Sunscream

May 25, 2012

  So, the unofficial kick-off to summer is nearly here.  And while that’s exciting in many ways, I have to tell you that there are some things I hate about this time of year. Mostly, the sun. See, there are people who need sunscreen (everyone, in theory) and then there are people who NEED SUNSCREEN. […]

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Filed Under: Borderline Neuroses, Family, That Which Drives Me Crazy 8 Comments

Attention, All Husbands

May 23, 2012

I know how to drag out a birthday, don’t I?  I’ve been so lucky to have my guest bloggers drop by throughout May to celebrate with me.  And today, I have the final of my three guests — Erin from I’m Gonna Kill Him.  I think we can all agree that she knows how to get […]

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Fifty Shades of WTF Did I Just Read?

May 19, 2012

How’s this for a cliche?  Right after I turned 40 — and I mean, only about three days after — I pulled my back out.  I wasn’t exercising or lifting one of my kids.  No, I was unloading the dishwasher.  How sad is that?  So, despite what many people have said, I’m not sure that […]

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Dares, Goals & Guts

May 16, 2012

Project Extended Birthday continues! My guest today is Elizabeth from Flourish in Progress.  If you’re not already reading her blog, consider this a public service announcement that your life is not as complete as you thought it was.  I have followed Elizabeth’s writing for a while, and she’s a total and complete badass.  I mean […]

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On the Run From Reality TV

May 15, 2012

Have you seen that show called What Would You Do?  You know, when those actors play out some morally outrageous scenario in a very public place (like an obviously drunk guy getting into his car with a few passengers in plain sight).  And then the unsuspecting real-life people, who are unaware their reactions are being […]

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The Empress is in the House

May 9, 2012

Greetings from the other side of 40. So it wasn’t as traumatic as I envisioned.  Mostly because I was distracted by revelry.  And presents. Yes, my friends know me well.  I’m obviously a deeply complicated person. Now that I have been given more bottles of wine than I can count, coupled with the Fifty Shades […]

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27 in My Head

May 4, 2012

Bad news:  It didn’t work. My petition to change my birth year, in a last-ditch effort to avoid turning 40, has been rejected.  For no good reason.  Something about permanent, reliable records or some such nonsense.  Personally, I suspect I was blocked by my nemeses at the New Jersey DMV. Fine, Time and Space.  You […]

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Filed Under: Family, Food & Drink, Friends, Holidays 9 Comments

Time Capsule

May 1, 2012

You may recall that, a few weeks ago, I mentioned our storage pod delivery.  The one we had packed away in late 2010 in order to empty out our basement and vie for the world record in Home Renovation Delays.  I’m still waiting on the official ruling from the Guinness Book people.  I know it’s […]

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Filed Under: Borderline Neuroses, Family, Friends, Project Colonial 12 Comments

Five

April 24, 2012

He is five years old today. So it has been five years since I nominated the epidural as The Eighth Wonder of the World.  Five years since I held that baby for the first time and became a mom. And now he’s so clearly not a baby.  He is a little boy (or a big […]

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Filed Under: Family, Food & Drink 13 Comments

Swarmed

April 20, 2012

I’m not a nature girl. I mean, I like nature.  From a distance.  It’s pretty.  But I’m not a camper.  And, late at night, I’ve always been more comforted by the sounds of the city streets over the sounds of crickets outside. Bugs, in particular, are not my thing. I know they’re not most people’s […]

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Filed Under: Project Colonial, That Which Drives Me Crazy 19 Comments
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