Year: 2009

The Great Holiday Exhale

In the clustered, frantic moments after the holiday, the stifled breaths we feel as we muster through the paper, cardboard, and seemingly too-many-to-belong gifts that …

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Good Will in a Box

As I navigated the narrowed aisles in the PX, shopping for a leftover this or that to buy for the holiday, I felt broken. I …

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Make Your Own Crayon Nibbles

In our pre-holiday purge, I came across eleventy-billion broken crayons, of course. I had the kids collect them all and bring them downstairs to peel. …

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To Do Tuesday Week 45

If this is your first time reading and you’re wondering what To-Do Tuesday is all about, click to check out the first post to find …

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How I Look in the Morning

This is me on the couch first thing in the morning.Be forewarned, there is no makeup, no coffee in hand, no brain cells firing yet.Just …

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Candlelight Thoughts

I let the ferocious “momma bear” instinct get the better of me earlier when I became defensive on behalf of Shellie, as she fielded many …

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Visit Me!

Watch out, I’ve got my target acquired. Or, maybe that’s just my Baby Dude. Read more at 5MinutesforParenting.com, where lil ‘ol me has contributed once …

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