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Caption Contest

posted on 07/14/2014

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This caption contest is brought to you by my latest attempt to do something I found on Pinterest… Please submit your suggestions for a caption to the picture below. You can vote on captions you like by replying to the commenter with the words “vote.” I’ll pick a winner to receive an autographed copy of […]

Bathing Suit Weather and My Girl Crush on Melissa McCarthy

posted on 07/09/2014

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I just got back from a lovely, mostly relaxing long weekend at the beach with my husband’s family. Everything on the trip went as smoothly as we could have hoped: the five kids (our two and three cousins — all eight and under) behaved and got along great. The weather was perfect, the ocean clear. […]

Of Love and Carseats

posted on 06/27/2014

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People often say that after you settle down and are married or committed to someone for a long time, and especially after you have kids, life becomes less exciting and romantic. And, well, yes. It does. Sometimes it’s hard to feel sexy when you’re sleep deprived, exhausted and all the bathrooms in your house smell […]

Now all we need is…

posted on 06/20/2014

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Skywalker: I don’t want to go to camp next week. Dad: No? Really? Skywalker: No. I want to have camp at home with Mommy. Mom: You’re going to have lots of days at home with Mommy later in the summer. What’s wrong? You’re not enjoying camp? Skywalker: I like the swimming, but we can do […]

Reading List Update

posted on 06/18/2014

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Happy Almost-Truly-but-in-practicality-it’s already-Summer!! I just this morning finished listening to Neil Gaiman read me his novel, Ocean at the End of the Lane. It’s not my usual kind of book, but I enjoyed it and I like that his voice sometimes sounded like Alan Rickman. (<– This is why I don’t write book reviews!) Since […]

Moms & Dads, Happy & Sad

posted on 06/13/2014

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I’m feeling a bit of turmoil the last couple of days. The kids have been crazy off, especially Skywalker, who is still adjusting to the long hot days at his new summer camp. Maybe it’s because today Friday the 13th AND a full moon, and the whole week has been weird in preparation. It could […]

It’s a Magical Life

posted on 06/10/2014

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Well, we did it. We managed to conquer the various kingdoms of Disneyworld in Orlando last week, hauling around a couple of tired and over-stimulated kids who, in my opinion, seriously don’t appreciate how much more fun life is for them than it was when we were kids. Exactly like our parents did before us. […]

Favorite Romantic Movies

posted on 05/30/2014

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I came across this great YouTube compilation of someone’s Top 50 romantic movies and thought it was good enough to share. Do you ever get the feeling from a list like this that you could absolutely be friends with the person who made it? Some of the highlights of this list for me are: Shakespeare […]

How Divergent Are You?

posted on 05/28/2014

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I’m making my way through my 2014 reading list, which I probably should update for you soon, and I’ve just started listening to the audiobook version of the YA dystopian mega-hit Divergent. (Yes, I’m waaaay behind the times, I know). For those who haven’t read it yet, Divergent is based on a future in which […]

Pre-K Graduation Day

posted on 05/22/2014

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Okay, I’m totally indulging in a little Mommy-gushing for this blog. I just refuse to believe that my little Skywalker (the new nickname I’m assigning him since the “Little Monkey” moniker I gave him early on in this blog now seems babyish and inappropriate) graduated from Pre-Kindergarten today. I remember kids ‘graduating’ from Pre-K in […]