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More thoughts on Amendment One NC

May 10, 2012 in Just Life, Life Lessons, Politics, Staying Home Didn't Kill the Feminist, Things that Make Me Twitchy

Obviously I strongly oppose every thing about Amendment One. It’s not a new feeling. Some of the things I’ve heard come out of the mouths of… Ahhhh—- take a deep breath, shake up my calm-down jar. Pretty glitter. Okay. I’ve read the calmer statements– and man, oh man– I wish I could be them. I do. Sort of. Imagine graciously delivering a statement calling actions bigoted without being abrasive, or obvious? I know a woman [...]

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Dr. Suess Quotes

March 25, 2012 in Favorite Children's Books, Just Life, Life Lessons, Pinterest, Crafts, and Home Decor Projects, Politics, Raising these kids

Anyone that has spent more than an hour of time in a Small Person’s* life will agree: some books you will read a thousand–NOT hyperbole– times. From that sampling of literary repetitiveness, some– and this doesn’t even twinge my tree-hugging, hippie conscience– will be lost, left, and/or otherwise metaphorically (!) burned. A precious thing, sanity. But never a Suess book; not possibly that. How ever could you possibly hate The Cat in the Hat? —->Shiny [...]

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Stuttering, this is new.

October 12, 2011 in Adult ADHD Isn't a Bad Thing, Gotcha Moments, Just Life, Life Lessons, Raising these kids, Things that Make Me Twitchy

See, just as soon as I decide there is nothing to worry about growth wise with Elliot, he develops a stutter. And I don’t mean a simple st-st-stutter. Nope, it’s more of a s-s-s-s-st-st-st-st-st-stutter. He’ll be 3 in November and his language abilities were already advanced, so that his stuttering may be the result of a forthcoming language explosion (a common reason for stuttering in the 2-5 year age range) is a little terrifying. What [...]

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American Gender Roles, a Preschooler, and Me

September 26, 2011 in Gotcha Moments, Just Life, Life Lessons, Politics, Raising these kids, Staying Home Didn't Kill the Feminist, The Small People Know Me as "Mommy"

Sigh. Rubs Forehead. I’ve written about this before– not that I can find it since I don’t, apparently, have a search feature. How did I miss not having a search option? D’oh. Boys don’t wear pink dresses! Let me be crystal clear about this: I could give a rat’s ass if either of my sons want to dress up in frilly pink lace, high heels, pearls, while wearing purple eye shadow and magenta lipstick. No. [...]

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Beachy Vacation

September 7, 2011 in Just Life, Life Lessons, Raising these kids

No pictures (yet) and there is a really kicking storm rolling over the ocean from the edges of Hurricane Katia…so, more attention grabbing things going on. Watching the ocean is my zen. Sadly, my oldest child finds my zen to be the most boring thing ever. This is how the beach thing has gone with him this year: As he shoves me away, “I can do this myself”. Big wave knocks him down, “Why did [...]

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The Bonecrushing Guilt

August 23, 2011 in Gotcha Moments, Just Life, Life Lessons, Raising these kids, Raising these Parents, The Small People Know Me as "Mommy"

Once, in a retail galaxy far, far away, I attended a management seminar on reactive versus proactive planning. Oh, I start out with a plan to be proactive, and someone (either someone under 46 inches tall and/or with a penis) doesn’t follow instructions, or “forgets”, and I go a nuclear reactive. In my head. Usually my external reaction is more controlled– even when it doesn’t seem that way with my people. Really, between the PTSD-suffering-, [...]

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A Whole House to Myself

July 7, 2011 in Adult ADHD Isn't a Bad Thing, Indoor activities, Just Life, Life Lessons, My Disorganized Mind, Pinterest, Crafts, and Home Decor Projects, Thoughts from a SAHM

Remember when I wrote about how sad I was that my husband had pinched his nerve? Totally focusing on my sympathy for his pain whining about the unfairness of my life. I’d love to say I started that disappointing weekend with grace, wearing my big girl panties, but that would be a big ol’ fat lie. I came out of it okay, though. Now, this past weekend when they actually left? The valuable insights gained [...]

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Kids in Politics

May 31, 2011 in Just Life, Life Lessons, Politics, Raising these kids, Staying Home Didn't Kill the Feminist, Things that Make Me Twitchy

I mentioned that Z’s Rally to Restore sanity sign was making the internet rounds via the It’s Okay to be Takei Facebook page. The creator of that page was also at the Rally, liked the picture and added it to the page. SQUIRREL——-> The original meaning of the sign was directed to the Faux (Fox)-news-watching-Henny-Penny-types, who have spent the past few years throwing acorns at their voting base, screaming “THE SKY IS FALLING” and talking [...]

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Life with Two Kids: Sophie’s Choice Moments

April 14, 2011 in Just Life, Life Lessons, Raising these kids, The Small People Know Me as "Mommy"

This one is long– it’s been a long day. True panic moments. Those times that you blink and one (or both) of your kids have disappeared from your line of sight, and cannot be found within the 60 second no-panic window. That’s what I have for myself– about a minute of doing the full, slow turn, eyes scanning the crowd, processing and rejecting ownership of other people’s Small People until I lay eyes on my [...]

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I know he’s lying

April 13, 2011 in Just Life, Life Lessons, Raising these kids

BREAKING NEWS…. It’s possible that the Monster Truck has been hiding out in a location where Zach has never been, which would mean that he actually wasn’t lying. So I have to shelve my teachable moment conversation. Of course, there’s a traumatic story from my own childhood involving a yard sale and an accusation. But I’ll save that for tomorrow. And damn you JB /shakes fist/. He was the one who took Elliot and Blue [...]

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