I’m feeling rather imperfect today. You might say, EXTRA imperfect. The run-up to Christmas this year seems especially hectic, and I’m kinda overwhelmed. To-do list in my calendar. Another on a legal pad in my room. Yet another started on a DIFFERENT legal pad in my briefcase. Overlapping and diverging just enough to make me [...]

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An unexamined tweet is not worth blogging. Yeah, I know today’s the Twitter Ho-Down. And I have definitely succeeded at being a Twitter Ho this week. In fact, in the past 48 hours, I enjoyed some really fun-but-maybe-a-bit-disturbing-sometimes conversations on the Twitter. And that’s the problem with today’s post: I’ve spent too much time playing [...]

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Do you know what a “meme” is? I had a rough idea of what it means in the blogging world. But for the sake of thorough research, I looked it up in Wikipedia. My head exploded. No seriously. Read just the first paragraph: A meme (pronounced /?mi?m/, rhyming with “cream”[1]) is a postulated unit or [...]

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Happy New Year! Did you ever notice that in the media coverage of the revelers in New York’s Times Square, they never mention that those many of those cheering people have probably wet themselves? (What choice would you have standing shoulder-to-shoulder with a million strangers, with ZERO access to restroom facilities for an entire DAY?) [...]

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Howdy Y’all! Didja miss me? With three kids home all day every day for another week, I’ve been a little busy… Taking kids out to spend their Christmas money. Eating Christmas candy. Being mocked by my new Wii Fit. (Skinny digital trainer chick: “Maybe balance just isn’t your forte. Work every day on the easier [...]

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“MOM! There’s a girl on the bus whose wrist can go around 360 degrees!!!!!!!” LC was shouting as he climbed in the truck at the bus stop. “It was so awesome! It could go WA, then WA, then WA, then WAHHHH!!” [picture him rotating his arm enough to contort his whole body.] Hannah: “It was [...]

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Hey! People in this House Who I Keep Around Primarily to Provide Me with Material, What should I blog about? Hannah: How I was running down the driveway today and slipped in the mud and fell on my side! Abby: A butt. LC: This guy I made with Bionicles. Charlie: Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz……. Callie: (pant, pant) Bob: [...]

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I’ve spent the weekend reading the wonderful comments left by many of you on my Friday post. What great affirmation and encouragement you gave. Thank you! As new to blogging as I still am, I find myself in awe of this cyber-community. Online friendship may have limitations, but I’m finding it to be more rich [...]

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The Scene: Kitchen, Monday morning, 7:30 a.m. One of my children (who shall remain nameless) is rifling through the snack cupboard. KID: “What am I supposed to BRING to eat in the car?!” ME: “I don’t know. Not my problem.” KID: “I hate you! You don’t even care about me! You won’t even fix me [...]

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Hey to My Favorite Readers, I’m over here today. Rachel at 5 Minutes for Parenting asked to feature one of my older posts in her weekly “Dose of Humor” column. What’s that, Rachel? Would I like for new readers to see my blog? Ummmmmm… Yes? Please go by and enjoy. Feel free to leave some [...]

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