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Wednesday March 1, 2023

Lynn's Comments: My daughter liked to empty the kitchen cupboards and climb into them. She especially loved the Lazy Susan. She would lie on the bottom shelf and roll the unit around with her feet: her own private carousel.

Saturday March 4, 2023

Lynn's Comments: We lived in the country. One day a mink got into my kitchen. He stood there looking at me—almost daring me to do something about him. I live trapped the little guy, thought I'd closed his way in, and let him go. Next day he was back in my kitchen, and I was sure he was grinning at me.

Sunday March 12, 2023

Lynn's Comments: When menopause hit, I couldn't believe how uncomfortable I was. The heat I produced was amazing. I would get up in the middle of the night and stand on our deck—happy to have a -30 degree temperature to cool off in. At times, I thought that heat-seeking satellites would be able to pinpoint our house when I was out there suffering!

Sunday March 19, 2023

Lynn's Comments: Ahhhh...I see here that I drew the wrong door in the background. The door you see at the end of the hallway, belonged at the back of the house. The front door had a different window. Some errors I haven't noticed until now!

Monday March 27, 2023

Lynn's Comments: Having "kid-isms" to work with made writing for April a lot of fun. Many of these words came straight from home. Some came from friends, but most of them I just made up.

Thursday March 30, 2023

Lynn's Comments: Even with illustrations, some instructions are still really hard to figure out. A year ago, I bought a Toyota Prius C. The dashboard instructions are so complicated that I still don't know how to change the time on the clock! When daylight savings comes around, I mentally add an hour to the time.

Tuesday April 4, 2023

Lynn's Comments: We are all well aware of the fact that growing kids need a lot of sleep. So, why is it that we can't let sleeping kids lie? ...I think jealousy has something to do with it!

Friday April 7, 2023

Lynn's Comments: We had a sump pump in the basement and I was always afraid it would break down when we needed it. With this in mind, I had a skeptical plumber install a second pump in the same hole. Everyone thought I was being over cautious—until the rains came and the first pump failed. Chalk one up for mom-upmanship!