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She Didn’t Mother, But She Taught Me How

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Not everyone has a Hallmark commercial memory playing above their heads when they think of Mother’s Day. That doesn’t mean I don’t celebrate my Mother and being a mother.

Little People Can Suck Too

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My kids came home from school and told me their friends read the article in our local paper about me. Did I tell you I was in our local paper?      Yes, I did find a way to talk about my underwear…on the front page??? It was fun and for once, my kids thought their […]

Do You Remember

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I need you to start singing Earth Wind & Fire’s “Do You Remember” because that is what my son is singing here while stroking the golf cart.    He came home from school and lept onto it and did everything short of humping. You see our twins haven’t had the golf cart since last summer.  […]

What You Talkin’ Bout Willis

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Why husbands can’t win. Me, “How do I look baby?” (Fishing to hear a nice word thrown my way.)    Jim, “Nice.” Me, “What’s that? Hmmm..” (Clearly needing more.) Jim, “Nice in a conservative way.” Me, “As in?” (Making WHAT YOU TALKING ABOUT WILLIS FACE.)   Jim, “More conservative that your usual.” Me, “You think […]

Funny Easter Story, Another Holiday That Tries to Turn Me Into a Liar

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Another holiday trying to turn me into a liar. When taking our twins to the mall to get a photograph with the Easter Bunny they peer into his mouth and declare, “I see you! I can see the man inside the bunny costume”

The Reality of Friday Nights for Parents of Older Kids

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Last night we ended up with a gaggle of teenage boys fishing in the pond behind the house. Not a bad way for 15 year-olds to spend a Friday evening.   It did end with one of our sons getting stitches. How many times have we as mother said don’t throw rocks and no swinging […]

There is a Name for That, Dysgraphia

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There is a Name for That, Dysgraphia. Our youngest son is in 4th grade.   His name is Peter and he is smart and funny and people are drawn to him. He is an old soul with an inventors heart and a playful laugh. He is so smart one time he enrolled himself into a homeschooling program. […]

Lost in SoCal

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Lost phone equals lost brain, for me. I have been rendered almost useless upon arrival in San Diego when I departed the plane and my phone vanished. I have looked everywhere at the airport and called and used “Find My iPhone” and it has vanished…. …along with all my reservations and addresses and plans for […]

Four-leaf clover patch…Peter’s Tiananmen Square

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We have something amazing. We have our own little patch of good luck. We have an entire patch of four leaf clovers that come back year after year. I walk out of our front door every day and that little patch of four leaf clovers reminds me of how lucky we are. How blessed our […]

Hippies and Pizza

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A long time ago, way before kids, I was invited to a chef’s kitchen experience. It was a chance to spend an evening with friends and wine in the kitchen of a classically trained baker in…Athens, Ohio? We were going to make pizzas! Athens in 1998 was filled with dreads, plaid, cargo short and new age […]

Guess Where I Was?

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If you know me at all you know I live on Facebook. If it’s not on Facebook then it didn’t happen. (You can click the link to make sure we are FB friends because we should TOTALLY be) You would be a doll to like my Facebook page because that is like feeding me cookies. […]

Cat Burglar vs Bird Lady

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Have I ever told about the time I called 911 when Jim was in Washington DC for six weeks and I was home alone with three little boys? It was terrifying and of course it turned out to be funny because I was, as usual, embarrassing myself. Someone had the front door and was shaking it […]

I know it looks like I am a stripper but the wig is actually my husbands.

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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.   The night before the first day of school and because this was our first year […]

I am moving into my closet. Don’t tell the teenagers.

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This is about kids and what other parents don’t tell you. You see today I was trying to write a different blog post. I wrote a story that I need to pull the pictures off my laptop to share within it. I started writing this post from my cell phone. It is a cry for […]

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