Hannah: Mom, I know what I’m gonna do Monday: Pray about Martin Luther King.
Me: You mean thank God for him?
Hannah: Uh huh.
I kind of expected the kids to look at today as just another chance to sleep in. But I was pleasantly surprised.
Abby: Oh Mommy! I learned that Martin Luther King changed the world! If [...]

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Happy Saturday!
Last night’s slumber party report: Fun was had by all, the craft looked like it was gonna be a #FAIL but SuperMom worked it out at the end, we remembered the cake and presents, my daughters only fought 3 times, and everyone was quiet before MIDNIGHT.
I deem it a SUCCESS.
The following is a video [...]

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Diary of a Cranky White Woman
December 31: Eat own weight in fudge, kids’ Christmas candy, cookies, and raw cookie dough. Feel sick. Decide that This Must Stop. Brilliant idea: Give up sugar for a period of time to break addiction. Decide: Will avoid sweets for two weeks.
January 1: Happy with decision. Choose a bagel for [...]

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Thank you to everyone who commented with birthday greetings. I promise I didn’t write yesterday’s post to fish for a “happy birthday” from every reader. But the ones I got were a nice side effect.
I had a very good birthday, which I will try to post about later. The highlight was a message on my [...]

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Hi! Well, I got just a few extra hits (essentially quintupling my readership!) after my post about Michael Gugliemucci. If you’re a new reader, welcome. We’re returning to our regularly scheduled programming today. If you like it, please feel free to stick around.
So, I did some filing for the hubby yesterday (in between getting my “fix” of blog [...]

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