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Old School Pop Culture References That My Kids Don’t Get

September 6, 2020 By Katy 6 Comments

Ready for a laugh? Then check out this list of pop culture phrases and sayings from the 70s and 80s that your kids have never heard of! This article was originally published on Filter Free Parents. “Don’t touch that dial!” joked the weatherman on the morning news. I chuckled and looked at my teenage daughter [Read More]

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My Whiny Baby Review of Noom, the First Week

August 23, 2020 By Katy 10 Comments

So, I’m trying Noom, the weight loss app thing, and here’s my honest review after the first week. Warning: I’m going to whine about it! First, let me explain a bit about why I’m trying Noom. The last time I dieted was in the 7th grade and I’m not kidding. I’ve always been able to [Read More]

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One Simple Thing Encouraged My Teen to Join our Family During the Pandemic

August 10, 2020 By Katy 9 Comments

Got teens? Got teens in a pandemic? I do and it inspired the post below, which I wrote during the height of the stay-at-home order in April. This originally appeared on Grown and Flown. I never thought a pandemic would magnify typical teenage behavior in my sixteen-year-old son. However, my son still wants nothing to [Read More]

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Middle School Chronicles: A Summer in Quarantine

July 19, 2020 By Katy 4 Comments

I’m pleased to welcome my daughter Sydney to the blog today. Sydney is an 8th grader who wrote the post below about her summer in quarantine. When she’s not writing, Sydney enjoys playing ice hockey, strumming on her ukulele, and baking. Welcome Sydney! “Middle school is easy,” said no one ever. The constant social issues, [Read More]

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Gen X Greetings to Use While Social Distancing

July 5, 2020 By Katy 2 Comments

Some days during the pandemic I felt like Ally Sheedy’s character, Allison Reynolds, in The Breakfast Club. I buried my head, refused to talk, and felt scared and skittish. Yet there were days during quarantine when I felt like a totally different John Hughes’ character, Ferris Bueller. I looked for small sources of joy in [Read More]

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A Letter to My Teenager’s Car

June 21, 2020 By Katy 4 Comments

Last summer, my teen turned 16 and got his driver’s license. It was definitely a rite of passage for him–and me! He also got a used car, not because his dad and I are bajillionaires, but because we found a car that fit our price range. Now our teen could drive himself to hockey practice, [Read More]

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10 Things I Learned in Quarantine

June 7, 2020 By Katy 3 Comments

As things begin to open back up for us here in Michigan (a little slower than most other places), I am feeling a sense of joy and relief. I know we’re not out of the woods, but if I can just go out and about more freely to buy an ice cream cone or a [Read More]

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A 1980s American Girl Doll Needs To Exist, Like, Totally

May 17, 2020 By Katy 4 Comments

Samantha. Julie. Kit. Melody. No, these aren’t the names of girls on my daughter’s team. These are the names of girls who live in my basement. Don’t worry, these girls are inanimate. I’m talking about the historical American Girl dolls my tween has collected over the years. According to the official spiel, each doll is [Read More]

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Coronavirus Words and Phrases I Don’t Want Added to the Dictionary in 2020

May 3, 2020 By Katy 2 Comments

Have you ever noticed that they add new words to the dictionary every year? And they announce it, like we all care? Last year, for instance, they added “escape room” to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Well, 2020 is the year of the coronavirus and I’m pissed, basically, about how many words and phrases are now part [Read More]

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Living My Okay-est Quarantine Life

April 19, 2020 By Katy 6 Comments

I don’t know about you, but I’m not baking bread from scratch or learning a new language during this quarantine. No, I’m having my okay-est quarantine life here in Michigan, where we’ve been under a “Stay Home, Stay Safe” order since March 15. Here’s what I’ve “accomplished”: I finished Tiger King on Netflix. Very entertaining. [Read More]

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