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The Non-Suck Part

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Blow me away; I survived my husband’s business trip last week. Survival defined as 1)keeping my children alive and mostly fed, while 2)significantly limiting the mental explicatives that flew when my husband called and announced that the whole of Germany’s airline pilots were going on strike, thus potentially delaying his return home by 3 days. […]

When the Icky Moment Comes

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This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Clorox. I’m a mixed bag about potty training.  As in, I love the end result, but the process? I’d rather bang my head against the wall.  Repeatedly. Three letters: ICK!!! You see, I’m all for doing anything I can to foster my daughter’s independent […]

No Mother is Perfect, but…

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You may remember a bit ago when I hung out with the Mother of All Meltdowns, the groovy book that tells the truth of momhood like it really is.  I loved this book. When I read it, I felt real, which is always a score in my book.  So when the super ladies of this […]

Slightly Crunchy?

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I’m a gal of science.  I believe in modern medicine and the good power of an antibiotic when I’ve got myself a raging UTI, but as time has marched on and rolled well into my 30s and find myself uber-connected with info that this little thing called the internet offers, a well submerged side of […]

No Fear

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I wish I had my daughter’s spirit and energy.  In her two-year old wild perfection, she barrels and life and doesn’t stop.  If you’ve met Elyse in person, you know exactly what I mean.  My son has the most gorgeous heart I’ve witnessed on this earth, but he is a sensitive soul.  More like his […]

Hang out in the Burbs with Suburban Haiku

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It was a nasty kind of evening.  It had been the I’m-pretty-sure-I-have-a-sinus-infection-but-don’t-have-time-to-go-to-the-doctor sort of day followed by an “invigorating” dinner with my kiddos while my husband worked late.  Let’s just say by the time Dr. J got home, I was very much wanting hole up ALONE and make nice with my INFJ personality. Doubtful that anything […]

1 Becomes 25

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I hate exercising.  I always have.  I always will. I had a brief love affair with the swim team in high school, but that was it.  My only shining moment with anything more physical than madly piling finds into my arms at a children’s consignment sale. So I’ve never rocked it as a specimen of […]

Grab a Spot!

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I have long wondered about doing more formal advertising here at The Mom of the Year.  Would it work?  Was it really my kind of thing? Would anyone think it was worth it to stick their name on my blog to get some lovin’? Was I insane? I’m still not totally sure.  But friends, it’s […]