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Author M.J. Pullen blogs with humor about her life as a writer and working mom raising two padawans with her own personal Mr. Darcy.

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When I said “let’s do something dirty for Valentine’s Day,” this isn’t exactly what I meant… If you have been following me for any length of time (at least a year), then you know that my sweet Hubs is NOT a Valentine’s guy. It’s a holiday made up by Hallmark to make people spend money,  […]
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There are lots of things I should realize sooner. It’s a theme for my life in general. But when it comes to kids and special events (especially at school), I am particularly inept at preparing for simple, predictable things. School parties take my B-plus parenting average down to a C-minus. There are Valentine’s parties at both boys’ schools  […]
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One of the fun things I’ve discovered about turning 40 is that there are always new and interesting ways for my body to rebel against me. For example, for the end of December and most of January, I got to wear this incredibly sexy telemetry heart event monitor for 30 days, all the time, under my  […]
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Maybe it’s turning 40 and thinking it’s time I felt more like a grownup. Or maybe it’s skimming through the Instagram feeds of other authors — with their cozy armchair by the fire pictures (you’re killing me, Mary Kay Andrews)…   A photo posted by Mary Kay Andrews (@marykayandrews) on Jan 23, 2016 at 8:41am  […]
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So I was in the car after picking up both boys from school the other day, and we had this conversation: Fozzie (age 4): When I grow up, I’m going to build a laser gate. Me: Awesome, buddy. Like the ones on Star Wars? Skywalker (age 6): Like the ones where they kept Obi-Wan prisoner,  […]
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Don’t you hate this part of the health and fitness cycle? The “I know I’d feel better if I got off my ass and got some exercise but what I really want is to melt into my chair with some caramel popcorn and bourbon” phase. Everyone goes through that, right? For some reason, January is  […]
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Recently, a couple of people have asked me about the 90 Day Fitness challenge I started at the beginning of August. How is it going? Why haven’t I blogged about it lately? How much weight have I lost? My responses range from shouting “hey, is that a Stormtrooper riding a chipmunk?” and running away, to  […]
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Hope you have a wonderful, fulfilling (and filling) Thanksgiving however you celebrate. Here’s how we’re rolling at our house this year… If you haven’t already, please enter my Gratitude Giveaway — comment on the blog post (and/or the other stuff you are ordered to do by Rafflecopter) for a chance to win an autographed hardback  […]
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In just a few days, I’ll be turning 40. Like most everyone around my age I’ve talked to lately, I truly, truly believe age is just a number, that there is absolutely no reason a “milestone” birthday should hold more significance than others, blah, blah, blah. And yet. It’s hard not to stop and take  […]
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