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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June 11, 2008
I am sometimes an experiential learner
I have not yet mastered the art of not asking people what they think. Logan was dressing for baseball practice today, and asked as he skidded to a stop in the kitchen, “Is this shirt too small?” I responded, “Nope. Is this dress too big?” I had on a new summer shift from J.Crew and had been considering throwing away what’s in my closet and just wearing it for the rest of my life. I like it...
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June 02, 2008
So I sat bolt upright in bed this morning at eight o’clock thinking, “Holy CRAP, Dylan’s assembly is in half an hour!”
Dylan was to be honored at the very last assembly of the year as one of grade’s Student in the Spotlight awards. Whee! They don’t usually tell the kids ahead of time, so they can’t exactly send home a note, which could explain why I’ve missed each of Logan’s turns and I think one for Dylan in the first grade...
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May 26, 2008
If you give your mom a new hip…
...She will need a walker. If you give your mom a walker, she will need a one-story house and an accessible shower stall. So, hey! I live two miles from the hospital, and have a master suite with a million pillows and a total ADA-compliant, walk-in shower! Come on over! I’ll be your Convalescence Home. The kids will love waiting on you...
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May 22, 2008
I cannot for the life of me get that song out of my head. I’ve been explaining to the children as well as I can how the doctors were able to replace mom’s hip with a stainless steel one yesterday. They’re just staring at the little bandage, and then at the huge container holding all the stuff draining from the surgical site and going, “Huh?” ...
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May 20, 2008
I’m Mindy, and I’m a White Trash Mom
Well, that does it. I’m nineteen pages into Michelle Lamar’s The White Trash Mom Handbook (Embrace Your Inner Trailerpark, Forget Perfection, Resist Assimilation into the PTA, Stay Sane and Keep Your Sense of Humor) and already I’m willing to throw in the towel and suggest you transfer your links and your loyalty to her. She’s far more organized and sensible than I am, and is able to articulate–in the first nineteen pages no less–why some of us are the way we are and are so incredibly self-conscious about it. She totally strips the veneer off the ideal mom and tells you to knock it off already if you are spending time and energy trying to be perfect, or even good enough. Chances are, you’re aces...
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May 16, 2008
Ask me no questions, I’ll tell you all kinds of things that irk me anyway
Phil wanted to know how my morning went. I love when he shoots me an IM and then logs off to teach; I always have some rant waiting for him when he checks back between classes...
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May 02, 2008
Totally getting one lesson, another sailing over her head
My mom raised us in as gender-neutral a household possible given being a divorced mom to a boy and a girl born twelve months apart. See? That's still funny to me. I chuckle.
Never one to let biological determinism taint my Weltanschauung, I set about raising my children the same way...
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April 30, 2008
I don't even have the energy to go into why this is so bad but if you've been around a while, you'll see the overall pattern. You know, the one that looks like a giant turd...
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April 29, 2008
The weekend dragged like a queen, but tonight was action-packed; I feel as though I've been a million places already.
This evening the little ones wanted to go to their brother's game, so we packed up to go and then… crap. They were going to want to eat at the Snack Shack for dinner. "Anyone want some of what's left from last night?" I asked a little desperately. Nope. WANT GAME...
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April 21, 2008
I’m going to open a drop-in Psych Clinic next to party planning stores
Honest to Betsy, these parents need help. I stumbled on a story about an over the top birthday party (hmm… yes, I believe it was Tom Cruise who wants to spend half a million for Suri's second), and the link jumping just went from there to places no one should ever go...
