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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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Halloween Costume Voting is the the Best Kind of Voting

October 31, 2012

You know I have to pull some favorite pictures to share.  Please look at the last picture if you have ever thought me a liar. Honestly, the kids faces in these pics crack me up!  What a fun time to pretend. I think we should family theme dress tonight and I can be “Lady at [...]

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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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Why is this so much fun?

October 17, 2012

Why is this stuff so much fun? Halloween Mirror Am I a bad mom? The anticipation for them to come come and use the bathroom was too much! They all loved it, they said, even after one kid dropped to the floor in fear. Maybe I am a cool mom? Maybe I will be paying [...]

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Redneck Riviera and Honey Boo Boo

October 14, 2012

You know those airfare deals when you can fly away for $9 and to get home its $20?  They charge you taxes and fees, and for luggage, and even extra for water, and they make you de-ice the plane in Detroit and you can’t fly Wednesday through Tuesday night? Ok, they don’t make you do [...]

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Silly Saturday

October 13, 2012

I’m ordering Thai and locking my bedroom door tonight. Think they are trying to bring the rest of the body back that WAS attached to the hand. Dear boys, please don’t turn on the stove. Dear Insurance Agent, The fire would be self contained anyway as we followed all code requirements when having cabinets built [...]

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Amazing Birthdays and Amazing Story

October 12, 2012

Yesterday we celebrated our twins 13th birthday. They were very sick when I was pregnant with them. They had what is called “Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome” that only affects identical twins.  They shared a placenta and when their umbilical cords attached they attached too close together.  Feeder vessels grew and shunted blood from one [...]

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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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