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Being Mugged by a Donkey

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We went out to the barn house yesterday and let the boys catch frogs and ride dirt bikes. I was cutting through a small pasture where we let our neighbor keep their Mammoth Jack Donkey when Jim was cracking up at how the Donkey wont leave me alone. He pushes, nibbles on and follows everywhere. […]

Signs from God and the DMV

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I never thought of myself as a very religious person until God started talking to me. He wasn’t saying “Abbie, you sucked this morning when you lost your temper. Try talking kinder to your three sons when you find two alligator snapping turtles in your Jacuzzi. Ask yourself, what would Mary do?” Most people don’t […]

Marshmallow

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Peter, Mom, Dr Dre is sooooo funny! There is this video of a woman saying, “I hear what you’re saying but I am only listening to what I want to.” Then Dr Dre says, “Spoken like a true woman.” Me, PERPLEXED “Dr Dre said this?” Peter, “Sorry, I meant Dr Phil.” I am cracking up […]

Red Moon, of the Behind Kind

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Sometimes you have to be really annoying to remind yourself why you married someone. Here is what I learned last night… If you are out picking up sticks, putting down some grass seed, fixing landscape lights that were beat up over winter and as the sun goes down, and because you have spring fever and […]

Confession

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Peter woke us up at 5:00am complaining he had a terrible nightmare. I tried consoling him and giving him happy thoughts so I, I mean he could go back to sleep. After tossing and turning he declared he was too disturbed to go back to sleep and went about starting his day earlier. He has […]

Yeah, I am Sharing This

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I know I am not a food blogger. I am sharing a Sunday dinner recipe after a conversation at dinner last night with a friend who said she has never made one. I make several variations of pot roasts, one of Jim’s favorite dinners, but here is how I make a really easy red wine […]

Secret Guilty Mom Confessions

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Hello, my name is Abbie. I have a secret guilty mom confession. I have a secret cabinet in my kitchen that my kids don’t know that opens.   Actually, there are two cabinets that look like panels. In one I keep Scotch tape and scissors and the other everything I need to make S’mores. Today […]

2013 Christmas Letter

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Merry Christmas 2013 edition! For the first time since I was 11, I didn’t mail Christmas cards last year. Yes, I mailed my own when I was in elementary school. Stamps were cheap back then and how did I not become the next Martha Stewart? So no, I wasn’t mad at you.  Yes, we’re still […]

Hug Your Kids Long

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While driving to our youngest’s bus stop I noticed a Dad who is always there with his two boys waiting in their car, wasn’t. This is how I gauge whether or not we missed the bus on its last stop. I leave earlier or later depending on all the kids morning activities. This is the […]

My kids are Auditioning for Jacka$$ 2023 Edition, EVERY DAY

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Well, here is the story about probably the most inappropriate thing that was ever said in a Build-A-Bear. Because what my funny kids did to me there ten years ago apparently wasn’t embarrassing enough. Because my kids are auditioning for Jacka$$ 2023, EVERYDAY. Our youngest has had a bunny from Build-A-Bear since before he was […]

House “Guests” and Other Nonsense

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“It is best to simply try and not think of the missing lizard when you are visiting our home.” This was me practicing how to break the news that a lizard is missing in our house before our guests arrived in 30 minutes. Oh, I should add… “In the grand scenario of things, the lizard […]

Totally Twisted Costume Ideas

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My boys have me as a mother. This means I cannot help you with algebra but I will rock you out at Halloween. If only my kids would agree to wear my totally twisted costume ideas. This morning the boys needed ideas for their new prep school costume party. I told the boys to be […]

Is that a jar of mayonnaise on your head?

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Ok, so it looks like this shutdown is about over. Now onto my personal issues. My hair is so dry and fuzzy and winter isn’t even here yet. I am buying everything on Amazon that claims, “moisturizing.” If you ring my doorbell during the “two day shipping” period I am likely to answer the door […]

Fun Fools in the Name of Hospice, Our Fundraiser Ideas

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I spent HOURS making an iMovie for me to lip sync in front of, in the name of a charity fundraiser event at our country club for Hospice. Think “The Real Housewives of My Neighborhood” meets Amy Winehouse’s “Rehab.” Not so far off perhaps. When someone asks what number I am doing for the charity […]

Fake Football Fan Here, It Is All About The Food For Me

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My name is Abbie. I can’t tell you a thing about football but I know I have my boys as a captive audience for food and treats in our little nest for a few hours every Saturday in the fall. What is wrong with me that by 9:00am today, a monday, I was making a […]

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