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  • Yesterday, my little girl travelled to the airport, boarded a plane to Dallas, and then to Minneapolis, and I wasn't there! Her grandmother accompanied her. Have you ever tried to focus on work when your offspring is in …

  • confessions of shopaphobic

    On Monday morning, Reagan called me on my way to work to tell me that she really needed dress clothes for her band concert on Tuesday. After asking her whether she'd known this on Saturday (because that would have been…

  • how to incite a mommy hissy fit

    I am not proud of the hissy fit that I threw last night. I have only the following evidential items with which to defend myself: I worked all day (do I need to go further?) I had three errands to run on my way home, and…

  • Let's go GNO

    Libby insisted we have a girls' night (in). When I say insisted, I mean that she asked politely 437 times in three days. That is Libby. She's a persistent little bugger. She's been dancing around like Snoopy since I fina…

  • week in review

    I'm stealing this idea from Marinka at Motherhood in NYC. I got the idea to steal from other people's blogs from Heather, the Queen of Shake Shake who directed me to Marinka's blog. I love them both a lot. The only qualm…

  • seriously?

    Did I really say the pity party was over? I did. Did I mean that? I did. Is it true. Pretty much. So why do I still feel like shit? In fact, I might feel worse. I am irritable, restless, insecure, irritable, paranoid, i…

  • Day 7- The Pity Party is Officially Over

    Sunday was another productive day. I continued my reorganziation and decluttering campaign; and tried to shift gears back to our regular schedule. The kids start back to school today. Lunches are packed, clothes laid out…

  • Day 6

    I was crazy busy cleaning out the garage, decluttering, filling up bags and bags of trash and goodwill items. Much too busy to shower, brush my hair, or apply makeup. Definitely too busy to pluck my eyebrows. Also, caus…

  • day 5

    Yesterday was Day 5 post the biggest mama-drama I've faced so far. My son turned 18 and moved out, and my heart slammed against a wall. It took a couple days to even feel like breathing again, and then I just tried to be…

  • Day 4 - Acceptance is within reach

    We had a good New Year's Eve and a fairly calm New Year's Day - if you don't count Paul taking over the kitchen and bellowing orders while he cooked dinner. He was forgiven during the first bite though. I continue to lo…

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