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All parents imagine their children in the future, what they'll be like as teens, as adults, as parents themselves. It's hard to know if the roles I see my kids settling into will stick as they get older, but I do have a pretty fixed idea of what Owen and Mitch will be like at 16 and 18. As my older sister recently predicted, "Owen will not be cool ( Read more... )

It has recently come to light that a member of my family is hopelessly addicted to a powerful substance, one that has such a grip on this person that it even disrupts her sleep.  She wakes several times a night for a quick fix, though during the day she is able to function normally, if a bit crabbily.

Yes, my boobie milk is that good.

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His first at-school meltdown. Oh just rip my heart out and mail it to the top of Kilimanjaro. It did me in. I'm likely to homeschool him from here on out. If only homeschooling didn't require any discipline on my part, I'm sure I could do it ( Read more... )

Yes, I felt a little guilty yanking my newly adjusting kindergartener out of his second week of school. Yes we stayed all week when we'd intended to come home on Tuesday so he wouldn't miss too many days. And yes, I wrote a rather sheepish note of explanation to his teacher. But it was worth it.  The week was, as ever, soul cleansing and fun and ( Read more... )

We've decided the hell with anything that interferes with our beach vacation, we're going for at least a couple of days. Back next week!

I made a person. A real, live person with a life independent of mine, who goes on about his day while I go on about mine, our paths crossing only in the afternoon, at the end of the day. Someone whose peers will now influence him almost as much as I do, whose teacher will know things about him that I don't. A person with an inner life who is, as I ( Read more... )

Entertain himself for hours taping handmade price tags to our belongings. (TV: $400, Lamp: $6.00, Exersaucer: $50.00, Entire Bathroom: $600.00)

Offer a tutorial to the savviest of technophiles on the little-known features of the digital cable remote. (I bet you don't know how to sort your favorite programs by theme)

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This week I'm loving DayTipper. It's a site where you can submit and read tips of all sorts to make life easier. In the few weeks I've known about the site, I've found a few really useful ones.  And if you submit a tip and it's accepted, they'll pay you a whole $3.00! That's almost a Starbucks latte!


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We took this video of Paige tonight after dinner. Background noise courtesy of Owen, Mitch, and Bailey.

It's a little bit long, but cute as heck. Also, I was holding my camera sideways, forgetting that the video feature wouldn't automatically reposition it for the computer. So just tilt your head sideways while you watch.

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