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Preparing to Become a SAHM
Things are winding down at school for me. And as the end of the year draws closer, I realize that summer vacation is drawing closer as well. It’s all I can think about.…
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Hump Day Musings
I have sat down to blog for three days now and been stumped. You know in cartoons when a bunch of people try to fit through a doorway, but they all get stuck…
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Soak Up the Fun
Staying home on maternity leave (and now summer break from school) has left me sometimes feeling a little guilty. At the end of every day, I look around and ask myself if I…
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I WAS TRYING TO BE NICE, DAMMIT!
Yesterday, Chris called me about mid-morning to tell me how bad his day was going. And it just got worse from there. I felt bad for him. He’s got a lot on his…
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Home Sweet Home
Since Gracie’s birth, I have been staying home with the kiddies while I’m on maternity leave. When I stayed home on maternity leave with Bean, time seemed to fly by. I was home…
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The Sacrificial Laundry Wench
Laundry is my nemesis. It’s like the house guest that just won’t leave. I stumble over it. Climb over it. Cry over it. And, yet, it continues to sit there in gigantic piles…
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How Motherhood is Forcing Me Out of My Comfort Zone
Being a mom has thrust me into lots of situations where I wasn’t comfortable. There was the whole modesty issue that I had to work through. There was getting used to cleaning up…
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What I’ve Learned: How To Have a Play Date
This post is part of my series called “What I’ve Learned.” In these posts I talk about areas of motherhood that I have learned recently. Not that I’ve mastered them, but that I’ve…
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A Spontaneous Adventure
Last Thursday, Bean and I were out running a few errands. We left the house around 9:00am and my plan was to be back in time for lunch. As I was getting ready…
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Operation: Keep Bean Active
I have decided that the key to being a successful SAHM is to keep Bean as active and busy as possible. Because the real key to being a successful SAHM is how often…
