Monthly Archives: November 2010

DIY Parenting Manuals

November 19, 2010 in Just Life, Life Lessons, Raising these kids, The Small People Know Me as "Mommy", Uncategorized

If you were expecting something sappy about the most recent age milestones for my two Small People– 4 and 2, to be exact– you can go read this post or this one. As much as I love those kids–and I do, with a force that often surprises me–they drive me from sane to bat shit nuts with an astonishing speed and regularity. Sometimes it’s my fault. My impatience and inability to deal with repetitive annoyances [...]

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Homegrown Superhereos

November 12, 2010 in It's Easy Being Green, Just Life, Pinterest, Crafts, and Home Decor Projects

Okay- so I understand the obsession between little boys and superheroes, and little girls with princesses. They are both marketed as being good and strong and, most importantly, magically strong. As a kid, I definitely had Princess Leia Underoos. I’m reasonably sure that I pretended to be Wonder Woman– and if not her, definitely Indiana Jones-ette. But I also pretended to be an Indian Princess after watching a Gandi miniseries with my Mom, complete with [...]

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Pumpkins as an Alternative Energy Source

November 10, 2010 in Adult ADHD Isn't a Bad Thing, It's Easy Being Green, Just Life

Well, not really, but pumpkins, SEER ratings and gas furnaces are all related in my life right now. Which might seem odd– to you. Stay with me for a minute- it’s like a Seinfeld episode that will (kind of) make sense in the end. Our house is a 1969 original. I think some people would call it vintage, which is a really nice way of saying old. Our air conditioner–when new–was maybe an 8 SEER. [...]

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Small People Go to Washington

November 5, 2010 in Adult ADHD Isn't a Bad Thing, Just Life, Life Lessons, Politics, Raising these kids, Uncategorized

Yes, we went to a little Rally, but we really had planned a November Birthday Train Trip to DC long before said rally was announced. I have decided that I love Amtrak for short, no-layover, trips. Otherwise, I think you are paying for the experience versus convenience. One lady had been on the train for 24 hours already when we got on that Friday morning. I couldn’t do 24 hours on a train with two [...]

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Small People Rally to Restore Sanity

November 1, 2010 in Just Life, Politics, Raising these kids

Did we go? Yes, we did! Y’all heard about this little event, didn’t you? The one where Jon Stewart from The Daily Show got together with Stephen Colbert up in DC? If you didn’t, well then you probably aren’t reading this blog, because you don’t have electricity or something. But for the rest of you– Joel and I took the Small People on their requested Birthday Train trip and I promise to blog about that. [...]

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