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Bethany Royer

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Belligerency in a bottle

Bethany Royer posted an article on Mother of the Munchkins - Feb 9, 2012, 8:56 am
One type of emotional behavior that is particularly common during an extinction procedure is aggression. In fact, extinction procedures have been used to study aggressive behavior in animals. Yadda yadda... Extinction-induced aggression is also common in humans. People often become angry with those ...
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No rhyme or reason. Or is there?

Bethany Royer posted an article on Mother of the Munchkins - Feb 3, 2012, 7:25 am
I've got absolutely nothing spellbinding for you, (As if I ever do, right?) Today will be insanely busy, much ground to cover at work and my weekend will consist of way too much panicking over my term paper. You know, it's a good thing I really like this whole business of writing. Cause I sure have ...
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Entertaining angels

Bethany Royer posted an article on Mother of the Munchkins - Feb 2, 2012, 7:52 am
I've never been in SafeHaven before and was not entirely familiar with their work until yesterday when I met with the executive director to speak on an entirely different subject. First off, let me just say, yesterday was absolutely gorgeous, I mean, how can one beat nearly 60 degree weather i...
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Who's bad?

Bethany Royer posted an article on Mother of the Munchkins - Feb 1, 2012, 7:37 am
Warning: mild gloating ahead Beforethe deer crunched passenger side headlight Afterbrand spanking new headlight assembly... sweet Tee-hee Here I dragged my feet thinking I would have a mess on my hands with this project and it wasn't that bad. Sure, it took a little goading by a cop pu...
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Bizarro World

Bethany Royer posted an article on Mother of the Munchkins - Jan 31, 2012, 7:47 am
Apparently I've walked into some sort of alternate Universe, up is down, black is white, Algebra is good, Psych baaaaad. I say the latter because I am, at this time, barely passing my Psych class for the term, while Algebra... math is great! Math is awesome! Math is bliss. How is that p...
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Principal's office

Bethany Royer posted an article on Mother of the Munchkins - Jan 30, 2012, 7:32 am
The school must have burned down, they look waaaay too happy One of my favorite times of the day is when the girls and I are at the bus stop and that's not just cause I'm sending them off to school har-har Rather it is those handful of minutes when we can really be a bunch of goofs....
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Drown or jump?

Bethany Royer posted an article on Mother of the Munchkins - Jan 29, 2012, 11:40 am
I am obsessed with a term that we've yet to dissect in my psych class. I sort of jumped ahead in the classbook when someone mentioned it on my class discussion board. A board that I will write about in another post as I continuously make myself look like a small-minded idiot to my classmates. ...
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And so it goes....

Bethany Royer posted an article on Mother of the Munchkins - Jan 27, 2012, 9:44 pm
So.... my psych class for this term includes homework assignments of a virtual rat that we are to put through various experiments. Now, now, no frets. Besides the plus side of him being a virtual rat, by the name of Sniffy I might add, there doesn't appear to be anything morbid I can do to hur...
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Funny how the world works

Bethany Royer posted an article on Mother of the Munchkins - Jan 26, 2012, 9:15 am
It's funny how your notion on things can change. The great changing of the mind. A perfect example is when I heard gossip on the gov forgiving student loans. I thought this was a great idea, even though I knew it would have to have an age requirement and thus leave myself, an older stu...
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The mind. The heart.

Bethany Royer posted an article on Mother of the Munchkins - Jan 25, 2012, 9:02 am
I sat in a parking lot debating whether I was going to puke or pass out. Or puke THEN pass out. I was so undeniably nervous, something that I've come to accept as just being part of my nature at what seems to be really inconvenient times. A part of me in terms of communication, and it do...
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What if

Bethany Royer posted an article on Mother of the Munchkins - Jan 24, 2012, 9:31 am
When I get a bee in my bonnet, yes, I will nix the public reading of the ol' blog. (As I notated on my website MOTM will be open or close dependent on mood har-har) This problem of mine is not so much a bee that needs squashed but a P-word and no, it is not PMS. It is called perfectionism. ...
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Blah, blah, blah

Bethany Royer posted an article on Mother of the Munchkins - Jan 23, 2012, 9:51 am
That they will be their own hero. Nobody is coming to save you, but you can save yourself. And when you save yourself, you save everyone. - Erin Brockovich Brockovich was speaking in regards to her new fiction book and what readers can take away from it. I like it. (The quote, haven't rea...
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Har-har

Bethany Royer posted an article on Mother of the Munchkins - Jan 20, 2012, 8:01 am
Though I wasn't dressed for it, certainly not prepared for it in any way, shape or form, I thought it be a good idea to run on the tread for the first time in mumble-mumble months yesterday. Obviously, I should have thought this out because, for starters, I wore sweats that kept wanting to hea...
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I don't know

Bethany Royer posted an article on Mother of the Munchkins - Jan 19, 2012, 7:54 am
"So do you feel bad about leaving the trail?" Katz asked after a time. I thought for a moment, unsure. I had come to realize that I didn't have any feelings towards the AT that weren't confused and contradictory. I was weary of the trail, but still strangely in its thrall; found the endless slog ted...
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Right?

Bethany Royer posted an article on Mother of the Munchkins - Jan 18, 2012, 7:51 am
My poor brother twisted his ankle and then threw out his back. Where he threw it must have been in the same ditch as mine. I'm still trying to crawl out. The bright side about all this, as I shared with him, our backs seeming to sing in harmony, is that we can be a wheelchair team...
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That osmosis thing

Bethany Royer posted an article on Mother of the Munchkins - Jan 17, 2012, 11:07 am
Hearing thunder with brief flashes of light certainly threw me off this morning and it was quickly followed by elation. I had finally done it! I had hibernated through the entire winter and low 'n behold, 'tis spring. Yes! Snow sculptures can be done another year, bone-chilling walks, too....
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Opportunity

Bethany Royer posted an article on Mother of the Munchkins - Jan 16, 2012, 6:39 pm
I had a dream about a bat last night. It was an enormous thing, seemingly all fluttery black wings more than anything and snout, so I take it was a fruit bat. That's kind of funny... ta-ha... This fruit bat was everywhere. In my house flying about as I kept ducking and dodging; there wa...
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Wanderment

Bethany Royer posted an article on Mother of the Munchkins - Jan 14, 2012, 12:50 pm
That's the trouble with losing your mind; by the time it's gone, it's too late to get it back. - A Walk in the Woodsby Bill Bryson I started my psych homework early this morning, I'm already behind and everything is due tomorrow. Fortunately, I've learned not to panic, I just rip out some hair...
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Stranger than fiction

Bethany Royer posted an article on Mother of the Munchkins - Jan 13, 2012, 8:52 am
The Universe being humorous (Universe/Humorous... does that rhyme?) I went into work with not a story to tell and left with two written. How's them apples? Seriously, I wrote a near 20-inch story on a bug and then a mere 7-inch on a meeting agenda. Granted the latter I should have ...
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Knock on wood

Bethany Royer posted an article on Mother of the Munchkins - Jan 12, 2012, 7:46 am
Much like my sleeping Monday night into Tuesday a.m. being the most aggravating I have ever experienced in my life. Wednesday, daylight hours at work, was the most frustrating that I can ever recall in the near-year that I have been at the paper. How is it I could be so busy in the space of ab...
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Just not a fan

Bethany Royer posted an article on Mother of the Munchkins - Jan 11, 2012, 7:45 am
Monday night sleeping had to be the worst I've ever experienced in my near 38 years of living. A quartet of aches kept me up until 4 a.m. The guys just wouldn't shut up. My lower back beat the drums. Stomach twanged a bad guitar. Quatto barked a chorus while Vertigo, good old Vert ...
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Should: The operative word of the day

Bethany Royer posted an article on Mother of the Munchkins - Jan 9, 2012, 7:46 am
Opened my class assignments for the new term this morning and let's just say my school game face should look something along the lines of The Scream. A whole host of expletives followed in rapid succession at the tip of my tongue along with a sweetbabyjesus and a deep throb right at the center...
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In the works

Bethany Royer posted an article on Mother of the Munchkins - Jan 7, 2012, 1:29 pm
The past harmonizes. - 11/22/63By Stephen King I finished King's latest and greatest. Truly his best (non-horror) book ever. Ever. Does that sound rather worship-ful? Maybe it's simply my mood. Or that some old fav characters from his best horror book from long ago made an appearance? ...
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You push me

Bethany Royer posted an article on Mother of the Munchkins - Aug 4, 2011, 10:28 am
Your enemy is your greatest teacher- Buddhist saying I honestly wanted to put nothing more than this statement on today's post: Tainted turkey, that is all, but I think I can muster enough energy to finish off what I started last night before all sorts of fun began... You ever reach that...
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Time for more coffee

Bethany Royer posted an article on Mother of the Munchkins - Aug 3, 2011, 9:40 am
It is a bad sign that I've reached a point where I try to read coffee grounds for winning lotto numbers and whether I should take the blue or red pill? Thought I'd ask... Last night I was covering a commission meeting for the city where I work and suffice it to say a subject matter seemi...
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Projectile vomit on the dentist and his assistant...

Bethany Royer posted an article on Mother of the Munchkins - Aug 2, 2011, 9:08 am
I should have been nervous when I went to the dentist yesterday for one of two eventual fillings. Which, BTW, sucks considering I brush my teeth 50 million times a day, but watchyagonnado? Honestly, I was so tired and basically feeling defeated I just did not care. I was looking forward to the...
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Swimming for shore

Bethany Royer posted an article on Mother of the Munchkins - Aug 1, 2011, 10:04 am
I'm going to be greedy today. Today's post is entirely mine. In fact, I'm just going to be weird and direct this at me so I never, ever forget yesterday's lesson because I've finally ended that beaten dog syndrome. You know, the one where I still wag my tail and lick the hand of the person dea...
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Er... maybe

Bethany Royer posted an article on Mother of the Munchkins - Jul 28, 2011, 9:27 am
I don't believe I've ever started a blog post with a prayer, but I need it this morning. What's funny, I swear when I pray I am talking to George Carlin, there's this lilt in my voice, this need to end it with a joke or an expectation to hear a joke being told back: Lord, please, oh, please, keep ...
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Holy crap on a granola

Bethany Royer posted an article on Mother of the Munchkins - Jul 27, 2011, 10:43 am
For as little sleep as I have been getting these last few weeks I've had some pretty crystal clear dreams. Last night's was pretty profound and I won't bore you with all the minute deets, they wouldn't make much sense to you, anyway. They may make perfect sense to my mother. Which, you'd think I'd d...
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Seriously?

Bethany Royer posted an article on Mother of the Munchkins - Jul 26, 2011, 10:59 am
I had this dream last night where I was a high school student in the late '60s (As evident by what the other students and myself were wearing; use your imagination!) and wanted to try for some sort of scholarship that involved giving a speech in front of the faculty. The problem... as a girl ...
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Of zombie dolls and Enya

Bethany Royer posted an article on Mother of the Munchkins - Jul 25, 2011, 8:59 am
Well, all things zombies finally caught up with Ms. Em last night. I'd like to say it was a combination of exhaustion and not enough sugar that caused her to suddenly melt into tears, wanting to sleep in my room for the second night in a row, and making both girls refuse to go up the staircase...
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... a girl thing, indeed

Bethany Royer posted an article on Mother of the Munchkins - Jul 22, 2011, 11:39 am
God, grant me the serenity to acceptthe things I cannot change,courage to change the things I can,and wisdom to know when to throw a Molotov and when to throw a grenade... There's one last lesson that I must overcome (I say overcome rather than learn, doesn't seem so Math-like) in terms of th...
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Dodge, duck, dip, dive and dodge!

Bethany Royer posted an article on Mother of the Munchkins - Jul 21, 2011, 10:05 am
When the shipoopi hits the fan the immediate resolution would be to turn it off, or pull the plug. My fan must be battery operated or something cause crap was just getting tossed everywhere yesterday. Holy cow, and yes, I'm pretty sure cow was involved, there was so much shipoopi! The go...
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Burning off the angst

Bethany Royer posted an article on Mother of the Munchkins - Jul 16, 2011, 9:40 am
It's amazing how much better my mood is, the enormous improvement, once I get back into a near-daily walking routine. Having missed nearly four days of walking in a row was too much for this ol' gal. I need to constantly and consistently burn off the angst. I also need that near collisi...
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Not short a sign

Bethany Royer posted an article on Mother of the Munchkins - Jul 15, 2011, 9:42 am
He was former Air Force, father of a little boy and our first date was chasing scorpions around the house. Why? Well, there were scorpions in the house!!! I was barefoot and held a shoebox in my hand determined to catch them, I guess. A shoebox was not going to do much good in squishing ...
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Running out of nails

Bethany Royer posted an article on Mother of the Munchkins - Jul 14, 2011, 10:40 am
I read somewhere last night (I'll come back and post the link once I find it... if I ever find it) where society does not accept angry OR funny women. Well, I'm just screwed all the way around now, aren't I? ... I have a confession to make.... I'm not in a very good mood. I'm sort...
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If you can't find news...

Bethany Royer posted an article on Mother of the Munchkins - Jul 12, 2011, 6:36 pm
I'd barely made it back to my car after covering a meeting last night when a storm barreled through the city. Streets were quickly flooded and visibility was next to nadda. Add to the mix I was riding E, gas light a-glow, and moi being the paranoid freak that I am; had to make a pit-stop...
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I'm going to make a lousy empty-nester

Bethany Royer posted an article on Mother of the Munchkins - Jul 11, 2011, 12:56 pm
It's funny how the world seems upside down when my girls are at their dad's and once they return.... as soon as they walk through that door... the world is right again. I can't believe I'm saying this, but I am going to make one heck of a lousy empty-nester someday... * I've been short a...
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To adventure, indeed

Bethany Royer posted an article on Mother of the Munchkins - Jul 8, 2011, 9:04 am
A friend and I have this simple little saying of To Adventure! that symbolizes last minute proposals to go off and do something fun. My life being what it is, full of irony, I had to go and make that very statement of To adventure! yesterday morning. I'm not sure this is the adventure I ...
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Fault the paranoia, too much imagination and the writer in me....

Bethany Royer posted an article on Mother of the Munchkins - Jul 7, 2011, 8:54 am
One of the neighbors to the north was walking his dog by the house and asked what we were doing with the, "Saw-saw." Mom and I glanced at each other in confusion, probably the same amount of confusion as what was on the neighbor's face as we stood out front in the landscaping. Moi holding a re...
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The case of the Mondays

Bethany Royer posted an article on Mother of the Munchkins - Jul 6, 2011, 9:29 am
It's amazing how a Monday holiday can turn Tuesday into, well, Monday. There was a riotous case of the Monday's going around yesterday, not that I blame anybody. It was bad enough you wanted to entice Tuesday into the passenger seat of your car with candy. Then, once suckered in, drive i...
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Whew...

Bethany Royer posted an article on Mother of the Munchkins - Jul 5, 2011, 9:55 am
Dr. DeWall, Dr. Schuster and moiSo the story that had me up all night with worry last week and finally made its way to print Friday... knock on wood... everyone involved is pleased. (You can read it HERE) Yes, that is moi with the two doctors at Buckhorn Tavern back in June with Marion seated ...
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Two crazy ma'ams

Bethany Royer posted an article on Mother of the Munchkins - Jul 4, 2011, 11:15 am
I've a feeling the Newport Aquarium may have a poster at the entrance with Mom, the munchkins and my photo on it and a big old red circle and hash mark. We were either being a bunch of loons, not following directions and/or ignoring signs. I point fingers and blame at the drive. Cause i...
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The universe works in mysterious ways

Bethany Royer posted an article on Mother of the Munchkins - Jul 2, 2011, 11:22 pm
My divorce support group, I don't know if they are aware of it or not, but they are truly amazing, awesome people. Friday night we met off 75 for dinner. It was one of those meetings where we may have just been meeting up to meet but it sort of worked out that we could celebrate one of our own...
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Go fig

Bethany Royer posted an article on Mother of the Munchkins - Jul 1, 2011, 7:43 am
My first week at the paper an older gentleman came into the office, wanting to speak with a reporter. As luck would have it, I was the only person there and I wasn't too sure he was crazy about talking to me. Whether it was because he had worked with one of the other reporters in the past, and...
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Not my baby anymore

Bethany Royer posted an article on Mother of the Munchkins - Jun 30, 2011, 9:32 am
Is there a public service announcement for when your child enters the dreaded tween-dom years? It's a precursor to teen-hood, right? Cause Ms. Brie is getting very close to looking me in the eye, she's that tall, and just a big-toe away from wearing my shoes. We've already been getting s...
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You are all...

Bethany Royer posted an article on Mother of the Munchkins - Jun 29, 2011, 11:06 am
I've a few email pen-pals, of sorts, for some time now with divorced folks. One in particular is a gent of very similar background. IE. both of us are divorced with kids, not too privy about ever remarrying, dating makes us break out in hives (You are going to love the irony of that here soon) and w...
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Still got a good TP throwing arm

Bethany Royer posted an article on Mother of the Munchkins - Jun 28, 2011, 8:46 am
I gave the woman two chances to back off and she took neither. Two, my friends, two and yet, she continued to talk smack in such a manner that had me floored. I'd taken the munchkins with me to the property that my brother will soon have on the market to help with general outdoor clean-u...
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It's Monday... time to fill it

Bethany Royer posted an article on Mother of the Munchkins - Jun 27, 2011, 9:49 am
Eck, I know, there's just too much I want to write about, so let's mark the occasion by throwing out a ton of ellipsis...! Oh, and the exclamation marks, can't forget those! ... I forgot what it was like working that sorta-kinda second shift putting a paper together as I covered f...
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Drats, so close!

Bethany Royer posted an article on Mother of the Munchkins - Jun 23, 2011, 11:28 am
Being a reporter has changed me. Course, the last chapter of my life has changed me more... I just hadn't realized how much until I went on a little adventure the other morning. It starts with this nifty email group called Freecycle that happened to have a subject line of : FREE KILN. ...
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About Me

Welcome to Mother of the Munchkins! My name is Bethany J. Royer, I am an independent contractor, writer, mother of two, divorce survivor extraordinaire, waiting on Gerard Butler to come and sweep me off my feet. I blog recklessly and am actively seeking a publisher for my first novel.

While working on book number two, I am studying psychology through Florida Institute of Technology, and allow myself to be easily distracted by urban homesteading/gardening, politics, books, crafts, depression and divorce survival, positive body image and graphic design. Oh, and of course, motherhood! With time leftover for plenty of humor as I work on discovering just who I am and what I'm meant to be when I grow up

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