A Very PBK Christmas

December 6, 2012

Nineteen days until Christmas and, if you’re anything like me, you’re anxiously dusting off your PBK catalog for some swell new ideas on how to complicate the hell out of your remaining holiday prep time. Because there’s nothing else left to do, of course. As my holiday gift to you, I will keep today’s PBK […]

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An Early Holiday Gift {Yes, a Giveaway}

November 29, 2012

Oh, the holiday season.  The traditions.  The memories.  The sentimentality. And the realization that every family does things a little, uh, differently.  In my family, it’s a post-tryptophan, out-for-blood Thanksgiving Catch Phrase competition.  And the time it finally occurred to me why we left Santa an Italian Hero every Christmas Eve. We all have our […]

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I Don’t Watch Homeland. Can We Still Be Friends?

November 25, 2012

  My husband and I don’t have much of a social life.  Like many parents of young kids, we don’t get out as often as we’d like.  But hey, we can have cocktails at home, cook dinner and watch some TV.  And then we can talk about that riveting evening with other parents of small […]

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Thanksgiving Checklist: The Kids’ Table

November 20, 2012

I’m sure you guys are all up to your eyeballs in grocery store rage and finding the right elastic-waist pants for the upcoming holiday weekend.  So I won’t keep you very long.  I just want to make sure you’re not overlooking one critical aspect of your Thanksgiving prep:  The Kids’ Table. Basically, there are two […]

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Paradise {By the Dashboard Light}

November 19, 2012

I need a vacation. Don’t we all? Since I’m not taking one any time soon, I have decided to lower the bar and revise the definition of vacation.  Just to see me through and preserve my sanity. Hot sun?  Nah. Hotel room service?  Optional. Getting on a plane?  Doesn’t matter. What I really am looking […]

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A Tale of Two Kims

November 12, 2012

Because I was born in the 70s, I’ve never been the only Kim in any given room.  There have been many Kims over the years {Jennifers, I know you can relate}. But I do have a favorite Kim.  Sadly, she lives clear across the country.  However, she has a job that sends her to New […]

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Calgon, Where the Hell Did You Take Me?

November 8, 2012

School has now been closed for nine consecutive days in the post-Sandy mess that is my town.  And since I’m a betting woman, I’m going to go out on a limb and say it’ll be rounded up to an even two weeks. And then, yesterday, the Nor’easter.  We got some real snow here, which is […]

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Top 10 Things Sandy Made Me Say

November 4, 2012

Thanks to everyone who has written with words of support and concern.  We are totally fine.  The generator is running and my husband should get his own reality show for the extreme measures he has taken to hoard gasoline {don’t worry, we’re sharing it}. All I really need, truly, is for school to open.  Well, […]

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The Soul of New Jersey

November 1, 2012

Greetings from Post-Apocalyptic New Jersey. Monday night’s dance with Sandy made for a very long and very stressful night.  The sound of the wind whipping at 80 miles per hour + the visual of the giant 100 year-old trees swaying and snapping around our house = family sleepover night in the basement. This was Hurricane […]

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Family Policy on Post-Sandy Sanity

October 29, 2012

URGENT FAMILY MEMORANDUM RE: HURRICANE SANDY    Children of Fordeville: As you’ve seen from my obsessive viewing of the news coverage, Hurricane Sandy is beginning to bear down on us.  I am doing my best to walk the schizophrenic line between watching these storm updates while simultaneously reassuring you that it’s no big deal.  This […]

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