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November 7th, 2008

Giveaway alert!

Sondra over at Happy Healthy Hip Parenting is having a cool giveaway for little guys and gals. She’s giving away two wearable blankets from Bundle Up Joy — the products are for babies up to six months, but even if you don’t have a little one yourself, you should consider entering the contest, anyway, because […]

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November 7th, 2008

Motherhood giggles, especially for us single moms!

Have you read this one yet?
THE NEXT SURVIVOR SERIES
Six married men will be dropped on an island with one car and 3 kids each for six weeks.
Tags: email, father survivor, funny e-mail, jokes, single-mom, single-mother, vote off island

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November 4th, 2008

Teach your child the importance of a vote

My son’s too young to be a part of Generation We, but his heart is right there with them. I hope we can make the world a place where he and his peers can live.Today, I brought the KoE with me to the polls. He woke up right at seven this morning, excited to […]

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November 3rd, 2008

A zero dollar day

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My spending habits have slipped lately. I’ve been dipping into Starbucks for their reduced-fat turkey bacon and egg sandwich in the morning, and a big cup of adequate coffee, to go. Five dollars and change several times a week. A stop at the grocery store yesterday and out flew $75 on the small stuff. Not […]

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November 2nd, 2008

Still life with five year old, the sex version

“Mama, what does ‘Rated R’ mean?” he asked me last night, his blue eyes staring solemnly up into my brown ones. I was busy in the kitchen, putting away dishes, cleaning up dinner, finding the counter under an avalanche of cooking inspiration.
“Oh, it means there’s violence, bad language, and sex. It means it’s a movie […]

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October 25th, 2008

Ahh the kid’s asleep… what’s a single mother to do?

Hey, I’m not complaining here. The boy’s asleep, the house is a mess but I’ve been slowly working to put all the summer clothes away and find a place for all the winter goods. We had an incredibly frustrating but funny afternoon chasing tail lights through a nasty rainstorm in search of the Perfect Halloween […]

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October 24th, 2008

Honor, intelligence, and dignity: what is this election teaching our kids?

The King of Everything’s school nurse paid him the highest compliment this week: “He’s the most honest kid I’ve ever met.” And it’s true. I don’t know if it’s just his crazy moral fibre, the same sense of justice, right and wrong that causes him to cringe and shut off Labyrinth every time Sarah wishes […]

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October 21st, 2008

So long, farewell, oh Blogtoberfest!

Wow, that was fun. So many new faces! I do hope you will stop back and visit. Coming up in the beginning of December, Solomother will be reviewing The Alchemy of Loss by Abigail Carter, and giving the book away. Ms. Carter’s book asks, and tries to answer, the question: How does one learn to […]

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October 19th, 2008

It’s beginning to look a lot like… Halloween

Perhaps I just don’t frequent the big stores often enough, but it seems to me that retailers aren’t jumping the gun this year. Seems to me, Christmas hasn’t hit the stores before Halloween this year, as it has in years past. The King of Everything and I hop over to the local drug store from […]

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October 18th, 2008

A little mother-son bonding

Some friends gave me and the King of Everything tickets to the hockey game tonight. The kid has never been to a game; I used to be an avid fan when I was a teen.
My parents were pretty nice about my sudden obsession with ice hockey and hockey players. Oh my. But we also […]

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