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If you are a 20 month old baby boy and you have decided that drumming is your passion – to the point that you weep openly when mommy takes your drum away for nap and bedtime and to the point the she now allows you to drum during meals because she can only stand to [...]

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That time when Motherhood kicked my ass – and I kicked back. Part Two

Apparently, a baby can have GERD that is silent. Not silent as in quiet or absence of noise, but silent as in no vomit or spit up. I think at this point LP had spit up maybe 5 times in 4 months. So, spitty he was not. However, if a baby throws up inside his [...]

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The week in preview

Things I have not asked google: What it may mean that he dislike tags on his shirts, have hair cut, faced washed, fingernails cut, mouths objects, plays with mouth open, likes being hugged tight, dislikes loud or unexpected noises, avoids eye contact, cannot dress self, cannot pedal trike or car, holds neither pencil nor scissors, [...]

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In Which I Am Completely Overwhelmed

by the dread of moving, by fear of things working out okay with our finances, by confusion about where to put our PackRat container, by indecision about whether I want the school to bring back the dumpster or not because I have a horridly old washing machine that needs to go into a dumpster, by [...]

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Introducing….

Girls For Glaciers Please welcome to the blogosphere, Shelly and Jenni: “two gals in big cities on opposite coasts try to go green and save some glaciers without turning their lives upside down.” Jenni is my smart, sexy sister; she lives on the same coast as me and my crew. My kids love her black [...]

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My big plans

I had some big plans. In my fantasy world of way more free time than I really have I was going to overcome my overstimulation and nominate writers for all kinds of awards. I have made absolutely no progress at all on my blogging learning curve and am annoyed at myself. Also, I now have [...]

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What’s up with me?

happy: We have our move date, July 15th. I’m tempted to get a ticker.stressed: Busiest time at my current job, lots of extracurricular commitments, increased need for daycare, very tired of having to stay up super late.bummed out: Raining. more. again.fearful: Matt’s busiest time at work coinciding with my busy time, plus moving, plus expenses [...]

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Real moms ask: opt what?

So, I’m not sure if you gathered this, but I’m quitting my job. I signed my contract last Winter and then had a major epiphany in the summer that I wanted to not come back….oops.This last year has been a gift, things have gone relatively well, we’ve found a great place to live (I live [...]

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Major Eruption in New England

“In hindsight, all the signs were there, ” sighed Matthew, father of three. “Really we should have seen it coming and a few sensible precautions would have saved a lot of trouble.” “For some reason we just couldn’t get out in front of this thing. I’m really not sure why that is.” Karen shook her [...]

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What needs new batteries now?

We were eating tonight and cataloging all the adorable things my oldest child uttered 5 or6 years ago when he first began to to talk (and no, he has not stopped). This was brought on my the middle boy being at the most adorable confusing and frustrating time we call twos and his recent statements [...]

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