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A Sudanese girl from the war-torn Blue Nile state collects water from a muddy pond, in order to avoid a 12-hour wait at a water pump, in South Sudan's Doro refugee camp December 10, 2011. [...]]]> http://american-family.org/2012/03/26/thank-you-taxpayers-2/feed/ 2 http://american-family.org/2012/03/20/may-the-odds-be-ever-in-your-favor/ http://american-family.org/2012/03/20/may-the-odds-be-ever-in-your-favor/#comments Tue, 20 Mar 2012 01:40:18 +0000 AmericanFamily http://american-family.org/?p=4276 I was going to write something tonight, but I decided I should read the Hunger Games again in preparation for the movie premier later this week.  Sadly, no one will agree to go to the Thursday midnight showing with me (losers), so I am debating going to see it alone or going friday afternoon while [...]]]> http://american-family.org/2012/03/20/may-the-odds-be-ever-in-your-favor/feed/ 11 http://american-family.org/2012/02/13/i-am-a-house-person/ http://american-family.org/2012/02/13/i-am-a-house-person/#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:47:41 +0000 AmericanFamily http://american-family.org/?p=4198 That last post reminded me that I still haven’t answered Jody‘s question from way back when:

I’m wondering, why do you think you’re a house-mover?  Because I feel like, there are people who are totally comfortable and excited about moving houses every few years (my in-laws, several of our neighbors who are getting antsy, etc.) [...]]]> http://american-family.org/2012/02/13/i-am-a-house-person/feed/ 6 http://american-family.org/2012/02/06/the-dark-decade-the-sweet-spot-and-undesirable-number-one/ http://american-family.org/2012/02/06/the-dark-decade-the-sweet-spot-and-undesirable-number-one/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:56:52 +0000 AmericanFamily http://american-family.org/?p=4175 This week, M will turn nine.  NINE.  As in, half way to the end of my legal parenting responsibility for her.  I know it is hard to believe, but I am not one of those parents who gets all verklempt about my babies growing up.

Except this time, I am.  How can my baby be [...]]]> http://american-family.org/2012/02/06/the-dark-decade-the-sweet-spot-and-undesirable-number-one/feed/ 10 http://american-family.org/2011/09/15/sds/ http://american-family.org/2011/09/15/sds/#comments Thu, 15 Sep 2011 18:21:32 +0000 AmericanFamily http://american-family.org/?p=3808 Ever since we moved in, we have had a problem with our garage.  That problem’s name is Animals.

When we first took possession of the house, I spent an entire day shoveling a large trashcan full of poop out of every disgusting crevasse and corner.  Then we disinfected and painted the whole thing.  Then, I blocked [...]]]> http://american-family.org/2011/09/15/sds/feed/ 12