Last week was a tough week. It was a storm of temper tantrums – some of which I felt that I had properly conquered and some of which I had not. Then the weekend hit. And I suddenly realized that temper tantrums are a day in the park compared to true discipline problems. It’s funny how soon I forget. At […]

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Tonight marks the beginning of Adam’s birthday celebrations. We are headed to Milwaukee to catch Daniel Tosh perform his comedy routine. Some of you may know him from Tosh.O. And so starts the pressure. Adam is a totally low maintenance, easy to please kinda guy. He usually lays out what he would like (i.e. Police tickets, Neil Young tickets, Cubs […]

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The first full day Drew was home from the hospital, in 2008, we were supposed to go to my parents’ for Father’s Day. After a very unsuccessful night of little slumber, we started preparing for our 5pm evening engagement bright and early in the morning. What we could possibly have needed to do for eight hours to prepare for our […]

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I’m having one of those days where it feels like the world is out to get me. Of course I’m dramatic and despite the fact that I can realize it, it doesn’t change my mood. So I decided to take a walk down memory lane to help put in perspective how good I really have it. Unfortunately the blog that […]

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I don’t think there are really any winners when it comes to temper tantrums. But if there were, I’m pretty sure I would have come up on top for this one. Certainly not because it didn’t exist, I have two toddlers temper tantrums are clearly part of the territory. Definitely not because it wasn’t excruciating, so much so that I […]

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Last Friday at sundown started Passover. This kick started a week of matzah, avoiding bread and bread products for a lot of Jewish people. There are other stipulations like avoiding corn syrup and yeast in things like beer too. The thing is, at the risk of sounding religious, G-d has been good to me. I am very blessed. And if […]

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Today was a special day. Not special in the unique sorta way but special in the happiness I experienced. The funny part is that it was an absolutely ordinary day but that was the amazing part about it. Someone asked me recently if I miss my job. I loved my job. I’m not sure I could have liked a job […]

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I live with the King of Potchky. It’s almost as if at the slightest mention of moving his body faster, his body inadvertently (or extremely purposely as the case may be) starts moving even slower! In case you are unfamiliar with the word potchky, it is a yiddish word that has always meant something similar to dilly dally in my […]

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