War And Fear, A Child’s Perspective

August 22, 2010
american flag drawing

My four-year-old son is playing with Scott’s leatherman. E: This is a rocket ship that shoots fire at the bad guys. Me: What makes them bad guys? E: They shoot fire at the rocket ship. Me: So the rocket ship is acting in self-defense? E: The bad guys are scared so they shoot fire making [...]

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I Ask: Am I A Bad Dog Owner Or Did I Meet A Real-Life Internet Troll?

August 20, 2010

As some of you may have seen, I tweeted out Tuesday about a random woman berating me for leaving Ratchet dog in the car (this is the unabbreviated version also known as why I needed a blog): I’m rounding up the kids to head to the car and take E to camp. Ratchet begs to [...]

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Whole Foods: Your Little Carts May Have Won Over My Son But You Won’t Win Me Until You Get Some Decent Bagels

August 19, 2010
toddler daughter putting tons of hummus into small grocery cart

For the past month we’ve been grocery shopping at Whole Foods, also known as Whole PAYCHECK! HAHAhahaa… Yes, I know that you already heard it. We go there because our local grocery store was bought out by a crappy grocery store and the local hippie store doesn’t carry an edible version of frozen pizza (a [...]

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The Most Important Review Of The First Four Episodes Of True Blood Ever

August 17, 2010
Face of Tennessee Coonhoond Dog Looking Into Camera

I only began watching True Blood a month ago. Try not to die of shock. We don’t have cable and the vampires didn’t sparkle. And I honestly didn’t know if I could handle another take on vampire life. Because seriously people, they don’t exist. Unlike zombies. But Scott took the plunge. And I found his [...]

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Mime Parenting Is A Lost Art. Or The How Of Being A Good Parent When You’re Drowning.

August 16, 2010

Kat left this comment on yesterday’s post: Yes yes yes to all of it: the good intentions, the second child backslide, the obvious reaction when you model the behavior you don’t want them to repeat. But how do you get back to the good intentions when you barely have time or energy to think? I [...]

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Why Bother Being A Good Parent At All?

August 14, 2010
My Kids Playing Nicely In The Sandbox

I had a theory going into parenting: If I was, or at least acted like, the best parent ever, I would have the best behaved children ever. I told myself: I must model the behavior I seek. If I don’t want my children to grab, I don’t grab out things of their hands unless there [...]

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I Ask: Why Can’t My Cats And Dog Form A Peaceful Drum Circle Of Love?

August 13, 2010

Sometimes I wish y’all were psychic because I would ask: WHEN WILL MY CHILDREN SLEEP THROUGH THE NIGHT ON A REGULAR BASIS? But the psychics readers would just get angry about me yelling. Like five minutes before I even did. And anyway (as you KNOW), I have more pressing matter than lack of sleep for [...]

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Ten Minutes In The Secret Life Of A Stay-At-Home Mom

August 11, 2010

A friend emailed me about transitioning from working-outside-the-home mom to stay-at-home mom. You know, like, WHAT DO YOU DO ALL DAY? So I sent her our typical schedule with some tips as to where to go for fun around town. But I left out these ten minutes. And the bonbons. Minute One: We pull up [...]

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My Son Has A Bigger Blog Than Me (Formerly Do Not Drive And Pretend To Tweet)

August 10, 2010
Hand covering eyes

We are driving. Well, Scott is driving. I don’t even have to remember if that’s true. Because it is. I hate driving. Conflictingly enough, I also hate Scott driving.  Because he’s a bad driver.  After multiple arguments over me NOT WANTING TO DRIVE and me TELLING HIM HOW TO DRIVE, we’ve compromised (marriage, eh?  I’m [...]

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