Moms and Dads, have you ever heard of Equine High-Ya disease? I know I’d never heard of it until recently. It’s a serious condition and I must share what I know. Everything about the disease I learned from my husband and daughter, 8. They were playing horsies one evening with those cute Melissa & Doug horses [Read More]
A Girl Scout Cookie Booth Story
It’s Girl Scout Cookie time! Have you stuffed your face full of your favorite kind yet? My eight-year-old daughter is enjoying her first year of Girl Scouts. She’s a Brownie. Last week, she was so excited to work at her troop’s cookie booth at a local super market. I hung around for a few minutes [Read More]
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A Peek into Experienced Bad Mom’s Week
It’s summertime and when I’m not busy sitting on my deck, watching the maple leaves gently blow in the breeze, I’m usually inside watching crappy reality TV like “Celebrity Wife Swap” with Barry Williams and Joe Piscopo. (The ironic part of watching that particular episode is that neither Barry nor Joe had wives. What the what?!) [Read More]
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Summertime is for Weddings and Baseball
We were a family divided this weekend. My husband and seven-year-old daughter flew to Virginia to attend a family wedding. My ten-year-old son and I stayed home so he could play in a baseball tournament. Nothing says SUMMER like weddings and baseball, right? And nothing says FUNNY like the things that came out of my [Read More]
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Generation X References That My Kids Don’t Get
I gave him a hug, the young 22-year-old who was graduating from college. Arnold (not his real name) had worked for me at the University since he was an 18-year-old freshman. And here he was. Going out into the real world. He told me about his new job in Milwaukee. “Ooo,” I said excitedly. “Did [Read More]
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Too Cool for School
I was trying on scarves with my daughter Sydney, age 7. After draping the scarves just so, and putting on some accessories, I thought we looked pretty fly. “We look good! We’re too cool for school!” I proclaimed. “But we can still go to school, right?” she asked, eyebrows knitted together. “I like school!” Ha! [Read More]
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3 Things I Learned From My Kids
In lieu of my weekly round-up of funny stuff, I am sharing the 3 Things I Learned From My Kids This Week. Trust me. What I learned is just as silly as the crazy tweets and cartoons I’ve been sharing on Fridays! The first Thing I Learned This Week is that these Barbies are NOT [Read More]
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