And Deep Breath Out…

It’s been quite a month, which is my (valid!) excuse for my lack of posting the past few weeks.
We’re down-shifting from the crazy remodeling/fixing up the house phase, which I am not complaining about. Most of what we wanted to do is done AND it looks like we may be holding off listing the house [...]

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Someone Save Me

So tired. And so covered in dust, mortar, and probably 10 other dirty and gross things. And I’m feeling my age plus about 89 years. I hurt every where. The worst/most difficult part of the job is over, but I still have enough work left to do to seriously consider whoring myself out to Bob [...]

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And It Continues

For all of the home improvement projects I’ve gotten myself into over the years, and for every time I tell myself that I will take BEFORE photos, I find it annoying and stupid odd that it is something I rarely actually accomplish. Grrr.
We’re still elbow deep in redo’s and renovations. After a lot of thought, [...]

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Bathtubs, Bats, and Noseblows

I keep waiting for things to slow down a little bit… just enough so I can stop, take a breath, and relax a little. Seeing as it’s been 9 months without much down time, it’s finally set in that this is the norm. SWEET!
The kids are back in the swing of things at school, and [...]

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Good Bye :(

I’m not ready for this thing called summer to end.
First of all, I was kind of screwed out of June. It rained most of the month, which meant it was kind of cold (relatively), and in all fairness, I think that Mother Nature should maybe throw in a bonus month. We could call it Augober.
Secondly, [...]

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It’s Finally Over

You know those weeks that you wish you could just by-pass? Like fall asleep on Sunday night and wake up one week later? Well, this week was one of those.
We had 2 birthday parties to throw, a tennis tournament, swim camp, kids kids kids, and all of the crap in-between.
The first party was for three [...]

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A Touch of Random

My dog is a total wimp and will pretty much bark at any and every stranger. But once he’s seen you a few times, that empty-threat bark is replaced by a tail wag and a possible tongue bath. But sometimes he never quite gets over his “distaste” for some people and will bark no matter [...]

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It’s ALIVE!

In May, I planted my first garden, which I documented in this exciting post. There hasn’t been a day (except when I’ve been out of town) that I haven’t spent an embarrassing amount of time “mothering” these suckers. I have really enjoyed watching the growth and transformation that has taken place, and am proud to [...]

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It’s Really Interesting… Really.

TEN THINGS THAT SUCK
10- Sand in my bed.
9- Lack of sleep.
8- Lack of money.
7- Brilliant ex’s who call to ask if it’s OK for your son to jump on the tramp even though that’s how he hurt his arm 4 days before.
6- Your cat getting bit over her eye by the neighbors stupid cat, it [...]

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Kinda Like Cruella De Vil

Although all of the details aren’t the same, this is pretty fitting.
The Evil Stepmother
by Maureen F. McHugh
My nine-year-old stepson Adam and I were coming home from Kung Fu. “Maureen,” Adam said–he calls me ‘Maureen’ because he was seven when Bob and I got married and that was what he had called me before. “Maureen,” Adam [...]

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