You might have noticed that I haven’t been around much in the past few days. Didn’t notice? Well, it’s a good thing I don’t get some sick self-esteem boost from having your approval, or I’d be REALLY bummed. {sniff} Anyway, I have been a little AWOL. I’ve had to skip personal responses to my blog [...]

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Dear Google Maps, z 578 7m777qzzCd! Erm, excuse the interruption. That was my 14-month-old nephew’s contribution to this letter. Although if I wanted to express in code the words I was shouting muttering in my truck last night as I got thoroughly lost in downtown Atlanta, “z 578 7m777qzzCd” is as good a translation as [...]

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Mmmmmm, coffee. If you brew coffee at home, who sets up the coffee pot? In our house, that person is me. It makes sense: I get up first. And I’m the morning person, so I’m the most alert when making it. And it’s a great (and pretty painless) way for me to practice selflessness first [...]

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Nashville, TN. 7:30 pm Stephanie Wetzel here, reporting from the magnificent Hotel Preston on this lovely mild Tennessee night. Hit me with your best shot, duDUM duDUM duDUM! Why don’t you hit me with your best shot… Oh. Sorry. That was just the song playing when I left the Cocktail Party and Karaoke Fest rockin [...]

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So, by joining Musings of a Housewife’s “What I Learned This Week” blog carnival, I kinda promised some rilly important learning for today. You might have even expected profound. I dunno if this post is gonna fulfill either of those expectations. But I think it’s important. (On a side note, one lesson for today is [...]

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Wow, on Saturday I had an unplanned “blog fast.” It happened when my sister and brother-in-law’s work shifts overlapped a little, and I agreed to watch my nephews for a few hours in the afternoon. I love my nephews, and my kids love their cousins. We always have a great time getting both families together [...]

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Have you ever had this experience? When you go to church and the pastor’s sermon makes you wonder if he’s been reading your diary? And then you meet a friend for lunch and she tells you about a struggle she’s been having and it sounds totally familiar? Soon after, your spouse or kid makes a [...]

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“Last one there is a rotten egg!” “Nu- UH! FIRST one there’s a rotten egg!” Did you ever do that? Do your kids? I hear this exchange at least once a week. But with three kids, they usually add, “Oh YEAH?! Well I say the MIDDLE one there is a rotten egg!” “I’M NOT RACING!!!!” [...]

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Yesterday I celebrated two full weeks of abstaining from sweets in the only way I knew how: I served myself a package of dark chocolate M&Ms after dinner. And let me tell you: They were GOO-OOO-OOD. It was a risk, since I didn’t know if a taste of something desserty would trigger a chocolate binge. [...]

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Today’s Works for Me Wednesday post: How to remove burnt odors from a microwave. But first some parenting advice: When your tween child asks you how long to warm a Quaker oatmeal bar in the microwave, it would behoove you to be 100% focused on him when you answer. (Okay, I was just looking for [...]

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