I have two kids and in the three years that we’ve had On-Demand movies with our Verizon fiber optic cable, it’s made me incredibly lazy in that I have no need to drive to Blockbuster and rent movies anymore. I just flip to the On-Demand menu and find whatever it is we want to...
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Awesometasticness
Me vs. The Giant Corporation
My BlogHer Pix!
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(Sorry Flickr peeps…I TRIED to put them all on there but I exceeded my monthly upload limit or some such crap. Picasa rules! Flickr drools!)
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Despite the Drama & Swagwhoring, BlogHer 09 Didn’t Suck
I actually considered writing this post on the flight home when everything was still fresh in my mind but then I thought better of it and took a nap. PRIORITIES, PEOPLE!
Every time I come back from BlogHer I grapple with this post because I want to name every person I hugged, met, reunited with,...
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Lost: Suddenly, Free-Range Parenting Seems Really Stupid
This 4th of July, we decided to go to the beach to watch fireworks. This particular beach has a lot of activity going on every evening and on Independence Day, even more so.
After letting the kids play on the playground for a while, we made our way down to the water. Though the sun...
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To My Mall Ratty White Trash Mom
Last Sunday on Mother’s Day, I awoke around noon and was greeted with a fantastic breakfast (that means BACON), fresh coffee, gorgeous pink Gerber daisies (my favorite) and the sweetest little treasures from my children.
Accompanying the gifts from my daughter was a card/drawing she made at school that touched my heart—but also made me...
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Alive. ALIVE!
Well duh. Of course I’m alive. Dead people don’t sit down at computers to write in their blogs. Or do they? I should probably kick that one over to zombie expert Jenny.
Anyway, I’ve been engaged in a mad sleep-a-thon. A sleep-off, if you will. And guess what? I WIN. Why? Because I have undoubtedly...
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Awestruck
On Tuesday April 7th, the world unexpectedly lost a precious little girl named Maddie Spohr, age 17 months. I wrote about Maddie’s passing a couple days ago and my heart continues to ache for Maddie’s parents, Heather and Mike Spohr. I can’t even begin to imagine what they are going through right now.
In this...
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All I Can Tell You is That it Will Be Tons of Fun
The People's Party, peoples party, blogher 09
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My Ingenius Plan to Revive the Economy
Okay, first let me preface the forthcoming genius with a disclaimer: I’m not some kind of economics expert, nor do I have any kind of background in banking, finance or government policy.
You know, I have nothing at all against President Obama or his ideas. I don’t think he’s trying to turn our country into...
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