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The Smell Of Sadness 22 Aug 2013 | 10:25 am
I can’t sleep. It’s almost 1am and I’m lying in bed thinking about a townhouse complex tennis court I often drive past. The linked buildings that partners the court were built in the 1980′s and they’r...
It Only Gets Harder 16 Aug 2013 | 02:47 am
The other day I stumbled upon a parenting blog while doing a Google search. That blog’s blogroll led me to another and then to another and then to an afternoon of shaking my head and wondering when we...
Sometimes, your people just get you. 1 Aug 2013 | 12:18 am
My family is funny. I don’t mean weird funny, or odd funny, or even “we have an uncle who lives with ferrets and hasn’t cut his toenails in 50 years” funny, although there’s a lot of that going on as ...
Living on the surface of the sun 18 Jul 2013 | 09:47 pm
It’s hot here this week. It’s so hot that today I said “Hot enough for ya?” to our mailman and when he opened his mouth to say “F*#& off,” he vaporized from the effort. So yeah; it’s hot. It’s not eve...
Undomesticated and Feeling Fine 11 Jul 2013 | 12:19 am
There are many things I am good at and there are many things I like to do. These two ideals do not always come together in the middle section of a Venn Diagram because life doesn’t work that way and i...
Summer by the numbers 6 Jul 2013 | 02:03 am
School ended a week ago. Yay for freedom! Hurray for no bagged lunches! Whoopee for sleeping in everyday! No. I’m done with this summer vacation bullshit, because this is no vacation. Here’s how I’ve...
Summer Mother 30 Jun 2013 | 06:11 pm
It’s Sunday and I’m laying in bed next to my nine year-old son. We’ve just finished a serious discussion about him picking up some additional responsibilities around the house now that summer is here....
Serious Boy 27 Jun 2013 | 07:20 pm
I signed both my kids up for Jiu Jitsu back in January because they needed more physical exercise and martial arts appealed to me for it’s additional benefits like the ability to defend themselves, mo...
A Primer For Minecraft Parents 19 Jun 2013 | 09:50 pm
Do you have a child between the ages of seven and “I-stopped-counting-after-the-third”? Did you also make the huge mistake of giving them access to electricity? Do you provide opportunities for that c...
Into the mouths of babes 17 Jun 2013 | 09:31 pm
A lot of kids are fussy eaters, and I know many parents can commiserate with my dinner time woes. But I’ve given up fighting because it was turning relaxed mealtimes into stressful encounters, and I’m...
