Monthly Archives: October 2010

Friday Flyer

Posted on October 22, 2010 by OneMom

It has been one year since we started the process of buying our house. Nice to be out of that stressful, uncertain time. Hannah is especially excited that this year the holidays and her birthday won’t get kind of lost … Continue reading →

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Mandating Parent Involvement

Posted on October 21, 2010 by OneMom

Michigan’s Wayne County Prosecutor is pushing for legislation that would put parents in jail for three days if they fail to show up for at least one parent-teacher conference each year. The prosecutor, Kym Worthy is pushing for this in … Continue reading →

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Snyder Up, Bernero Down

Posted on October 20, 2010 by OneMom

The latest poll from Rasmussen Reports shows that it is very likely Michigan will have a Republican for our next Governor. Rick Snyder leads Virg Bernero 54% to 34%. Even if the Lansing Mayor managed to get every voter who … Continue reading →

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Posted on October 15, 2010 by OneMom

Hannah’s been learning about Samuel Morse this week in school. If I typed it correctly, today’s blog post should read “Friday Flyer” in Morse Code. Wednesday our gas prices went to $3.07/gallon. About 12 hours later it went back to … Continue reading →

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Another Michigan Oil Spill

Posted on October 12, 2010 by OneMom

I knew someone spilled oil somewhere, because once again our gas prices went from 2.76/gallon to 2.99/gallon in short order. What I didn’t know was that the “spill” was only about 100 miles from here, near the Straits of Mackinac, … Continue reading →

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