Was planning on writing about allowance today but it seems so inconsequential when the storm of the century is battering the entire East Coast. Last year at about this time, Hurricane Irene almost devastated New York City. This time it seems more dire. Eerily unprecedented. Newscasters using terms like “catastrophic,” “mind boggling” and “unlike anything we’ve [...]
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about what to be for Halloween this year? No silly, this is not about the election! I’d NEVER do that on my blog. Because then I’d be one of those people who talks about who I’m voting for, or, worse, puts signs up in my yard and then you’d judge me. If I said OBAMA [...]
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I think a lot can be learned about people by their use of ‘Reply All.’ Originally created as a work tool to help disseminate information (similar to that of an office memo back in the ice age), today the ‘Reply All’ button, IMHO, is grossly overused. Maybe people think they’re being funny and want others [...]
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Right around the age of six it seems that Halloween costumes make the not so gentle transition from super cute to super slutty. I mean, one minute my kid’s wearing this: …and the next minute she’s begging for this: Um. Really? NOT. Over my dead body are you wearing that. Come to think of it, [...]
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It took me about a week to figure out this was a zucchini. Whoops. I really should have noticed that back in July. But life just gets so busy, you know? Plus, what if it had been a science experiment for one of my daughter’s classes? I’d just feel terrible had I thrown it away. [...]
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Ohh. Feels like fall! So, quick! Before it regresses back to 95 degrees in the shade, run, don’t walk to the nearest grocery store and stock up on pumpkins, bales of hay, cranberries, cinnamon sticks, and anything else that will get you feeling crispy!! Oh how I love, love, love fall! But alas, I know [...]
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If my daughter gets her period before age 11 can I sue Costco? I’m not kidding. Because I just happened to be shopping there over the weekend and couldn’t help but notice that every single piece of produce and every single slab of meat looks absolutely perfect. Perfect like this: And then I just happened [...]
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Every year I say I won’t do it. But then I do it anyway. Overschedule my kids. Are you the same? It all starts like this: A simple game of Tetris. My life. Probably your life, too. Just as you’re tossing your last dive stick into the pool and squeezing the chlorine out of your [...]
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I don’t know about you but I have an inordinate amount of piles in my house. Piles that get shifted to various locations depending on the goings on of the household. Typically mail piles are pretty much everywhere unless people are coming over. Then they get shoved into drawers. Which is really bad because bills [...]
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They look happy enough. So why am I crying? I’ve been unusually anxious over the past few weeks. You know, your typical can’t eat, eat too much, yell too much, stay away from me or you’ll be in time-out for no reason, and just a general feeling of unease. Didn’t quite know what it [...]
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I love Sour Patch Kids. I'd eat Ranch dressing on my shoe. My kids think I like my computer more than I like them. I have road rage.
