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• Hey, I’ll Give You a Sticker!

  So, we’ve enacted Reward Chart Protocol at Camp Bernaba. We were giving out stickers before, but found the preferred place to stick them turned out to be the ba... Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2013 HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Jailbreak: A Guest Post by Colleen of The Family Pants

  

  Colleen Thoele is also known as Mama Pants. She is a child advocate, awesome wife, best mother ever, worst mother ever, greatest sister of all time and lover... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2013 HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Deeper Than Skin Deep

  

  I sat in the hairdresser’s chair, furtively eyeing the woman to my right. She looked a rather well-preserved fifty. Her lashes hung thickly and heavily over... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• My Kind of Bucket List!

  I’m not a huge fan of ‘bucket lists’. I’m not a fan of widely-ingested and promptly regurgitated catchphrases in general. Don’t get me wrong; I love Morgan... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2013 HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lovin’ Mom of Boys: A Guest Post by Danielle of Things Carter Says…

  

  Danielle Jefferson is a tell-it-like-it-is kind of mom who knows that parenting is hard…but tequila helps. When she’s not looking for her next margarita, she... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• You’re Not All That: Realizations of Motherhood by Bridgette of Shortcut Girl

  

  Bridgette Gallagher is a high school English teacher in Saratoga Springs, NY. She is the proud Mom to Parker, 3, an amazing little redhead and Celia,1, the... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2013 HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Parenting on Either Side of Tragedy

  

  On the morning of September 11, 2001, I was three months out of college, single, and getting used to ‘the real world’. And by ‘real world’, I mean single, with ... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Man, the Boy, and the Donkey

  

  My family is a little bit difficult to please. I’ve talked about it in no particular detail at earlier points. If you cook a meal, they’ll be looking for the... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2013 HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Smurfs on TMZ

  

  Smurf Village’s most scandalous family is out of control again!Last night, a TMZ staffer caught Vanity Smurf leaving Rolling Hills Aesthetics Center, for what i... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2013 HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Dove, You’re the Only One Who Understands Me

  

  The moment I stepped into the kitchen at the ungodly hour of 6:30 this morning, I knew it was going to be a bad day. I’d had the children from 6am to 6pm for th... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2013 HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Social Media: Walking the Line Between Love and Hate

  

  Have you ever loved something so much that you almost hate it? Or you love it for a while and then things turn sour?Well, I’m in a relationship from which I... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2013 HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Guest Posters, I Want You!

  Hey Folks!I’ve taken my obligatory months-long break from Momma’s 12 Days, because, heck, that’s a workout, and I’m throwing out a line, looking for some guest... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2013 HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• An Open Letter to Baby Houseman Re: Your Relationship with Johnny Castle

  

  I’ve been struggling with whether or not to write this, because a) how irrelevant can one get, and 2) really, who cares?But it keeps knocking around in my... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2013 HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Existentially Yours

  

  Coexist (Photo credit: pbyrne)My husband and I are very different creatures. I’m the more spiritual, touchy-feely type, where he’s the rational scientist. Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Mexican Standoff

  

  Life with a three-year-old has been interesting so far. My son has all the defiance of a two-year-old, but with the calculation of a child much older. Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2013 HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Tax Lady

  

  My husband and I went to a tax preparer a few days ago. It was a pretty standard interaction for us, since we had gone to the same office for the past three... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2013 HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Times, They Are a-Changin’

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  Posted on 18 March 2013 HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• To the Cute-ish Couple in Babies R Us with the Registry Gun…

  

  You may not have seen me over the weekend, running into the store quickly to replace a toilet lock an impatient guest ripped off our toilet during our kids’... Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2013 HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• My New 47-Step Beauty Routine

  

  My beauty “routine” since I had children’s been pretty simple: Wash the face, wash the hair, wash the body, and cut the fingernails when they get too long. Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2013 HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Two’s Company…And You Know the Rest

  

  Some things are better in threes. Neapolitan ice cream, Olympic medals, blind mice. Some things, however, are not. Like small children.What is it about the... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2013 SELF EXPRESSION