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You Have Got To Be Kidding Me
I am trying to think of a useful reason to keep talking about my misfortunate series of events this summer. And, perhaps at the end of today’s blog, I will feel as if I have…
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Beauty Queens, Princesses & Ponies
Little girls, little girls, little girls. I think I was less shocked when my son began proving the whole nature over nurture theory to me when he started being uber-boy than, now, seeing my daughter lassoing…
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Finding a Reliable Babysitter: The Hardest Task on Earth
My husband is an artist. Everyone once in awhile we have an opening to go to that we can’t (won’t) bring the kids to. There was a day when, with only one kid, we…
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Oh, Wicked Past.. Stop Creeping Up on Me…
Funny how people from your past (read: people from your past that you really never want to hear from again) find a way to infiltrate your happy little bubble.. Some folks just can’t leave…
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Something In the Way She Poos
I am knee deep in other people’s poopy. Yesterday I wiped a total of three other being’s bottoms – both kids and the dog. Am I being too sharing??? Tough. The most alarming of…
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The Summer of A*#-Whoopins Part 3: Crippling News
So, anyone else tired of my continuous drama this summer? I am. But, what the hell, let the royal emotional a** kicking continue! Jackson on Easter, 2002 Our sweet dog, Jackson stopped being able to…
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Summer Time, Summer Time, sum sum Summer Time
Anyone else feeling that middle-of-the-summer slump?? Anyone else having those days where you just want to put on all your DVDs and lay in your pajamas with your kids? Or those days where you…
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Boys Will Be Boys….
I have gotten used to people (usually those without kids or those with girls only) looking at my son with great wonder – his preference to jump and run everywhere rather than to walk,…
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Happy 4th of July!
Today is one of my favorite holidays since having kids… A chance to get outside with your friends and eat as much wonderful picnic food as possible, true American style. We have the whole afternoon/evening…
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Oh Where, Oh Where Has My Fresh Air Gone?
One of my best friends has always been one of the most nature-philic people I know. She has to be surrounded, for some part of her day, by mountains or open fields or rivers…