Hello old blog…it’s been a while. I know I’ve been neglectful and I’m sorry. If it’s any consolation, I haven’t forsaken you for no reason. I’ve just been busy. Doing what? Oh well, you know the other blog? NO, I don’t love Aiming Low more than you. Stop saying that. You’re my first blog...
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Tags: Friends of Maddie
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Ahhh…it’s that time of year again. Time for witches and ghosts and goblins and of course, the trashy, slutty costumes for little girls that make my blood boil. But…I’ve railed about those plenty in the past. Everyone who gets mail probably already knows of a certain national party store chain that carries an assortment...
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Posted in Douchebaggery, Kids, Parenting, Unbelievable | 51 Comments »
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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Tags: customer service, on-demand, verizon
Posted in Awesometasticness, Parenting, Twitter | 36 Comments »
Do you remember the first time you found out YOU weren’t invited to a party but all your friends were? (And I’m not talking about that revival thing that was being sent around on Facebook by an old (and very saved) friend. I wouldn’t go to that anyway—you see, God and I have an...
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Tags: NABLOPOMO
Posted in Character Flaws, Douchebaggery, Incessant Whining, Kids, Parenting, Personal | 28 Comments »
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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Every summer my daughter goes to day camp. She absolutely loves it and looks forward to it all year long.
This year, the camp has started having theme days which are kind of like spirit days at school. Recently, the theme was superheroes and princesses and N was pretty psyched about it.
As princess and superhero...
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Tags: mean girls, princess dress-up, summer camp
Posted in Character Flaws, Douchebaggery, Kids, Parenting | 60 Comments »
Well…my baby is now officially four years old. He keeps saying he’s five (but I hope that never happens. I want him to stay just like he is forever *sniff*)
And wonder of wonders…I managed, somehow, to get my house clean and almost all the laundry washed and folded (but not all put away because...
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Posted in Incessant Whining, Just Sayin', Kids, Parenting, Personal, The Family Circus | 15 Comments »
After reading an article in the Washington Post questioning whether accidentally leaving a child in a car (resulting in the child’s death) is a crime, my heart ached and I felt kind of sick. I always do when I think about a baby or toddler strapped into their car seat either baking or freezing...
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Porn for New Moms is, from what I can tell, a book of photos of men doing what new moms most want them to do, which is to get off their asses and help (no offense, fellas) So yeah, it’s pix of hot guys holding babies, changing diapers and stuff like that and it’s...
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Son: Mommy, you my fwend.
Me: Awww…you’re my friend, too, buddy
Son: And TV my fwend.
Me: *cringing on the inside* TV? Really?
Son: Yes
Me: Okay, but who do you like better—mommy or TV?
Son: TV
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