The Mom of the Year

...a less serious look at the world of parenting

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Those Crazy Partying Parents!

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Yeah, a whole year has gone by and 100% no change…we are DEFINITELY the crazy partying parents around these parts… Or…not.  Can you even remember a New Year’s Eve without kids?  I vaguely recall a few things about it: 1.  There were no mad dashes to Walmart to stock up on diapers before it closed […]

We Went to a Movie

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I know, I know.  I’ll give you a minute while you try to digest this and recover from any instantaneous hyperventilation you may have launched into… But it really happened.  My husband and I broke our 2+ year blue streak, rented a teen for the evening to watch our little cherubs and settled ourselves and […]

To the Point of Irrelevance

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I loved this post because it was so honest…yes, I really am this lame… So, it happened.  I was casually bribing my daughter’s cooperation with animal crackers while in line at the Target Starbucks when I saw him.  Him being the teenage hottie who was taking my order for a Skinny Vanilla Latte (aka a dieter’s […]

All is Silent, All is Bright

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Perfect last year, perfect this year.  You’ll excuse me while I take a “week off” and repost some of the oldies, but goodies from last year.  None more appropriate that today’s post.  Merry Chrismas and xo, dear readers… Silent Night. Holy Night. Christ the Savior is Born.

The Enough Christmas

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I’m struggling this year, I won’t lie.  I want desperately to feel the glorious Christmas spirit and impart some beautiful words of cheer your way today, readers, but… This whole Christmas season I have been a beast.  In fact, it’s times like these I’m super-glad I’ve nailed my husband down with a wedding ring so […]

My Christmas Gift to You!

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My film skills are notoriously bad.  Flipping the camera upside down, shaking the screen, forgetting it’s on and recording the carpet for 15 minutes…I do it all.  Maybe someday I will get my crap together and treat you to a montage of this sweet skill. While sadly, my lack of talent precludes me from a […]

The Bud Vase

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There is no shortage of rituals that began around here after my mom died last year.  There is The Bracelet, which I filled you in on before.  There is the fact that I keep Yankee in business by having this bizarre need to burn a candle whenever I am home for longer than a millisecond. […]

A Watched E-mail Pot Never Boils

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It’s insane, really.  Or maybe inane.  Or maybe both.  I must cumulatively check my e-mail about 30 times a day.  What the heck am I looking for??  What could possibly be so very important to a 30-something suburbian mom of two under 5?  Nothing, let me tell you–NOTHING. In my defense, snatching up my very […]