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Showing posts with label mother. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mother. Show all posts
Thursday, June 14, 2012

When Your Best Friend is a Bully

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Handling Bullying|Young Children When Your Best Friend is a Bully This week Danielle did something that would be hard for most adults -...
Saturday, January 7, 2012

The Way to Wash An American Girl Doll...

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How To|American Girl Doll|Clean Washing An American Girl Doll... I am not a doll lover. Frankly, they give me the creeps. Barbies and fa...
Friday, August 26, 2011

Wallpapering War Stories

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or as a friend subtitled it, "The Glue always wins." When we were looking for a house I kept describing this as "the house...
Monday, August 1, 2011

If the Shoe Fits...

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I saw my first pair of Manolo Blahniks yesterday. They were casually tossed just inside the door of my sister-in-law's million dollar h...
Saturday, July 16, 2011

Pick up the Pieces and Go Home

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Parenting philosophies can be extremely divisive. I once had neighbors who had opposing stands on parenting and, consequently, detested eac...
Monday, June 27, 2011

I Hate to Iron

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The First installment of My Saga of Domestic Ineptitude Some of my friends grew up at the knees of domestic divas, the unsung Martha Ste...
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Monday, June 20, 2011

Compliments I could have lived without...

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" You look good for your age ."  Were those last three words really necessary? " That shirt  looks nice - have you lost w...
Thursday, June 16, 2011

Twinkie, Twinkie, little cake...

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I confess that since purchasing the skirted bathing suit I have embarked on the first diet of my life. I am not a dieter by nature. Self-de...

Evasions, Fabrications and Polite Fictions

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" Can you do me a favor ?"  My mother taught me to answer, "Probably - what do you need?" Her theory was that you did...
Thursday, June 9, 2011

The Tale of Two Lasagnas

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This week Amanda had her eighth surgery. It wasn't planned, but we took it in stride, being experienced. I've noticed that peop...
Tuesday, June 7, 2011

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I am a self-confessed mall rat. I love strolling along, looking at things I'll never buy, sampling free tea and hand lotion. By the ti...
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Sunday, June 5, 2011

The Dreaded Skirted Bathing Suit

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Today I considered joining our neighborhood "country club". It's not large or prestigious, but it has a pool and a small fitn...
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Saturday, June 4, 2011

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Summer... Ice cream on the front steps and the scent of gardenias in the night air. Right now, for this moment, I am completely content. ...
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Friday, June 3, 2011

Sweet sleep, Happy dreams...

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My friend took a picture of her daughter sleeping in the car the other day. We'd been at the Zoo for hours. It was hot. We were all tir...
Thursday, June 2, 2011

Make Way for Goslings

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A flock of geese made us late to school today. Okay, we chose to stop and watch a flock of geese and consequently were late to school. ...
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