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Confession, I am a Hoarder

November 11, 2012

I spent all day yesterday on a ladder and with a bucket cleaning our front porch. Not until I was done did I feel genuinely bad my neighbors had to look at our mildewed white porch all fall. I do this a couple of times a year but it has been a really rainy year [...]

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Even The Universe Finds Us Ridiculous

November 9, 2012

My husband and I have been together since we were kids in rural Michigan.  Our families still share vegetables, (mostly because they want to rub it in each others faces who’s came in first and who has the biggest) and my husband never had a washer and dryer growing up.  Sundays were laundromat days with [...]

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Should Have Married a Dentist

November 6, 2012

I love iPhoto.  I tried repeatedly to erase a blemish on someone’s face before I realized my laptop screen has a little boy “finger goober” on it. Then I had that “oh crap” moment! You know, the moment you realize you just sprayed your laptop screen with your dogs breath spray instead of the screen cleaner. [...]

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

October 22, 2012

Running a story I told a while back.  Thought it was relevant since I cannot write today because Peter signed me up as room mother.  You would think the kid would know his mom a little better than that.  ;) Here goes… Have you ever felt like your kids school’s teachers and staff think you are disheveled, [...]

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Party Just in Case the Mayans are Wrong

October 18, 2012

I need your opinion. Is it ok to plan a birthday party for yourself? I am turning 40 on 12/21/2012 You know, the date the Mayans predict the world will end. So here I am with a birthday that is the first day of winter solstice, and also the shortest day of the year. It is [...]

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Our Character on Character

September 23, 2012

Character on Character: Our eight year-old Peter and I spend a great deal of time in the school parking lots.  We are either waiting after we drop off his brothers at the middle school or waiting to pick them up.  Sometimes we play games, usually listening to music, and he likes to read to me [...]

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I Was Interviewed by CNN and not for Mischief, Kind of Anyway

September 20, 2012

I am quoted by Shanon Cook from CNN today! Check it out by clicking the photo. Does Botox Affect The Ability To Parent?  By Shanon Cook, CNN Below is the funny story that led to Shanon Cook contacting me.  I have been so excited to share it with you.  I wasn’t saying a word until I read the [...]

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Blogger Idol

September 17, 2012

I can’t believe I am doing this. I am still trying to find my “like” button on my new self hosted site and I somehow think I am now qualified to audition for… Blogger Idol I am afraid my “like” button is gone forever but if you have ever “liked” my stories before please head [...]

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Birth of a Blog

September 2, 2012

By talking to myself I am ensuring my external hard drive keeps the memories that my mind sometimes cannot remember. When I looked back at my photographs I knew I needed to tell the story. My blog was born.

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Introducing Us

August 21, 2012

I want to create a place for people to check after they have read the days news in the car pickup line at school or on the side of a practice field and now you need a smile.

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