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Nov 28, 2009, 5:36 pm
Superficial Saturday is supposed to be my "easy" day. The day when I don't have to think too hard. Don't have to divulge feelings that are often uncomfortable for me to speak. The day to raise... Comment - Like
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Nov 27, 2009, 7:19 am
Laughter. Full on, no holds barred, tears streaming down my face type laughter. To me, there's really nothing better. When this happens to me, not a sound comes out of my mouth. My body shakes... Comment - Like
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Nov 25, 2009, 1:10 pm
Thirteen years ago I spent my favorite holiday of the year at a diner. With a friend who I only superficially knew. Thirteen years ago my parents had the stomach virus and CANCELLED Thanksgiving. T... Comment - Like
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Nov 24, 2009, 6:14 pm
Today I am Wiped. Out. Sunday, after hosting 25 friends and family in our home, I was tired. But today, after what I experienced... I am wiped. Today I became a grandma. Yes, that's right. To... Comment - Like
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Nov 23, 2009, 5:47 pm
I'm sitting here on the couch, warm laptop in my lap, fingers on the keys, pondering the topic for the post I'm committed to writing tonight. For the past hour I've been reading some of ... Comment - Like
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Nov 21, 2009, 7:30 pm
It's here again. Superficial Saturday (well now it's Sunday but pretend I actually finished this last night). And I'm thrilled because I'm tired and cranky and need to let off a little... Comment - Like
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Nov 20, 2009, 5:41 pm
Bedtime routine at our house is not for the weak. Until recently the normal routine consisted of 6 books (and we're talking substantial Dr. Seuss length books) and 2 stories. When this routine w... Comment - Like
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Nov 19, 2009, 11:12 am
Last week Luke got his flu shot at the doctor's office. He DETESTS the doctor and has ever since he was only weeks old. I'm sure he was scarred by his visits to the emergency room (two tumbl... Comment - Like
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Nov 18, 2009, 9:09 am
Last week I was chatting with one of the other moms at Hannah's school. She was venting to me about how nervous she was to be leaving her kids with a babysitter that night. I asked her if it was... Comment - Like
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Nov 17, 2009, 1:09 pm
I love my husband. I do. Really. If you've been reading my blog you recall we met 13 years ago and have been married for 8 and I have (pretty much) nothing but good things to say about him. But... Comment - Like
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Nov 15, 2009, 1:17 pm
I just got back from lunch with Hannah. Just the two of us. A special Hannah/Mommy outing that we both cherish so much in the craziness of life + Luke. We sat on two stools. They were the spinny o... Comment - Like
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Nov 14, 2009, 9:20 am
Superficial Saturday. One day a week. That's all. Just one day. I'm allowing myself this one day to do two things. 1) To be judgey. Because we're all a little judgey at times right? Even i... Comment - Like
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Nov 12, 2009, 10:42 am
Thirteen years ago I was sitting at my desk at work very anxious for tonight. I was 24. I was single. Just couldn't find the "right" guy. I felt like time was running out (yeah right) and I so bad... Comment - Like
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Nov 11, 2009, 6:56 pm
Stop. A simple word, with a lot of punch. Very few words have a sign, hand signal and color all dedicated to it. And it's a word that in most instances makes you do something you don't want... Comment - Like
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Nov 10, 2009, 7:54 pm
Note: If you have a weak stomach and can't handle stories about barfing or pooping, hold off on reading until tomorrow when hopefully, all of this will be behind us.
I earned my mommy stripes toni... Comment - Like
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Nov 9, 2009, 7:14 pm
There is a serious amount of bribery that goes on in my house. Is it this way in everyone's house? I always swore I wouldn't be that mom to bribe her kids, that they'd be well behaved eno... Comment - Like
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Nov 7, 2009, 7:23 pm
Words. There are not many times where I'm at a loss for them. I may sometimes use them too sarcastically, use them incorrectly (vocab not one of my strengths), keep them inside so as to avoid con... Comment - Like
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Nov 5, 2009, 7:10 pm
Today I wanted to call in sick. It was one of those days that pre-kids, I definitely would have put my best scratchy-froggy voice on early in the morning and left my boss a voicemail saying, "I can ba... Comment - Like
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Nov 4, 2009, 7:51 pm
Dear Luke's feet:Thank you. Thank you for the pure joy that you bring me every single day. So tiny, yet so much to love. Every single one of your ten little piggies, otherwise known as toes, ar... Comment - Like
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Nov 3, 2009, 7:16 pm
If I wanted to live in a tent, I'd go camping. Or maybe I should say, if I wanted to feel like I was camping, I'd live in a tent. Whatever. The point is, my house has not been feeling very ... Comment - Like
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Nov 2, 2009, 8:02 pm
I used to get up at 4:55am EVERY DAY. To go to the gym. Yes, every day (much to Tim's dismay) my alarm would go off five minutes BEFORE 5:00 when it was still very much pitch dark outside and I ... Comment - Like
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Nov 1, 2009, 7:41 pm
Sometimes I have to remember the reason that I started this blog in the first place. To have a place to jot down the things that make me laugh, cry, light up, ache, and melt each day with my family. ... Comment - Like
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Oct 29, 2009, 7:59 pm
Tonight I hurt. I hurt because my little girl is hurting and even if it is just little 4 year old hurt, I can see in her little eyes that it's big hurt to her. Why does the hurt start so early? ... Comment - Like
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Oct 28, 2009, 8:25 pm
I am afraid of 4 year olds. There. I've said it. And I'm not just talking about the four year old in the shape of my daughter. I'm talking about all of them. It's the only explanation ... Comment - Like
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Oct 26, 2009, 6:15 pm
My boy. It's STILL crazy to say that. My boy. I have a boy. After 3.5 years of being swallowed and overwhelmed with GIRL, I have a boy. I cried quietly in the middle of the first night he was... Comment - Like
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Oct 25, 2009, 7:44 pm
I was planning on writing today all about the new phase that Hannah is in these days but as I logged on to work on it, I received an email from a friend of mine with a Halloween card which then turned... Comment - Like
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Oct 22, 2009, 9:04 am
There are firsts for everything. Some more life changing than others. Some pretty life altering firsts are: first A on your report card, first hickey, first time driving alone with the music blaring... Comment - Like
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Oct 20, 2009, 11:04 am
A day of the stomach virus has knocked me to the ground and I'm having a hard time getting back up, but before you all think I never returned from my spa get-away, I thought I'd post a quick d... Comment - Like
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Oct 15, 2009, 7:43 pm
When I used to keep a diary growing up, and even in recent years, I always stopped writing during "bad" times. I guess I never wanted to admit, even if just to myself, that there was anything wrong. ... Comment - Like
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Oct 14, 2009, 6:57 pm
I had thought this stage would be over by now. The "Why?" stage that is. I thought the "Why?" stage was when the child was learning to converse and asking "why?" was a way to keep the conversation g... Comment - Like
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Oct 13, 2009, 9:31 am
Aaaannnnddd.... we're back. 15 hours in the car, 4 kids sleeping in one room, 1 night of 3 hours of sleep, 73 cups of coffee and hundreds of fantastic memories later, we're back. Thank you t... Comment - Like
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Oct 8, 2009, 3:06 pm
Usually I have an overflow of words coming out of my brain. An endless supply of stories, rants, jokes, etc. Today though, not so much. I think a combination of sheer exhaustion from 3 nights of fa... Comment - Like
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Oct 7, 2009, 8:05 pm
She didn't know what she was in for. My Ob/Gyn that is. Here she thought she was just walking in to another patient, was going to put the feet into the stirrups, examine the vajay jay and that w... Comment - Like
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Oct 5, 2009, 6:54 pm
I know, I know, you are waiting on the edge of your seats, panting in anticipation! How Was The Reunion you're so patiently wondering! I'm sorry I didn't get to update my blog sooner but... Comment - Like
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Sep 30, 2009, 7:42 pm
Tim's 20 year high school reunion is this weekend. I kind of have mixed feelings about it for a few reasons. First of all it's at a place called "The Stumble Inn" on the upper east side of N... Comment - Like
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Sep 29, 2009, 12:43 pm
Prison is sounding good to me today. So I'm sitting here trying to figure out a good way to get myself there. The problem is that I'm not a huge risk taker, don't like violence, am reall... Comment - Like
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Sep 27, 2009, 1:32 pm
Anyone with a four year old knows that it's a time of asking a bazillion questions a day. From the moment Hannah hops herself out of her bed into mine she is shooting questions at me with little p... Comment - Like
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Sep 24, 2009, 10:17 am
Hannah has a new little Lion that she has named Lilly. Lilly has "magic powers" and can make any wish come true if you stroke her mane. So this morning I asked Hannah what she's been wishing on ... Comment - Like
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Sep 21, 2009, 7:05 pm
... among 12 teams, all in their far-too-large uniforms. All these kids with soccer balls up to their knees, running in swarms all trying to get the ball in ... feels like at its best. When your c... Comment - Like
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Sep 17, 2009, 10:17 am
The picture you see here was the last time that Hannah wore jeans. The minute that she learned to walk she started refusing to wear them. Or anything with a button and a zipper on top for that matte... Comment - Like
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Sep 16, 2009, 11:47 am
Halloween. It's here again. It's one of the holidays that Hannah frequently asks when it will be here. She told me it's one of the only reasons she's happy that summer is over (alon... Comment - Like
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Sep 14, 2009, 7:59 pm
Hello??? Can anyone hear me? I'm down here... throw me a life ring QUICK! You can't see me? You can't see me flailing about? I'm drowning, I'm drowni...
This is how I feel. A... Comment - Like
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Sep 13, 2009, 7:35 pm
Have you ever had someone in your life who you think wants to be JUST like you. Who buys the same clothes as you, decorates her house like yours, starts talking like you, listening to the same music ... Comment - Like
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Sep 11, 2009, 2:11 pm
My husband is the one who remembers everything. He actually can freak people out with his memory, being able to recollect the smallest detail of the first time he met them or where he had seen them i... Comment - Like
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Sep 10, 2009, 9:09 am
"Keep the mouse in the house". It's a saying that can make anyone laugh if referring to the embarrassing situation when you just can't help but notice that a guy's weiner is in full view ... Comment - Like
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Sep 9, 2009, 9:17 am
OK add being a "bad Jew" to my already confirmed "bad mommy" self description. Apparently, it really is possible to be a bad Jew. At least that's the way the receptionist at the temple that I j... Comment - Like
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Sep 7, 2009, 7:43 pm
I'm back. For better or for worse. I'm back. In some ways it felt like forever that we were gone - in a different house with different stairs, different beds, different showers, different c... Comment - Like
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Aug 29, 2009, 12:57 pm
I know that my little human alarm clock conveniently named Hannah will still buzz in my ear at 6:00am. I know I will still have no idea what my almost 1.5 year old jibberish speaking son is trying to... Comment - Like
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Aug 27, 2009, 8:21 pm
It's like the age old question, but different. If you scream in your house but no one seems to hear you, did you scream?
I screamed at Hannah yesterday. I never knew I was a screamer. I never wa... Comment - Like
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Aug 25, 2009, 7:31 pm
Your call will be answered in the order it was received. Cue truly, amazingly annoying muzak. I know it's terribly frustrating that I have not updated my blog in a few days, but I'm afraid you... Comment - Like
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ALWAYS a mom to 2 kids and wife (I think better mom than wife though), OFTEN a chef, chauffeur, stand-up comic, wardrobe consultant, singer, maid, carnival organizer, ONCE-WAS marketer, shopaholic, fashionista, exercise-obsessed, makeup guru.
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