The Mom of the Year

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Accepting Grace

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He hands it out to us…take it. Every mom does this.  And if she says she doesn’t, she is lying.  We beat ourselves up for not being a perfect parent, as if the world isn’t condemning enough without our self-depreciation.  We refuse to accept ourselves as less-than-perfect, though we will adamantly tell anyone who is […]

Mudrooms Extraordinaire

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Completely unscientific observation–mudrooms are hands-down the most oft-pinned home decor “room” on Pinterest*.  At first blush, I drank the kool-aid and was mindlessly right there with all my fellow pinners, happily clicking on every gorgeous mudroom set-up that came my way.  Currently, I am still pinning away and lovin’ on those mudroom pics, but I […]

Pajama Jeans

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WHAT HAPPENED?!?  I saw the info-merical, blew it off as crazy, somehow scored an Eversave in the meantime and slunk (I wish!) my way into a pair.  Now here I am, having stalked my way into owning 4 total pairs of As-Seen-on-TV pajama jeans for a mere $70.  I feel like a college-age rock star […]

Not The Time, Honey

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  You all know what I’m talking about: you have something you DESPERATELY need to discuss with your spouse, but when you try to bring it up, you are welcomed with a big fat “Not The Time”.  Which, honestly, is fantastic b/c of course, let’s just postpone the decision on whether or not your daughter’s […]

Spare Wine Corks

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My dream…for the bar we don’t have. We’ve got them.  Save them, religiously guard them, etc.–but for what??  Not yet sure, though I am envisioning some dramatic Martha Stewart-like project on the horizon.  A lot of people have stashes of them in their home, but I’ve noticed that everyone is quick to defend how they […]

The First Vomit

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Flashback 2 yrs. ago:  My son had his first “real” vomit.  We were spit-up champs for sure (seriously, positive we could have won a national title or something), but this was definitely different.  At 8:30am, my husband had already left for work.  Obviously, being a new-ish mom, I panicked, threw my 8 mo. old in […]

2012 London Summer Olympics

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124 days until our beloved Games roll out…but who is counting?  For someone who is hopelessly non-athletic, my obsession with the Olympics is fanatical and endless…Not sure exactly where/when it started, but I recall that one of the #1 things that attracted me to my husband 14+ yrs. ago was when I discovered he was […]

It would be so much easier to have kids…

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…if you didn’t have kids.  Please tell me I’m not the only one who has ever thought this.  I shared this belief with my husband once, and he (of his scientifically logical ilk), was off-put by the illogic.  Despite the apparent Catch 22 (if I didn’t have kids, I wouldn’t need to take care of […]

Etsy

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Crap.  I’ve got a new obsession.  How did I even discover this one??  All I know is, somewhere between my Mom (who adored daffodils) dying and seeking thus-appropriate daffodil-themed jewelry to pang at my sister’s and my hearts, I am a full-fledged Etsy card-carrying member.  At the side I have pictured a couple of the […]