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Vroom Vroom
Ten days ago the power windows in my car stopped working. The good news? They work some of the time. The bad news? They work some of the time. So my husband and I are re-visiting the discussion of whether or not it’s time to buy a new car. (Mine’s a 2002. Stuff keeps breaking!) [Read More]
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Experienced Bad Mom Goes Grocery Shopping
Photo source I ran into a neighbor while grocery shopping last week. She’s the mother of two teenagers. As we chatted, I glanced into her basket. It held nothing but healthy stuff: apples, broccoli, whole wheat flour, etc. Everything was good for you. Meanwhile, my cart was overflowing with crap. I did have apples, bananas, [Read More]
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Pregnancy vs. Parenthood
In my day job, I work with doctors who conduct research. Even though most of these doctors do not see patients, they still receive a lot of free magazines for their non-existent waiting rooms. One such magazine is Pregnancy & Newborn. I must walk by this magazine on display at least 3 times a day. [Read More]
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I Feel Like Chicken Tonight
I’m coming clean. This is what I fed my kids for dinner one night last week. I don’t know what’s more disturbing: 1. That it’s a frozen kids meal that consists of mostly beige, processed food, 2. That the box is really trying to claim it’s good for kids: white meat chicken! whole grain! protein! [Read More]
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Dressed for Success
Last week I posted the following picture of my daughter: It’s from the first day of school last September. When I look at it, I think 2 things: 1. Aww. She’s so cute. 2. Suri Cruise. Yup, that’s right. I think about some celebrity’s 5-year-old child. And it’s not because of the stir little Suri [Read More]
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The Truth about Thank You Notes
I was skimming Facebook and came across a post from Hallmark about helping kids write thank you notes. As it is January, and the presents have long been opened, played with, and put away, I have no excuse for not making my kids write thank you notes. Except that it’s torture. I know, I’m whining. [Read More]
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Clean up on Aisle 9
I had taken Will with me to the grocery store for my weekly shopping trip. Of course, he wanted candy and toys, but he was also prone to crashing the basket, getting in and out of the basket a thousand times, and running down the aisle and around the corner where I couldn’t see him [Read More]
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Yet another failure on my part
This week at the grocery store I ran into a mom from Will’s school. She had her 5-year-old with her and commented how lucky it was that I was without the kids. I admitted she was right, then confessed I was still brain dead! I found myself staring at the same things over and over. [Read More]