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Conversations With My Family About 80s Music

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The following is a true story about a family listening to 80s music on a road trip. I have changed their names to protect the innocent. I’m kidding. Usually I don’t mention their names anymore because supposedly that makes me an oversharing, hyper mommy blogger. I digress. The scene A couple weekends ago my family [Read More]

The Funny Truth about Making Dinner for Your Kids

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“If you can’t make it better, you can laugh at it,” said the iconic Erma Bombeck. Was she talking about dinnertime with kids? Who knows. But her advice is certainly applicable to the nightly chore that — let’s face it — usually falls on moms because we are the ones who get stuff done. So [Read More]

A Guest Post from Scooter the Cat

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Hello! I’m Scooter the cat, a calico from Michigan. If I were a toddler, I think I’d say I’m 22 months old. But I’m not toddler, silly. I’m a cat. So I’m almost 2 years old. My mom’s busy doing summer stuff so she asked me to guest post on her blog. I’m busy, too, [Read More]

Things I Don’t Get

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This post on things I don’t get was inspired by a universal experience. I say universal because I’m willing to bet this has happened to you, too: You’re out shopping when you have to go to the bathroom. You find the nearest public restroom and step inside. There are at least 10 open stalls. It’s [Read More]

The Funny Truth About Spam

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Have you looked in your spam folder lately? Those messages are comedy gold, people. Here’s a sampling from my own spam box, for your entertainment. The spam about 2.5 million dollars Greetings, I am Mrs Anne BRUNO, base in Cote d’Ivoire I write to relate to you of my intention to use my money 2.5 million [Read More]

The Long and Short of It

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I received the devastating news at my daughter’s well-child visit when she was two years old. “Your daughter is in the 75th percentile for height,” the pediatrician reported. The belly on my 5’11” frame knotted. I uncrossed my long legs and leaned forward in my chair. “Wha-a-a-t?” I stammered. “Does 75th percentile today mean the same as [Read More]

Gen X Memes Guaranteed To Make You Laugh

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I have long professed my love of all things Gen X. After all, I grew up in the 70s and 80s and it’s who I am. Just ask everyone in Aisle 7 the other day when I burst into  “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now” by Starship. And it doesn’t stop with singing 80s songs in the [Read More]

Things I Want To Complain About Part IV

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It’s that time again, time for another rousing edition of Things I Want To Complain About! Here’s what’s been bugging me lately: 1. People who massage each other in church. On multiple occasions now I have sat behind couples who actively give each other shoulder and neck massages while in church. What’s up with that? [Read More]

10 Lazy Ways to Be a Better Parent

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I was flipping through a magazine when I caught the blur out of the corner of my eye. It was my daughter, 10, running through the front lawn with her friends. I smiled as I realized I had just practiced a lazy way to be a better mom: I did nothing. That’s right. When my daughter claimed she [Read More]

Funny Motherhood Memes Roundup

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Motherhood is funny. Which is why, over the last six months, I’ve started making funny motherhood memes to share on my Facebook fan page. This has been a unique challenge for me. I like words, not making graphics that are visually appealing and likely to be shared because they look awesome-sauce. As well, I like LOTS of words, [Read More]

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