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Faith made cookies.
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The daily bread. This needed about 5 more minutes in the oven, but it tastes great.

This week, (last night, in fact) the propane tank ran dry. They’ll be out to fill it on Monday, and it’s not cold this weekend, but that means no running hot water. The grimy kids are gonna be a little grimier. And boiling water to wash dishes, a pain. But it’s okay.

Last of the Mohicans
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Me and Perry

I love this suit on the babies.

 

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Baby dancing to Gogol Bordello #startwearingpurple
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#spockeyebrow
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We've been invaded by ladybugs! I guess they took "get a room" literally.
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I postponed the book club to next week. Faith finally got the crud yesterday, so I stayed home with her, Perry and Quine while Sean and the rest of the kids went to All Saints Mass. I don’t think anyone will be contagious tomorrow, but I know I can’t be ready in time because I still feel kinda crummy myself. So, next Friday. 

Gilbert and Abby are building a timeline fur American History by annotating Timeline (the game) cards. 

Gilbert likes Abby’s formatting better and said he’s going to redo his card.

Now, off to start dinner prep! Side note: Anna and Elsa look like bug creatures. Those eyes!

Another well documented November on the way.

I have so many things to read. I never finished the middle grade book club book this month. (The kid who picked it can’t come to the meeting, which took the wind out of my sails.) I’m keeping up with Abby and Gilbert in American History. I have several long form articles on gender theory that are lurking in my Pocket. And I have some things to read for my book club that I haven’t even looked at.

But you know, Facebook. 

We’re using SNAP (food stamps) to keep from starvation these days, thanks to our straitened means. We could afford the utilities and the mortgage, or to eat. We’re partial to all those things, you know? We get $4 per person per day, which is a tiny bit of money to feed four teenagers as well as everyone else. So that’s also taking some time, as I make a lot of the things we used to purchase already made. Bread, pizza, cookies. And no takeout, ever, which means all meals at home, which means Rather A Lot Of Cooking. It tastes good but it’s time consuming. I’m going to get Gilbert on board as the baker of our Daily Bread.

Halloween was fun, but cold.

Now back to reading!

My bookends a year ago.
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These two were some sort of bad assassin types. Villains!
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Gilbert is The Master! #doctorwho #doctorwhocosplay #themaster #endoftime
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Wirt and Greg from Over the Garden Wall. #otgwcosplay #otgwwirt #otgwgreg #jasonfunderberkerthefrog
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My cousin's grandbaby. Doll baby!
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Happy Halloween!
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At the grocery store with a couple of my fellas
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Fresh bread!
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I feel like such a good mom on Halloween. It’s one of my strong suits. I have all these creative kids, who have costume Ideas and every year we make them happen. This year we have Wirt from Over The Garden Wall, Papyrus from Undertale, Astro Boy, The Master from Doctor Who – The End of Time, a 1930s gangster, a femme swordswoman, Hello Kitty, and Greg from Over The Garden Wall. (Clementine is not into costumes, at all.)

I may suck at other stuff, but I’ve got this one. Pictures of the lot tomorrow.

Some viral rash going on with Perry. You can kinda see it on his cheeks and nose. His fever broke last night and he was all happy and playful, at 3AM, heh. Maybe #roseola?
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Bede is Astroboy!
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Doc Brown Dorothy
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My conversational MO today
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Quine lines and names the amiibo.
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Perry has a low grade fever that came on around 3AM, and both Gilbert and Dorothy woke up complaining of sore throats. Another stay home day, and with this many ill I'm not letting *anyone* go to Mass. #sharingisNOTcaring
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Faith and Peregrine are Wirt and Greg from Over The Garden Wall.
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I read about this in a study a friend sent me about the fever effect. Bede was game to try it. We'll see! If it helps him communicate we can give it to Quine as well. #sulforaphane #autistibede
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Perry makes his sign "bunny" for his birthday bunny #littlebunnyfoofoo
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25F/-4C and beautiful this morning
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