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The Land of Before
The past week and a half at my house have been pretty rough. Awful actually. To put it bluntly, I feel like I’ve entered Dante’s tenth circle of hell. Harsh,…
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Eleven Years
This afternoon Chris, me, and the Bean were out running some errands and somehow we magically ended up at Target. I don’t know how it happened. I guess what’s meant to…
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Flash in the Pan
A couple years ago when Chris and I first moved to Connecticut from Florida, we had to go shopping for cold weather clothes. Being from Florida, all we had were socks. …
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Trouble Maker
You can’t tell from this picture, but Chris is actually in big trouble at my house right now. Oh, sure. He looks all innocent. He looks all “check-me-out-holding-an-adorable-baby.” He looks…
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How Motherhood Gave Me Peace
I once heard someone describe new moms as hormonal, sleep-deprived chickens with their heads cut off. It was a disturbing image to say the least. Especially considering that I was eight-months pregnant when…
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My Betty Homemaker
Lately the routine in our house has been great. Kate and I both get home before 6, depending on traffic, and the major priority is, of course, the Beanster. He gets…
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Neighborly.
This past weekend, our neighbors had a yard sale. I know this because at 8:00 in the morning on Saturday, I found Chris standing at the dining room window, staring into our neighbor’s…
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Its Okay. He €™s the Father.
Chris has been a natural so far in the parenting category. He’s attentive, funny, responsible, reliable. He’s just great. One of the things I have struggled the most with as a…
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National Ice Cream Cone Day
Did you know that tomorrow is national Ice Cream Cone Day? To anyone other than small children and my husband, this is a pretty obscure holiday. But around my house, it might…
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