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I must unpack. I promised Sienna she could watch a movie in 8 minutes, and furthermore I must unpack. But I wanted to get a quick post up.<\/p>\n

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The female minions had their first ballet classes here in Ave Maria. They loved them! And were, I\u2019m told, very respectful and obedient. Score 1 for this month\u2019s parenting tactics!<\/p>\n

This is what we\u2019re doing tonight:<\/p>\n

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I really have to hand it to Ave Maria. They have their priorities in order. No gas station, no Target, no proper doctor\u2019s office\u2026.but they have a pub next to the coffee shop.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s like they read my mind and then built a town around it.<\/p>\n

Oh, though I think it\u2019s bloody weird (hehehe) that they named their pub after Bloody Mary, the historical disclaimer on their website<\/a> notwithstanding. As far as I know, there\u2019s always some truth in rumors. Their version also doesn\u2019t seem too believable. Really? Only citing one source? In a college town? F for effort, guys. I wanna see an annotated bibliography before I\u2019m convinced. Couldn\u2019t they have picked an actual good Catholic queen? Catherine of Aragon, Mary\u2019s mom, was pretty dang rockin\u2019. They could have called it the \u201cCast-Off Queen\u201d. Hahaha.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m done amusing myself now. I apologize. Happy Saturday! I\u2019m off to unpack the library, and because the Ogre is OCD about our books, I have to organize them by subject and author within that subject. (I balked when he asked me to do them chronologically within subjects, but mostly just because I wouldn\u2019t have been able to do it without Google.) Historical theory is giving me real trouble, too. History, or philosophy? Jeez. <\/p>\n

Oh yeah, and speaking of the first of many wives, here you go. Watch it with the kids. Mine think the rolling heads are particularly hilarious. (Actually they really do. We\u2019re into factual history in this house. No sense white-washing the monarchy, after all. Especially since they\u2019re all werewolves now<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

Oh my gosh! I almost forgot! Melanie <\/a>is doing something BRILLIANT. Please go bask in the awesomeness. <\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"