Weekly Archives:
Oct 28
From last week:
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on Sweet Juniper:
Thursday Morning Wood Post-Halloween Wrap Up
I had some serious concerns about Halloween this year, mostly because
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on Laid-Off Dad:
...Life was easy, once. Robert was in training pants, TwoBert was
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on Suburban Bliss:
There will likely be a lot of pictures.
I am once again doing the whole NaBloPoMo thing, however, don't
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on Confessions of a Pioneer Woman:
Will these poor punks never learn? You never, ever mess with
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on Finslippy:
It's Day Two of NaBloPoMo. I'm already out of things to
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on Parent Hacks:
Use Twitter as a baby-album-of-sorts
Kim uses Twitter as a repository for baby memories: If you
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on Dad Gone Mad:
Any expression of gratitude I could possibly put here would be
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on Amalah:
So there was this one time when I managed to get
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Johnny Depp speaks out about daughter's illness
Words can't describe the fear that gripped Johnny Depp last spring
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on Dooce:
Hallowhen he bites us, we'll know why
This year was the first time all three of us participated
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on Parent Hacks:
Turn old bras into potpourri sachets
Abel of ParentWonder has sent in many pointers over the last
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on The Mommy Blog:
Man. I cannot believe you stole our candy. Do you see
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on Amalah:
My Monkey. Let Me Show You It.
I know. I KNOW I already posted photos of Noah in
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Rachel Roy's pregnancy must-haves
Fashion designer Rachel Roy, who is expecting her second child in
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on Sweetney:
Sweet(ney) Talk: I Don't Know What I'm Doing Either
When the lovely people over at True Mom Confessions asked me
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on Dooce:
The good people over at Apartment Therapy asked if I would
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on Confessions of a Pioneer Woman:
Black Heels to Tractor Wheels: A Love Story.Part XVIII
“Go ahead and let it go,” I’d told Rhonda the Realtor
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on Dad Gone Mad:
I cried last night. Twice. The first time I cried was
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on Suburban Bliss:
Remember last year's Halloween? Here you go. Best line: I was
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on Laid-Off Dad:
Scaling back the Schadenfreude
It's just so easy to hate the New York Yankees. Less
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on Finslippy:
"You're not going to believe what happened with my stove." "WHAT
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Roberto Cavalli latest to confirm Jennifer Lopez pregnancy
Joining the seemingly endless parade of family members, ex-wives and ex-boyfriends
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on Sweet Juniper:
Our couch was the first piece of real furniture I ever
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on Parent Hacks:
Halloween hack: A "trick" to help kids remember to say 'thank you'
Julie's hack is tough, but it works for her family. Last
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on Dad Gone Mad:
On page 14 of the new issue of Writer’s Digest, the
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on The Mommy Blog:
The Mom Blog Network is Launched!
Last week, I unveiled a nifty new media site dedicated to
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on Laid-Off Dad:
There are myriad reasons why I haven't sat down to write
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on Parent Hacks:
Halloween hack: Storing vinyl cling decorations
Cheri figured out a way to keep Halloween cling decorations in
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Rumer Willis learning to live in the spotlight
Rumer Willis, 19, knows what it is like to be in
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on Sweet Juniper:
I need to take the kid on a school field trip to the pumpkin patch today...
I need to take the kid on a school field trip
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on Suburban Bliss:
This is probably the first time I've ever said this to
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on Confessions of a Pioneer Woman:
Disclaimer: This is not another Photoshop post. So if you’re in
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on The Mommy Blog:
I am popping up all over, people
After a long season of un- and under-employment, not only am
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on Dad Gone Mad:
Hot Wife and I celebrated our 11th anniversary last week with
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on Dad Gone Mad:
Seeing as how I’d had virtually no interaction with babies before
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on The Mommy Blog:
5th Circle of Hell, thy name is Suburbia
Me: good morning Him: hey Me: am almost dead already Me:
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on Suburban Bliss:
While out shopping we saw this chicken hat for the cats
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on Confessions of a Pioneer Woman:
Cleaning Out My External Hard Drive
It’s that time of year, everyone—time to get out your winter
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on Parent Hacks:
Is hiding vegetables in food deceptive?
I've been mildly amused by the debate swirling around Jessica Seinfeld's
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on Finslippy:
Sometimes when we talk about one thing, we're actually talking about something else!
I don't want to exaggerate, but my Wonderland column from last
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on Sweetney:
Happy Halloween! Because time doesn't really matter, does it?
This post should be subtitled: Daylight Savings Time Can Suck My
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on Amalah:
One drawback to the fancy search bar over to the left:
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Day 2
Sunday afternoon/evening is very stressful in my house, what with my husband yelling and swearing at various and sundry players in the NFL. Or at the referees. I used to like football. I grew up in a football house, and I was a huge Giants fans for many years. Not anymore. I can't watch it because he's so damn hostile, it makes the games very uncomfortable for me...
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October 15, 2007
Hullo? Poor neglected blog. Let's see, where does the thread of my life pick up? Already this morning I've spent 45 minutes on the internet. Just checking my email, twittering, and reading one blog. I'm really trying these days, to just do my business and get off the internet potty, so to speak, instead of sitting there, reading the newspaper behind a locked door, hiding from the children, long after having expulgated my colon...
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October 02, 2007
Things I have not done:
* taken my medicine
* used my light box
* drunk any passionflower tea
* exercised
* posted on my blog (embarrassing feat, or otherwise) ... -
September 26, 2007
Okay, first of all, you guys rock! Thank you so much for offering ideas about how to embarrass myself, because I got on the treadmill tonight at 9:30, and nothing else, short of a very large sum of money, could have gotten me to walk tonight. So in lieu of sending me buckets of cash, thank you for helping me exercise! I will post a link to my exercise calendar on Saturday night, and you can see 5 lovely gold stars, and what embarrassment I avoided this week...
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September 24, 2007
Like a neurotic squirrel, these are my nuts.
I had an anxiety episode while mowing the lawn yesterday. You know that feeling you have when you trip over something? The moment before the relief you feel when you've caught yourself, and you realize your not going to fall. That instant of startled fear, and twinge of anger that your being is out control; one tick of the clock when your brain is flailing madly to recover. It's a lot like that, only it lasts several minutes. If memory serves, these interludes of panic accompany my S.A.D. I always think September is too early for these symptoms, that it doesn't really start to get dark until November, but, ready or not here it comes. I'm determined to really do everything I can this year to shut the door on the crazy. Because, being depressed? Is kind of a bummer...
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September 21, 2007
I'm surprised that last post went over like a lead balloon. I want to assure you, if your concerned I'm some sort of masochist, I'm not. The point was not to embarrass myself, the point was to get in the habit of exercising.
So, back to cooking...
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September 20, 2007
Sweet Moses, wheres the delete button?!
Sorry I didn't post what we ate for dinner last night, but dang, I've been swamped with work today. Plus on Wednesdays I volunteered to be the leader to first graders for a group at church, which is basically the equivalent of co-ed Christian Scouts-- patches, badges, games, etc. Every Wednesday I think to myself, why did I volunteer for this dumb thing? The reason being, I wanted my kids to go, and I knew that if I volunteered to be a leader, I would be Committed, and I wouldn't be able to peter out in a few months when I'm sick of taxiing the kids...
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September 18, 2007
(Written last night, I'll post tonight's dinner tomorrow, tomorrow's dinner the next day, etc.)
I'm cranky. I baked a pie and cookies and I don't want to cook dinner. I'm making spinach lasagna, and I'm channeling some guy with ear hair, wearing a dirty wife-beater and smoking a cigar. You got a problem with that? ... -
September 17, 2007
A rip roaring post you'll never forget!
Sheesh, what a weekend. My house has been filled with children, both morning and night. Thankfully at the moment the house is quiet because my kids are at other people's houses. (Or they were when I started this post. Now they're in bed.) I've been having a lot of anxiety/depression something-or-other syndrome this weekend, which consists of me not thinking about moving, and sighing, a lot. Maybe it's SAD and I need to pull out my lightbox, I dunno. I don't even realize I'm sighing, and then I'll hear myself, and realize I've been doing it all day. It's my go-to outlet for anxiety, I guess...
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September 13, 2007
Haley and I have a dynamic in our relationship which I do not like. It played itself out again this morning. I overslept, I have a cold, I'm grumpy. The kids are getting ready, and I offer to help Haley brush her hair. (Okay, first of all, why did I do that? Haley has a very tender head, and never, ever likes to have me comb it because it hurts her. She's the only one who can comb her hair.) Anyway, I offer to comb her hair, and she covers her head and falls on the floor like the roof just collapsed. Now, with my other two kids, this might cause me to roll my eyes, or tell them to give me a break, when Haley does it, IT PISSES ME OFF. A LOT. I snap at her, she cries, I apologize...
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September 12, 2007
My blog is one stop on the Mother Talk book tour for Nick Ruth's The Dark Dreamweaver. I'll start with the good stuff first. This book has a lot of imagination, and creative ideas, in a genre that can be very cliched. It's also riddled with riddles, which I know the 'tween set loves. I can recommend this book to your 10-12 year old...
