tie them on top?

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Midwest Potato: All the Animals that Didn't Eat Us

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Wednesday, July 10, 2013. All the Animals that Didn't Eat Us. We went camping and didn't get eaten by bears! Granted, we were camping in a park in an urban area with no bears within a hundred miles, but I'll take credit for even dubious achievements. We didn't get eaten by possums, either, and I bet there some were some of THOSE things hanging around. And so I just tell them that Daddy is a vampire. Then everybody is happy. Kids in China learn to make marshmallow taffy insi. After peer review is completed.

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Midwest Potato: Day 2 of Costa Rica: A Volcano, I Think

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Friday, April 11, 2014. Day 2 of Costa Rica: A Volcano, I Think. Today we drove to our first destination in Costa Rica, and already I am very grateful to David for doing all the driving. David lived in Los Angeles for years, and as a result can drive in all sorts of difficult conditions, whereas I start crying the minute somebody doesn't let me merge. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). People Who Say Interesting Things. The Upside of Frugal. Moving Boxes and Black Friday: Life in a Frugal Home.

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Midwest Potato: July 2013

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Monday, July 22, 2013. Four Thoughts on Camping (Actually, Two Thoughts on Camping and Two Thoughts on S'Mores). Even though we just went camping two weeks ago, we went camping again, because apparently once you have kids, you are legally required to take them camping twice a year. Don't believe me? A few thoughts about camping:. 2 If you are spatially challenged, be sure to get your sister to put up your tent. That's just common sense. Sticking your sister with tent duty is especially smart if it starts.

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Midwest Potato: March 2013

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Thursday, March 28, 2013. I Love My Treadmill Desk. I made a treadmill desk for my office and I love it! Those of you I interact with in real life are already aware of this, probably because I have been grabbing most of the people I interact with by their lapels, bringing their faces up close to mine, and making them stare deep into my eyes while I enunciate "I. LOVE. MY. TREADMILL. DESK.". Here is my beautiful baby:. I wish I had an easy way to keep track of how far I walk over a week, over a month, or ...

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Midwest Potato: May 2013

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Thursday, May 23, 2013. I Got Your Life Hack Right Here. I just discovered life hacks and I'm so sad that they are almost completely bullshit. I read the life hack articles that are all over the internet, hoping to be enlightened and gain the tools I need to live a meaningful, organized life. Instead I found out that a hair straightener can be also used to iron the collar on a shirt. [I'm not even kidding about that! 1) How to have something sweet when you purposefully don't have any dessert in the house.

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Midwest Potato: April 2012

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Thursday, April 26, 2012. I can't think of a single thing I like less than looking for a new child care provider. Well, maybe cleaning up cat barf, particularly after I first discover it by stepping in it. That is also not very rewarding. The frustrating thing is that we already have child care providers who we like very much! But they are college students who have a nasty habit of - get this - graduating! Then you can start Wednesday.". David, on the other hand, is obsessed with finding out where the po...

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Midwest Potato: Run, Fall Down, Run, Fall Down: A Trail Half-Marathon

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Monday, July 15, 2013. Run, Fall Down, Run, Fall Down: A Trail Half-Marathon. I ran a half marathon for the first time in a million years and lived to tell the story. And I'm dying to tell you about it, since David for some reason seemed less than fascinated with hearing a mile-by-mile account of the whole event. ("And then at mile 8, the aid station had vanilla. Gu instead of berry. Gu, which really threw me for a loop.My shoelace came untied at mile 7 . Oh, right: unprepared. One unpleasant surprise oc...

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Midwest Potato: March 2012

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Thursday, March 29, 2012. I have a child who is learning to play soccer. I pay attention to politics. The natural result:. 10 Things a Coach Would Say if the Republican Presidential Candidates Were Actually Kindergarteners Learning to Play Soccer. 10 Guys. Guys! We're all on the same team, right? Let's all move the ball in the same direction. 9 Ronnie, I know you think you should be able to use whatever part of your body you want to move the ball, but rules are rules. 4Newt, you okay, buddy? 1 I spent so...

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Midwest Potato: May 2012

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Monday, May 28, 2012. What Cookies Get You. If you perhaps felt a great disturbance in the Force recently, do not worry - it was due to the fact that my brother and sister and I were all in the same town for the weekend. I believe our simultaneous presence also increased the frequency of solar flares and caused a two-headed calf to be born on a farm just out of town. Didn't do any of that sort of thing. I. Photographic proof of the cuteness is below, as shown by photos taken by my sister-in-law Margaret&...