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The Maker’s Bedroom Door

by Lisa Creech Bledsoe on February 3, 2010 · 3 comments

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I knew you would enjoy this, violent people that you are.

If only the purple one showed up better: it looks like if you enter without caution you could get a bloody lip. Like, a serious bloody lip, with enough blood to satisfy a whole pack of vampires. Of course, they say head wounds bleed a lot.

I also like “Dager,” which the husband says means dagger, but I think indicates danger. As in, Danger, you might slip on all the blood.

I’m also thinking of sneaking away with the “Leave now or els” which is so much like Leave now or eels that I giggle every time I see it.

Which really takes away from the aura of Dager.

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Snow Day

January 30, 2010
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It started coming down in earnest about 7 pm on Friday night, and by then the Ice was over his misery at being forbidden to go to a skating party that was due to run until 11 pm in a town 30 miles away. The First, however, had already made good his escape and was [...]

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Water-Powered Boat

January 17, 2010
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As you can see, the Maker has been at it again. This time he put together a water-powered boat made from paper plates, a cup, a straw, some blue painter’s tape, and a wad of gum (which he borrowed from one of his brothers).
When I saw the working demonstration, this craft had already been tested [...]

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Boy Bling

January 14, 2010
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I had a vague idea that the Maker was collecting can tabs, but I had never seen this monstrously marvelous super-G chain of eco-money until he came downstairs with it on.
As you can see from the sheer number of tabs — would you guess 500? he doesn’t know how many there are — he’s been [...]

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The Amount of Fun You Can Fit In A Sock

January 7, 2010
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Beanies fit nicely into a sock. Stockings are the best part of Christmas for this very reason.
We’ve always been light on the gift-giving: each child receives two to four gifts under the tree, plus a stocking. The husband and I don’t exchange gifts at all (why on earth would we need to?). For some unknown [...]

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Deer Bully: You’re Going Down

December 8, 2009
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Besides the fact that this story features the triumph of a good deer over a clearly bad one, I like that the entire narrative is a single sentence. I was slightly disappointed that the knuckle sandwich never got delivered, but I also realize the author may have been facing some physiological issues he hadn’t encountered [...]

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Sneaky Boy Money Making Tactics

November 27, 2009
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Gram and Papa Clyde took all of us to IHOP this morning before they headed back to Memphis. We dined sumptuously on pancakes, french toast, bacon, eggs, hash browns, biscuits and gravy, and the Maker and the Ice competed to see who could drink more of the little creamers in the baskets on our three [...]

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The Smell of the Very Last Baby

November 20, 2009
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When the last of my baby boys grew out of his infant clothes I passed all of the marvelous tiny baby things I’d accumulated to another friend who needed them.
Almost all.
One of the Maker’s tee shirts (also worn by his older brothers when they were newborns) I folded carefully — unwashed — into a little [...]

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Umbrella Poem

November 12, 2009
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The Maker is on a roll. Clearly the train theme from earlier in the week is still running, but today he’s responding to the three-day deluge with humor and creativity.
Umbrellas keep you dry from the rain
Just like if your riding a trian,
Umbrellas keep you from the sun,
When your having so much fun,
Small umbrellas can go [...]

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My Train Kentucky Sneaky Love Poem

November 10, 2009
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I found this poem from the Maker on my pillow yesterday; it was folded neatly into a homemade envelope and sealed with a tiny smiley face that had been cut out of masking tape.
I Love you so mutch I cant explain
Id’e like to rid whith you on a trian
Id’e ride to kentucky Id’e ride all [...]

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