Weekly Archives:
Jun 22
From last week:
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on Parent Hacks:
Spray bottle makes cool (and water-saving) fun during the summer
Annmarie's hack uses far less water than the kiddie pool or the
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on Sweetney:
Mass media convergences (subtitle: I really, really need a nap (and probably one or several drinks))
Typing on a computer from the comfort and safety of your couch
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on Savvy Source:
Wise Words from Olivia and Her Maker
We can't let this month pass without special mention of Olivia, that
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on Suburban Bliss:
I mentioned the other day how Max was only in it for
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on MamaPop:
Six More Reasons to Get Amped About The Dark Knight
Ohhhhh emmmmm geeeeee, you guys. The premiere of The Dark Knight is
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on Laid-Off Dad:
Leaving a stinging, hairless scab in its wake
You know when you're walking down the street, minding your own business,
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on Cool Mom Picks:
Big Brands Doing Cool Things: Aurora's Eco-Plush Animals
Mostly we're fans of handmade plush around here, but we also understand
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on Dad Gone Mad:
When I was an undergrad at Fresno State in the early 90s,
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on Sweet Juniper:
Her mother reads in the paper today...
Her mother reads in the paper that they are wrapping the old
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on Confessions of a Pioneer Woman:
Try Keeping Your Tongue in Your Mouth While Reading This Post
Have you ever caught someone watching a really sad scene in a
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on Dooce:
The eyebrows run in the family
That's my seventeen-year-old niece Mariah, my sister's oldest kid. She probably looks
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on Cool Mom Picks:
My daughter adores cartoon characters, as she is biologically programmed to, but
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on Dad Gone Mad:
Eight Weird Things That Happen When You’re Writing a Book
1. Sometimes you’ll be sitting with your family at the dinner table,
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on Parent Hacks:
Sprinkler hose may be a better solution for toddler lawn water play
Here's how Tracy tweaks backyard sprinkler play: The comment about the
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on Savvy Source:
Savvy Speaks with The Happiness Project's Gretchen Rubin
We at The Savvy Source are devotees of Gretchen Rubin's The Happiness
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on Suburban Bliss:
I told him everything doesn't have to be white.
I have a few places to share with you today... I closed
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on Finslippy:
The Wii Fit is my passive-aggressive friend who has cool games but
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on Confessions of a Pioneer Woman:
My Eleven-Year-Old Daughter: A Vignette
All things considered, she’s turning out okay. Oh, I know, I know—considering
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on Dooce:
Jon opened up his own etsy shop a few weeks ago to
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on MamaPop:
Britney Gets Overnights With the Boys
Britney Spears has learned that actually showing up for court can be
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on Cool Mom Picks:
A Dandy Alternative To Backpacks For Kids
My three year-old has entered that phase I'm lovingly describing as Her
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on Savvy Source:
Keeping a Journal with Young Kids
As we've been musing about all month, young children have a tremendous
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on Suburban Bliss:
There are worse things to be in it for.
Max is attending day camp this week. This is a camp that
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on MamaPop:
Heidi Montag Presents: Songs From The Hellmouth!
I'm just going to apologize right up front here: yesterday, I caused
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on Laid-Off Dad:
I have an interesting conundrum regarding my imminent matrimonicide: I don't know
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on Dad Gone Mad:
I burned the turkey burgers. “You have to watch them, Danny!” “I
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on Sweet Juniper:
On the way to Cedar Point amusement park...
On the way to Cedar Point amusement park for my eighth-grade class
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on Sweetney:
I won't have what she's having
I'd like to take a moment and talk about Meg Ryan.
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on Parent Hacks:
Road trip car games to pass the time on long drives
Car games! A long-standing road trip tradition. If you've already exhausted your
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on Dooce:
For breakfast most mornings I have a bowl of Bob's Red Mill
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on MamaPop:
Poor Dannielynn Doesn't Even Stand a Slim Chance of Growing Up to be Normal
Dannielynn Hope Marshall Stern Birkhead Jingleheimer Smith (you know, Anna Nicole Smith's
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on Amalah:
Dear Jason, I Bring You the Gift of HYSTERICAL PREGNANT NESTING. You're Welcome.
For Jason's birthday, I made him finally replace that godawful Eyeball Nipple
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on Cool Mom Picks:
Happy Camper Week on Cool Mom Picks: Great Outdoors Cookies from Eleni's
We've been getting so many requests for camp picks now that some
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on Confessions of a Pioneer Woman:
Perky vs. Droopy: A Study in Canine Musculature
Suzie, my sweet old Jack Russell traitor, who abandoned me a couple
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Found Money
The other day Logan stopped at the market on his way home from work. On his way out he saw a pile of money outside the car next to him. It was $70, so he waited in his car to see if the person who owned the money came back to the car. After 15 minutes or so he decided this was a waste of time and left a business card on the car saying, "Did you lose something?"
I wonder if the woman who came back to her car actually lost her sense of wonder, or her faith in the world and read Logan's note as a sign from God...
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June 27, 2008
I mentioned the other day how Max was only in it for the mustache. I also mentioned how that little gem came after a monstrous tantrum, totally fitting for the two year old Max, but not so much fitting for the 7.5 year old Max.
All afternoon after a full day of camp, he mentioned several times he didn't like it, he wasn't going back, it's torture. I asked him why, he said, "It's boring." I can tell you what's "Boring", sitting around the house trying to find something to do because all your friends are on vacation and your mom is trying to work.
Camp, on the other hand, is really not boring...
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June 25, 2008
I told him everything doesn't have to be white.
I have a few places to share with you today... I closed out the Camping With Kids guide at Mighty Junior today. I loved putting it together, it made me a little more excited to go camping this summer with the family...
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June 24, 2008
There are worse things to be in it for.
Max is attending day camp this week. This is a camp that costs $40, lasts from 9am to 4pm and is not a Vacation Bible School run by Baby Eating Presbyterians. So far it sounds awesome right? I picked Max up yesterday and he was wearing a pretty awesome fake mustache that made him resemble a character (in my mind) called "The Side Kick" from the Sabotage video...
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June 12, 2008
Tonight I collected all my favorite summer pictures for the last, I don't know, three years? I think love summer because winter is so horrible here...
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June 11, 2008
I never post and then all I do is blabber on and on.
A week or so ago Maddie saw the dreaded Maturation Video at school. You know the one where they tell you about your period and body odor and the fact that you'll grow breasts...at some point. I already handled these things with great ease, or not. Still, I did buy her a book and it answered a lot of her questions and kind of narrowed down the things she wanted to know about...
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June 02, 2008
Friday morning I decide enough is enough and three nights of not sleeping isn't worth pretending I'm a healthy person. I accept I'm a sickly weak person who has been on antibiotics three times in two months and called the doctor about the cough that is trying to kill me (and my marriage).
At the doctor I have chest x-rays taken and hey! Hello Bronchitis! You're a new affliction I haven't yet had in the last three months. I mention to the doctor how I was supposed to go camping, in the rain, and how I probably shouldn't go, right? I mean, if you could just give me a note to give my son that would be swell.
He doesn't see any reason to cancel the trip, even when I reminded him about the tent, the rain, the lightening, and the lack of bathrooms he still thought I'd be just fine on a camping trip.
Jerk...
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May 30, 2008
One day in high school I was standing in line ordering my bagel without cream cheese for lunch. After I ordered my lunch I would carry it to the orchestra classroom and eat it there outside of the glare of, what felt like, the constant scrutiny of the other students...
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May 15, 2008
For the last month or so Logan's been scheduled with about 100 hours worth of work on various projects, even though generally one works about 40 hours a week, 60 if you have no life or kids or house or wife. A-hem. Things are reasonably caught up so he's decided to take a day off tomorrow.
Do you understand what this means? Tomorrow, I get to spend the entire day with my husband. Alone...
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May 14, 2008
Maddie talked on the phone with Logan's mother on Mother's Day. Yes, My Mother In Law who I'm not allowed to talk about here. The one I don't speak to and such. Logan is right this minute frantically running around his office looking for alcohol, any kind of alcohol, so he can read a little further...
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May 09, 2008
First, let me set your mind at ease. Gary the cat came back. Of course the neighbors didn't try to eat him, but don't think that means they won't at some point.
Back in February, I went to Portland with Maggie and then all the ladies came at the end and it was very fun. The only problem is we bought all this stuff and then I left it in Maggie's apartment for her to deal with. Which was understandable, I only had two bags to get home with, but still not very fun for them...
