Lessons From the Pumpkin Spice Latte Shortage

October 23, 2012

  You guys.  It’s safe to go outside again. The Great Pumpkin Spice Latte Shortage of 2012 has ended.  Apparently at some point last week, Starbucks declared the “pumpkin emergency” to be over and PSL was once again in plentiful supply.  Soccer Mom riots nationwide were narrowly averted. It’s all going to be OK.  No […]

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Filed Under: Borderline Neuroses, Food & Drink, Holidays 21 Comments

The Male Mind in the Grocery Store

October 19, 2012

“Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth.” “Be careful what you wish for.” “Don’t cut off your nose to spite your face.” If we were playing $10,000 Pyramid, these would all be clues I could give you to describe a recent singular event here.   And we’d both be wearing plaid polyester.  In the […]

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Filed Under: Family, Food & Drink, That Which Drives Me Crazy 12 Comments

Facebook is Broken

October 15, 2012

  Dear Mr. Zuckerberg, I’m writing today in the hopes you can pass my feedback along to the appropriate member(s) of your team.  I’m not sure if I’m the first to bring this to your attention, but Facebook seems to be broken. Let me be more specific. Sure, the site loads and most of the […]

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Filed Under: Entertainment 34 Comments

The Truth About Apple Picking

October 8, 2012

  Don’t you love going apple picking this time of year?  I sure do! OK, that’s not entirely true.  I’m starting to realize that, like many things, this always seems like a great idea {nature! fresh fruit! fun for all!} but can often turn into more of a seasonal obligation.  Sort of like waiting in […]

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Filed Under: Family, Places Near and Far 4 Comments

Get These Naked People Out of Here

October 3, 2012

Did any of you catch something different on my blog last week?  Like the masses of naked people looking for “dates”? Please say no.  Please say you never saw any of it. Hackers.  They are persistent motherfuckers.  And, unfortunately, they like my site. I was hacked in January.  That time, I basically couldn’t log in […]

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Filed Under: Blogging Cluelessness, Tech Bits, That Which Drives Me Crazy 13 Comments

How to Revive the Fall TV Line-Up

October 1, 2012

So.  We’re a week into the fall TV season and I have a question:  Where can I apply to get the wasted hours of my life back from watching some of these new shows?   Because I am owed a brain cell refund. You know it’s bad when I am actively looking forward to the Vice […]

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Filed Under: Entertainment 5 Comments

Secrets of Bacon & Sanity

September 24, 2012

Do you like to maintain your sanity while having young kids? Do you seek out ways to avoid having a stroke when getting said kids out the door? Do you like bacon in the morning? Yes? Yes? And yes? Then, please, allow me to share a rare nugget of parental wisdom with you. Let’s call […]

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You Can Take the People Out of New York…

September 21, 2012

  Back in The Dark Ages, when we old folks got our information and jokes via email — and not through social networking sites that the Brothers Winklevii were litigating over — there were a couple of old standbys that continued to circulate over our lightning-fast dial-up connections. There were the alarmist urban myths {like […]

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Filed Under: Borderline Neuroses, Friends, New to Town 12 Comments

Celebration & World Domination

September 12, 2012

    It’s birthday party time around here. Don’t worry — there are no kids’ birthday cake disasters in the works.  And I’m not still attempting to extend my 40th {well, not much}. Nope.  This birthday belongs to the blog. That’s right, folks — The Fordeville Diaries meets The Terrible Twos.  I’ve somehow learned to […]

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Filed Under: Blogging Cluelessness, Entertainment, Family, Food & Drink, Uncategorized 17 Comments

Kindergarten Parental Failure

September 7, 2012

They’re baaaaaack!  Back in school, that is. My daughter started pre-school and my son is the Big Man on Campus — aka off to Kindergarten. It all went swimmingly. Well, that’s not entirely true.  It went mostly OK, which is the bar I have set when it comes to transitions in this family. Mostly OK […]

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Filed Under: Borderline Neuroses, Family 33 Comments
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