Freak Parade

So about nine million years ago, The Boy and I squared off on the issue of his messy room. You all voted and gave very well thought out suggestions. All big improvements on my approach to dealing with his pig sty of a room, which was banging my head against the wall and muttering […]

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“I want to spend time with family and friends, even if they sometimes drive me crazy. Really crazy…..”
Scratch that, Santa.
Make that…I would like to spend time with some members of my family. The rest are crazy. Crazy. As well as frustratingly passive-aggressive, but whatever. Merry Christmas, indeed. Hrmph.
So, I just don’t get the whole passive-aggressive, […]

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Thanksgiving is over. I have stuffed myself with good food…and restuffed (and restuffed, and restuffed) myself with leftovers. As the calendar gets ready to flip to December, I am busying myself…by programming my DVR to record all varieties of cheesy Christmas movies. Don’t ask me why, but I am a sucker for the mushy, fluff […]

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So…The Girl is now a yellow belt. Woo hoo! As you saw in the video, she broke her board on her first try. She was one of only 3 to break her board with only one kick (Not that I was counting or anything. Ahem.)
Aside from a bright (and very stiff) new yellow belt, she […]

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The Issue:
As long as kids have had rooms, a battle has been raging. Parents versus kids. Parents want kids’ rooms to be clean (or at least not a health hazard). Kids want the right to keep their space how they want it (to wallow in their own filth). Will a peace treaty ever be […]

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The fire is still burning about four miles over the hills behind my house. It is 65% contained and looking better every day. It hardly smells like smoke at all…and we actually saw white, fluffy clouds today! The winds are supposed to pick back up on Friday, so we’re hoping it is fully contained before […]

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So I am squeaking this in on the last day. Me procrastinate? Shocker, I know. Her Bad Mother was hosting a contest, encouraging people to post their children’s artwork. I think I may have missed the deadline, but here is my contribution anyway. The Girl actually drew this one last November….but, I believe it holds […]

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So this weekend was our anniversary. Sixty Six years of wedded bliss. We’re not sure whether the fact that we both feel like it has been a whole lot longer is a good thing or not. Around here, anniversaries usually = kid free. Yeah, um…usually. This particular anniversary happened to be quite a bit too […]

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My site’s server has been down all day. Remind me why I switched to self-hosted again? That’s okay, I didn’t write anything for here anyway. I’ve been working on The Boy’s interview project. He has new interviews up, and about eight more ready to go. And if you are a fan of The Sneeze…which you […]

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The Boy and The Girl occasionally stop screeching at each other for a few moments and actually try to play together. One of the things they play is restaurant. I was invited to be a patron of their …um…lovely establishment. Take a look at the menu. Delish, no?

Don’t see it? Take a closer look….

You’ll have […]

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