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Forty-two, yo

March 2, 2012

Today wraps up what I call It’s My Birthday Week So I Get Whatever I Want, No Complaining, yo. My family hates this week. But I don’t care. Because every other stinkin’ week in the whole of the fifty-two weeks is mostly always, yes indeedy, about them. I can have ONE WEEK to call my [...]

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Rooty Tooty Fresh and…OH YEAH!

March 1, 2012

Mornings during the school year are crazy at our house. Getting four kids up and out the door without crying, hiding under the bed, threatening to run away from home, or pulling out all my hair is a daily struggle between what I want to do and what I HAVE to do. Because let’s face [...]

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The part that really blows

February 28, 2012

One of the things I value most in my life is my relationships with other people. While it’s not easy to maintain a lot of close friendships, I work very hard to nurture and support and love my friends, unconditionally. We’re not all the same, obviously. We have different view points and value systems, and [...]

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I think the bigger question is…why is diarrhea always my default?

February 23, 2012

Being a writer is hard. You try and come up with really imaginative, descriptive, witty, interesting, eloquent things to say. And that’s not all. Then you have to compose the thoughts quickly before all the (above mentioned) ideas fly out your medulla oblongata. I’m pretty sure the medulla oblongata is the part of the brain [...]

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To my knowledge no one has ever died playing with dolls

February 21, 2012

Before Ethan came along, most everything we did was pretty girly. You know, American Girl, Disney on Ice…total estrogen overload. Since he was born, nothing has changed. He’s almost seven. Several weeks ago while at the American Girl store AGAIN for like the one-millionth time, Harley had Ethan 99% convinced that he needed to spend [...]

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Forty-one and eleven-twelfths

February 17, 2012

Yesterday I had lunch with one of my college roommates. We lived together for three years and were there for each other during some of the most important years in our lives. For two hours we sat in the restaurant…reliving fun memories and reminding each other about all the stupid, ridiculous stunts we pulled–and got [...]

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Why you should never trust girls named Sheila

February 15, 2012

I don’t feel like I’m an expert on much, but I do know a thing or two about doctors. And I’m pretty wise when it comes to choosing a doctor. You might be asking yourself, what makes you an authority on doctors? And to that I would answer…I’ve grown and birthed four children, had plastic [...]

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Pregnant women. Dogs. It’s pretty much the same thing.

February 14, 2012

Because it’s St Valentine’s Day, I allowed the younger kids to have one piece of chocolate before going to school this morning. After carefully unwrapping her piece, Harley popped the caramel-filled square in her mouth and said, “I feel sorry for pregnant ladies on Valentine’s Day.” Not sure where this was headed I reluctantly asked, [...]

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