Disney World Planning Fail

January 23, 2013

Every December 26, I get the Post-Christmas Blues and, to combat them, I begin to plan our family trip to Walt Disney World in March. I followed the same timetable this year and got my flights/hotel squared away.  Then I made the mistake of blowing off the dining reservations until last week — an ungodly […]

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My Cirque du Soleil Audition

January 22, 2013

  The residents of Fordeville are on Flu Lockdown after my son was diagnosed over the weekend.  Since he has sneezed on me no fewer than 487 times in the last week, it’s only a matter of time before I get it.  So, as a warm-up to my clearly impending misery, let me tell you […]

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Pimp My Ride

January 18, 2013

The lease on my car is up next month, and so I find myself looking at what my next vehicle should be.  Given the amount of time I spend in my car, I feel like I’m shopping for a house. Thankfully, my husband — the King of Research & Due Diligence — has narrowed our […]

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I Was Here First

January 11, 2013

M E M O R A N D U M TO:            Residents of Fordeville FROM:       Señor, Head Household Pet and Chief Bacon Officer DATE:         January 11, 2013 SUBJECT:   Family Expansion * * * I know the last time I wrote a letter, I got a […]

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Secrets & Lies

January 7, 2013

I decided that I should start out 2013 on the blog by coming clean.  Because there are some things I’ve been keeping from all of you. One big thing, really.   No, we did not order a tadpole online.  I know the photo isn’t great, so let me spell it out. Yes, coming in June: […]

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A Farewell Toast to 2012

December 31, 2012

What a week. I think I have finally emerged from the tornado named Christmas that put my sanity and my house into a fragile state of disrepair. For those of you who read my last post, you either 1) died of boredom, or 2) shared similar war stories about your hunt for that last-minute Christmas toy. […]

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The Real Reason Kids Write to Santa

December 23, 2012

  My kids are young, so I make a lot of rookie mistakes that many of you with older kids can spot from ten miles away. Like the importance of writing letters to Santa — something we didn’t do this year. I foolishly thought people did this because it was just fun for the kids. […]

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Gratitude Beyond Words

December 17, 2012

There’s nothing I can say that hasn’t already been said about the heartbreak in Newtown.  I can’t fix it.  I can’t understand it.  None of us can. I keep coming back to the thoughts I have about how I rush my kids out the door to school all of the time.  Always in such a […]

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Finding the Funny: Holiday Edition

December 12, 2012

  The holidays are busy, right? Especially when you decide to co-host a party with 16 other people two weeks before Christmas. Yep. Today I’m teaming up with My Life and Kids, Kelley’s Break Room and 14 more bloggers to bring you a special Holiday edition of Finding the Funny! Because I don’t really feel […]

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The Annual Christmas Music Confessional

December 10, 2012

  It’s time. The Annual Fordeville Christmas Music Confessional is open. Forget your shopping lists, your relatives driving you batshit crazy, the overachieving Pinterest Christmas boards and moving that damn Elf on the Shelf again.  Because it’s time to come clean about your dirty secret — the cheesiest Christmas songs that you love, that you […]

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