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Why Summer Vacations are Longer for Mother’s of Boys…

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I’ve been preparing them. I taught them to make their favorite meal, linguini with clams, because they will get sick of Jim’ eggs.

This Stuff Only Happens To Me!

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Have you ever felt like your kids school’s teachers and staff think you are disheveled, bonkers or possibly a stripper? Well, after the story I am about to tell you you will realize that my kids principal and school counselor probably think I am all three.

Who Taught You Everything Bad?

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Everything BAD I ever learned, I learned from a cousin!
It was the Fourth of July and a different cousin and I were using cigars to light fireworks down a dirt rural road. I found out that night that not only were we too young to smoke but fireworks were illegal in Michigan.

The Bethenny Frankel Show Called Me!!!

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The same way people fantasize about winning the lottery, I am fantasizing about my girlfriend and I running away to CAL-i-forn-“I”-“A” to meet Bethenny Frankel! Heck, I think ALL of my neighborhood girlfriend peeps would fly out for that!

Is she calling to tell me we won?!!!!

Hatfield’s and McCoy’s

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Our Peter’s first grade teacher’s names this year were Mrs. Hatfield and Mrs. McCoy.

The Turtle Has 1 Toe On 1 Foot, Like A Human, Wanna See It?

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“The turtle had one toe on one foot, just like a human toe. Wanna see it?”

God and That Sense of Humor

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I hit the clicker and as I looked down to check the photo and I saw she was upside down! No worries as she was fine but…priceless.

Booger-Gate

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I tell them I have bought a BOOGER DNA test from Walgreens and if whomever has done this despicable act comes clean before I get the results I might be more understanding.

Is it Possible to Write Without Insulting? I Say, IMPOSSIBLE!

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I hope you understand and hope you might get to know me enough one day that you would know that hurting people is not even close to what I am about. I do admit that I find things to laugh about but that comes from waaayyyyy back. That comes from the same place that the people who like to make people laugh draw from. I kind of consider it a gift, even if I had to go around the block a bit to receive it.

It’s a Cage, OMWord, I Just Assembled a Cage For My Child

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One would think that by the third child I would have been less concerned and wouldn’t be behaving like a first time parent.

Nope, I ordered a safety cover for Peters crib to use for a few months until we was accustomed to the new house.

I put it together stepped back to look at it and, OMWord, I just assembled a cage for my child!

Why Can’t You Drop Your In-Laws off at a “Safe Haven”, No Questions Asked?

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Have you had to raise your parents or found their “stash” under the claw foot bathtub when you were a kid? Do you want to help me get a bill passed that allows for “Safe Haven’s” to be established in every community for dropping off your in-laws, no questions asked?

Peter And His 8th Birthday Today!

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Probably not as excited as he would have been had he’d gotten the veiled chameleon or Jesus Christ lizard he asked for. I would be in charge of buying crickets and we would have to listen to them prior to being eaten and I just decided I might go mad feeling like I was in a Poe novel.

Do Not Tell My Kids About The Zombie Apocalypse!

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Then I hit a moment of genius. Well, first I asked another friend that owns a nursing home if I could borrow a couple of dead bodies for a few hours before they have them “officially” hauled away.

Youth Will Eventually Work It’s Way Out

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Naivety can be a blessing and youth will eventually work itself out, with age.

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