Disclaimer: We really enjoyed our trip. Things I learned during our summer vacation…

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Anniversaries are a time to remember where you started, where you’ve come and what your plans are for the future. It’s a time during all the chaos to stop and appreciate that you have each other. Blah, blah, blah. This Sunday Adam and I will be celebrating our sixth wedding anniversary. We have spent years going special places, doing cool […]

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As human beings, we judge. As parents, we must judge and hold our children to a higher standard. We need to teach them our values and by doing that we are required to resist decisions they make that falter from our values. How do we hold our children to these expectations while being open minded that their choices aren’t necessarily […]

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We are picking up and leaving this town. Tomorrow marks, in addition to being the beginning of the three week break from Drew’s school, the first day of our beach vacation to Michigan. In so many ways I’m ecstatic about having some time away from real life. In some ways I’m thrilled about abandoning the craziness of our rituals of […]

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9 years ago my husband and his friends came up with the brilliant idea of having a big BBQ to kick off the summer. Everyone would invite all their friends, they would charge minimally for food and beer. And so the BFBBQ (Big F***ing BBQ) was born. Almost 8 years ago November, after years of struggling with Bipolar Disorder, our […]

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Recently on NPR they had a panel of parents discussing feelings, costs, and challenges with daycare. They had a variety of working moms, previously a stay at home dad, a grandmother, etc. debating the concerns with daycare, predominantly from a financial perspective. Parents Sound Off On The Economics of Child Care

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I don’t have an MD, although I’m frequently diagnosing myself and others with a multitude of illnesses. Since Monday I have been having dizzy spells. The most current has lasted about 24 hours and I have temporarily diagnosed myself with Vertigo.

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I went to work with my husband all by myself. And while I was there I got a phone call from my mom’s store (I managed her store for three years). They had a question about an order I was working on. It was important I leave in a timely fashion because I had a meeting at work, CDW (my […]

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