Do you play Words with Friends? It’s just like Scrabble, if you’re not familiar. You can play against friends from all over the world via Facebook and/or a smartphone app. Anyway, I’ve been playing for a few weeks, and frankly, I stink. I can come up with words pretty easily. But I don’t do well [...]

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“I don’t WANT to take a shower!” That was Abby this morning. It’s not so much that she hates bathing (although she does), but that she’s TIRED. Going to sleep an hour after bedtime will do that to a kid. But last night was Halloween, and there was trick-or-treating to be done. And then after [...]

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As I might have mentioned before, I have two daughters. As I don’t think I did mention, we only have three bedrooms. Since we also have a son, this means that our girls share a room. This has always been a challenge: How do you get a baby AND a toddler to nap when the [...]

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I don’t think I’ve mentioned that I got an iPhone 4 this past month. Well, I did. And I pink fuzzy heart it with sugar on top. In fact, I’m actually a little worried about my love for my iPhone. I think I covet it. Can you covet something that you already own? Okay, maybe [...]

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The other night Charlie and I were watching Design Star on the HGTV. Which we normally view between The Ultimate Fighter and What Not to Wear. Except during football season. (Our viewing choices, they are schizophrenic.) At the end of this episode of Design Star, the network aired a commercial for a new show. At [...]

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This post is for Bridget Chumbley’s One Word Blog Carnival. Go visit to read more on this week’s word: Ego. Two of my children are approaching their teen years. They’re tweens, in today’s language. And their tweenitude comes with a healthy dose of insecurity, embarrassment, and self-centeredness. Everyone else is looking at them, making fun [...]

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Self-control, self-control… How in the world will I write about self-control for today’s One Word Blog Carnival? It’s not like I’m a shining example of self-control or its cousin self-discipline. Listen. Last night, I couldn’t even control myself with my middle child. I couldn’t keep myself from MAKING HER LIFE MISERABLE. It all started when [...]

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My finger, rockin’ the Dora Band-aid Frugal or sentimental? You be the judge.

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Sometimes I wonder if/when the kids will ever beg to be kept off my blog. Then one of them makes a video like this one, and I think maybe these kids aren’t capable of embarrassment. Am I right, or am I right? I think this might qualify for Wendy’s Life is Funny…. Now I’m off [...]

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You know how “they” always say that having dinner as a family is crucial to family unity? I don’t think this is what they had in mind: Dinner conversation last week, in which we began talking about Hannah’s homework: making her own musical instrument. Me: Hannah, we should name YOUR instrument like we did LC’s [...]

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