I wear glasses. Yes, I've tried contacts but my eyes are so misshapen that they just don't stay put. I get the librarian jokes a lot. I don't mind, I try to own the look. But glasses aren't the only lenses I have spent my whole life behind. I take an awful lot of pictures. …
I was a "boy mom" for six years. Life was dominated by naked parades, potty humor, wrestling, sports, and Nike basketball shoes. Then I was propelled into the world of "girl momdom". I didn't know if I was qualified for the job. But it was my new title, and I had to learn how to …
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Full disclosure. I'm a purse person. I guess that makes me a purson? But if I am going to splurge on something, I'd put a nice bag on the top of my list. I have built a decent but curated collection over the years (think quality, not quantity). But you can only use one purse …
It's only a minor setback. It's not a sign or an omen. But it sure is ugly, and the way it looks pretty accurately depicts how I felt inside when it happened. We're talking about a broken iPad screen. And I've been whining about it all day. I never understood how people go around with …
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Down goes another one. My Facebook feed is increasingly infiltrated with friends that have been turned into facial product pawning soldiers. Some are hocking miracle shakes and hard core workout routines. Others post endless selfies in crazy looking leggings and flowy cardigans. Jewelry, vitamins, essential oils galore. And they ALL want me to join them. …
It's been what, like 3 months that we've known each other? I think it's time I let you behind the curtain. We're officially on a need to know basis, and, well, here are some strange things about me that you simply need to know. Wood Creeps Me Out Have you ever gone to Outback Steakhouse, …
Whenever I have so much to do that I can't see straight, the voice of reason (aka my husband) tells me I should write it down. Books and blogs tell us that organized people use To Do Lists as a handy tool to check off all the tasks at hand, one by one. So why …
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Apparently it's International Women's Day. Thanks Mr. President for expediting the inauguration of this very important and overdue acknowledgement of half the world. But here's why the effort will fail if it hasn't already. The only people heralding women not just today but almost every day including the day of that impressive March on Washington …
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I love my kids- they are kind, funny, empathetic little humans. I work so hard to make them happy, to provide them all the joys I felt I was slighted as a child, I want them to want for nothing. But want is what they do best, and what I give never seems to be …
It's hard to make friends. It is even harder to make friends when you move to a new town. It's incrementally harder to make friends in a new town when you are a working mom. We moved to a nice block. The dream scenario. Cozy house with a porch at the end of a cul …
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