These girls are brilliant. Briar is watching the “ball” on the tv. She is standing so close her nose can almost touch the screen. The ball, if you are not familiar with it, is the dancing DVD icon that occupies the screen until the disc is inserted. Yup, she picked the amazing dancing ball over the princesses. Avery is sucking the bag of wipes again. The cat is swatting at her head. The dog continues to keep her most private part clean, every so often threatening to love the skin off of Avery. My afternoon work at home mom approach sometimes rivals the brilliance of the Montessori style. Feel free to forward your parenting advice queeries to me at: [email protected]
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I used to kind of make fun of my mom. She would go to the store to get my sister this or that and she would come back with the most ridiculous things. It seemed impossible she could get it that wrong. Ha. Welcome to being a mom, Manda. I hit the store the other day to get provisions for Briar’s days with the sitter. The whole macaroni and cheese obsession had grown ever so slightly worrisome. I purchased ramens noodles, soups and tuna fish. Surely something would strike her fancy. Her sitter is very respectful about my desire to feed the girls organic and natural foods, so she always asks before she offers an alternative. The other day I showed up and she…
Suzanne Reisman at Blogher wrote a piece on a bumper sticker she saw: Elect Women for a Change I can appreciate a catchy or witty turn of phrase as much as the next person, but I tend to agree with her that this makes a pretty sweeping generalization that does a great disservice to women, or rather to exceptional women really working to make a change. I do believe that Hillary is exceptional, but I also believe that she is making concessions and compromises in her bid to get to where she wants to be. And this reality leads me to a place of confusion. I know that Hillary could be great. I know that she could speak for a lot of us who…
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I understand that there are certain technological advances that have made life easier. Internet Climate control in cars Cell phones Online bill paying Wicking work out clothes And many other things, but like the rest of the world I could do with a hell of a lot less automated phone systems, automated telemarketing – generally anything that prolongs a phone call or keeps me from getting something done. However, I think I would take a few more telemarketing calls a day if I could eliminate something from my daily existence. The touchless paper towel dispenser. WTF?! I like to think that I am a fairly normal person. I care about the environment. I wash my hands after going to the bathroom. I recycle. Apparently…
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Our vacuum cleaner kicked the bucket. It is a fate shared by every vacuum we have ever owned. Sean and I have lived together since 2001. We have had no less than 5 vacuum cleaners in that time. Each was purchased new. And after valiant service during tours of duty lasting less than 12 months, each has fallen with one explosive and dusty tubercular hack. I don’t know quite what the hell I do to them, but whatever it is, it appears to be fatal. I once found myself thinking that maybe the daffy, scantily clad saleswoman (girl, really) from Kirby might have been on to something as far as the hundreds and thousands of dollars she said you spend on other cleaners. I…
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