More Popular Than HOLY CRAP MY CAT BROKE MY IPHONE

January 27, 2012
My Cat Broke My iPhone photo

Huckle looked at me, looked at my phone, and batted it off the desk. I looked at her, looked at my phone, and cried out: Holy crap YOU are the cat who owes me money. Do something cute. NOW. So while I’m stalking my cat to get a viral video, you can read these super [...]

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Hippie Girl

January 26, 2012
Hippie daughter 2 photo

Is hippie nature or nurture? Well, my kids know how to wash out and put plastic containers into our recycling “area”. I can’t really call it a bin because it mostly looks like this: I also attempted to teach my son about why recycling is important by launching into a climate change lecture, and since [...]

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I Have A Severe Case

January 23, 2012
TakingInternetTooSeriously

The problem with graduating from medical school is that when my stomach hurts and I don’t vomit or poop my brains out, I think: I have abdominal fullness. When I think “abdominal fullness,” I think cancer. I start to list off the rest of my recent “symptoms,” which all lead to cancer even though I [...]

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Because My Cat Owes Me Money

January 22, 2012
Missed Opportunity Inspirational Poster

Nugget needs to pay his way around the Iwashyna home because we don’t do lazy here unless “lazy” translates to “not cooking, cleaning or showering.”  And after he fell in the bathtub last week and I didn’t get a photo because I was too busy doing that laughing-consoling thing I’ve perfected over my last five [...]

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More Popular Than Snuggling With My Sick Kids

January 20, 2012
Snuggles with my son photo

The kids didn’t feel well at the beginning of the week so the fact that I got anything done earns me the medal of honor, valor and awesome-sauceness. When I’m not taking care of sick kids and looking for extra sympathy, I’m writing and reading elsewhere… My Other Hangouts (don’t tell my blog): Digital Scrapbooking [...]

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I Can Do It Myself Except I Can’t

January 19, 2012
Kid Kitchen Drawer photo

I have a daughter who has enter the I CAN DO IT MYSELF phase, which most people come to dread, but I learned with my first kid how to turn it to my advantage. And by “advantage” I mean “more sitting around doing nothing for me.” When my son went through this fantastic phase, I [...]

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Late Enough Blackout: Stop SOPA and PIPA Because The Internet Should Be Open And Ours

January 18, 2012
LateEnoughStopPIPASOPA button

Most people think that because I’m a liberal, I like big government. Not true. I like my government limited; it’s just that my limits are in different places. While I think the government should provide basic, quality healthcare for all our citizens, I don’t think that government should regulate my relationship between my doctor and [...]

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