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Welcome to the Mandel 5!

Thanks for stopping by our little world.  There is never a dull moment in this house with Rob's teaching jobs, my part-time teaching and part-time photography, three busy kids, and more pets than we need.  Check out the links above to read my friends' blogs, find old posts, or get in touch with me.

Category Archives: rob

evening with one kid

Now that the kids are older, we find ourselves without one or more of them for entire days and sometimes even nights.  Today Megan and Nathan were at friends’ houses so we just had Logan.  He wanted to go to Chi Chi and Uncle Brady’s baseball game.  My dad was there keeping score as usual. ...

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tonsillectomy tomorrow

You can all start praying now because I am a big baby!  Since I had strep throat five times in three months, I have to get my tonsils out tomorrow morning.  I am a very bad patient.  And I am very nervous.  Rob is off this week and the kids are back in school so...

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rob’s birthday

Today Rob celebrated the big 4-0 (but 40 is the new 20 so it’s all good).  He started the day doing what he loves – fishing with Nathan.
Then we met his family at this dad’s house and had lunch at Milano’s in the harbor.  We love that place.Happy birthday, Rob.  We love you!

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better

Slowly but surely, I am feeling better.  Maybe it was a sinus infection and the antibiotics are working.  I even took a shower today and drove Logan to school.  Big accomplishments for me this week! 
Tomorrow is a big birthday for Rob.  I won’t say how old but I bet you can guess.  ...

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