Entries Tagged as 'Life with a tween'

Brought to you by Words with Friends

August 22nd, 2011 · 3 Comments · Gloriously random, Humor: You're laughing WITH me, right?, Increasing my word nerd power, Life with a tween, Parenting, Stinkbert & Scruffalupagus & Monster Dog, Travel: Taking the crazy around the world

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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The waking dead; or how my kids are the day after Halloween

November 1st, 2010 · 4 Comments · Humor: You're laughing WITH me, right?, Life with a tween, Parenting, Pics

“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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Just call me Sandy

October 11th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Building stuff, Life with a tween, Linkiness, Marriage: So sappy together..., Parenting, Shopping

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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More facetime than I will EVER need

September 27th, 2010 · 7 Comments · Bringin the crazy, Humor: You're laughing WITH me, right?, Life with a tween, Parenting, Pics, Sorry/You're welcome, video

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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If I could unremember it, I would

August 15th, 2010 · 13 Comments · Bringin the crazy, Confession: I am SO lame, Humor: You're laughing WITH me, right?, Life with a tween, Parenting, Pics, TV Land

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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Ergo, ego

July 27th, 2010 · 12 Comments · B.GA. (before Georgia), Life with a tween, Linkiness, My musings, One word, Parenting

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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NO, I do NOT have any self-control.

April 20th, 2010 · 19 Comments · Bringin the crazy, Humor: You're laughing WITH me, right?, Life with a tween, One word, Parenting

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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Role reversal: They’ve been handed down to ME

February 3rd, 2010 · 11 Comments · Life with a tween, Only as old as you feel, Parenting, Pics

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

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I see a future in showbiz for this one

October 19th, 2009 · 11 Comments · Bringin the crazy, Humor: You're laughing WITH me, right?, Life with a tween, Parenting, video

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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Oh no you did NOT just bring up OVARIES at the dinner table!

September 21st, 2009 · 9 Comments · Bringin the crazy, Humor: You're laughing WITH me, right?, Life with a tween, Marriage: So sappy together..., Parenting

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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