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When Did Saying Thank You Stop Being Enough?
First let me start off by saying that I appreciate all you do, teachers, coaches and scout leaders. Really, I do. By and large, you have all been truly wonderful. Okay, now that I’ve told you that I...
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A Party for the People and You’re ALL Invited!
I can’t believe it’s been six years. Six years from what, you ask? Six years since we threw the first party that would later become what’s now known as The People’s Party! It started in Chicago as an...
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Free-Range Parenting Fail or Accidents Happen?
My seven year old son has recently developed an interest in running which always makes me smile a little because this is not something I’d ever expect from him. Like his mom, he’s a very firm believer...
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Fifty Shades of Grey Discussed Via Text Message
ME: So I’m at the airport and I bought Fifty Shades of Grey FRIEND: No! ME: What? I was bored and it’s a bestseller. How bad could it be? FRIEND: It’s a creepy S&M book ME: I know, i know. This is...
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Should I Be Christmas Shopping or Doomsday Prepping?
Ugh. I don’t know what’s wrong got me so down but I have less than zero holiday spirit this season. Usually, I love Christmas and decorate the shit out of my house and bake cookies and do all that...
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Frenemies and Other Lame Things
Well, the world didn’t end on 12-21-2012, which is good. But then again, we have the Korean krazypants, Kim Jong Un, making threats and pointing his nukes at everyone so maybe I shouldn’t get too happy...
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Pet Sematary (kinda like the movie but not really)
It’s been the week of death around here…critter deaths, unfortunately. Yesterday, I had to go out and get a dead squirrel off the street in front of my house because the kids play out there and that...
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Decisions, Decisions
Ughhhh…blerghhhhh….arrrghhhhh… Big decisions are afoot over here at my house. And if you know me well enough, you know that I am a worrier—but not one of those annoying worriers that constantly...
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Just Say Know
I was watching some silly movie the other night where Jim Carrey’s character takes a self-help course where you are are supposed to say yes to anything anyone requests of you. Of course, this leads to...
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I’m So Sick of Lazy, Spineless Parents and Their Bratty Kids. There. I Said It.
Do kids have the right to not be touched by other kids if they don’t want to be? When I frame it like that, I’m pretty sure most people would give a resounding yes. In fact, I think anyone who isn’t...
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You Mean We’re Poor Now?
My husband lost his job. Well, he didn’t exactly lose it. I mean it’s not misplaced or anything. He just doesn’t have it anymore. He is officially unemployed after 12 years at the same workplace. I...
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It Was the Best of Times…
Last night I was looking at a post my daughter had put on Instagram before she went to bed. It was a collage of photos from this summer and she had tagged all the friends she’d made at her day camp,...
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Video Games and Kids
My friend asked me the other day whether or not she should get her 12 year old son a PS4. Her son had gotten it in his head that the only gift for Christmas that would suffice would be a PS4. Anything...
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Salonpas Deep Relieving Gel
I recently had an opportunity to try Salonpas Deep Relieving Gel and this is my review. I’m not quite sure why but for the past 7-8 years, I’ve suffered from really bad tension headaches. They seem to...
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Hickory Farms: As Good as I Remembered
When our Hickory Farms Beef and Turkey Hickory Sampler arrived, I immediately opened it up to check it out. I was super excited because I had grown up up having Hickory Farms baskets and boxes at our...
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Why I Quit the Blogging Game
Considering that the title of this post references the fact that I have, for the most part, quit blogging and all the associated bullshit, it probably won’t get a lot of eyeballs or comments but the...
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