May 6th, 2008
I’d imagine, based on how I was when I was a girl, that dealing with a moody female five year old would involve a lot of conversation, a lot of questions, a lot of humoring and coaxing and consoling. Or at least, because I was a girl, I’d assume that’s what folks would assume I […]
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April 22nd, 2008
Sometimes, a single mom’s got to let her hair down… even when, like me, her hair is too short to be anything BUT up… sticking up, that is.
Thing is, some of us might not know how to let our hair down without looking like a total dork. In honor of the Bloggy Giveaway carnival, I’ve […]
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April 18th, 2008
Why are you sitting in front of the computer? In most parts of the US, it’s a beautiful day. Do you know where your picnic blanket is?
It’s picnic weather. Throw some cheese, crackers, sparkling fruit juice, grapes and treats into a backpack and go somewhere. Even if it’s just to your own back yard.
Our […]
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April 16th, 2008
Actually, he’ll drive by. My house! We’re hanging out on the front stoop with the neighbors, hoping for a glimpse.
I take for granted all the cool motorcades I’ve seen in my home town over the years. I guess it’s what you get when you grow up with the White House just down the street. […]
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April 12th, 2008
I love our new home. It’s in walking distance to everything, including a beautiful Whole Foods. My kid, being the urban socialite he is, enjoys walking to the grocery store, sampling the exotic cheeses and fruits carefully sliced and presented with toothpicks. He tries to convince me to buy breakfast cereals because there might be […]
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April 3rd, 2008
Thanks to Mme. Meow, who pointed me to this lovely site, Always Order Dessert. She’s been on a Myers lemon kick lately, and if you go here, you can vote for the ultimate winner of the Italian Rainbow Cookies the site is giving away.
I’m packing up the kitchen tonight. I can’t keep my eyes open, […]
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March 23rd, 2008
I think I’ve got two weeks of after work time to pack up our whole house and move to mid-town. The packing would go much more quickly if the King of Everything would stop stealing my boxes. Currently, he is doing cartwheels through the house inside the box.
Doubt me, do you?
He begged me for […]
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March 20th, 2008
Apologies to the non-Christians among us, who can at least take heart in the fact that we Christians are running around mixing our pagan Oestre rites of fertility in with the resurrection of Christ… (by the way, all you single mothers struggling to explain the Easter Bunny to your kids? Don’t go the pagan route… […]
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December 22nd, 2007
We’re making cookies. A lot of cookies. Can you tell I’m a little brain-damaged?
Cooking with your kids is a great way to get some quality time. Ever since my kid was old enough to drag a stool over to the counter, he’s been my sous-chef. “We COOKS! mama!” he’d crow as he stirred and patted. […]
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December 11th, 2007
I’m going through the photos I have taken this year with the amazing little camera my parents gave me for Christmas 2006. I’m sorting (on my hard drive) and editing (in Photoshop) and reminiscing about the year my little family has had. Quite the single mother tour de force.
One of my presents to Nicolas is […]
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