Spring Break: Are We Done Yet?

April 15, 2012

  APRIL 15, 2012 TO:  Education Administrators of New Jersey RE: Spring Break Coordination _________________________________________________ To Whom it May Concern: It is with my last shred of sanity barely intact that I sit down to write you this letter, on the 16th and final night of the 2012 Spring Break. I wonder if I could […]

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Out of the Office

April 10, 2012

This week marks a year since I left my full-time job — my career, really — to make a big change and stay at home with my kids. Some days, it’s hard to believe it has been that long. Others, it feels like a decade since I’ve walked into the place that was my office, […]

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Filed Under: Family, Work Stuff 14 Comments

Pod Living

April 9, 2012

Look what we had delivered last week. The last time I saw this storage pod was back in November 2010 — as we prepared to shred the basement beyond the limits of a tolerable home renovation period. {“Whatever happened to that basement reno that you wouldn’t shut up about,” you ask?  The big reveal is […]

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Filed Under: Family, Project Colonial, Uncategorized 2 Comments

The Easter Candy Consumption Pyramid

April 6, 2012

  Easter always feels like a hallmark of Springtime to me — even after an unusually warm March around here this year.  Although, now that I think about it, it is kind of ironic to welcome the warmer weather with this holiday — as we consume baskets full of candy that won’t allow us to […]

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Filed Under: Family, Food & Drink, Holidays 6 Comments

How to Lose Your Will to Live at the DMV

March 28, 2012

  You know all of those awful stereotypes about the Department of Motor Vehicles?  Unfortunately, I’m here today to report that the New Jersey DMV is, in fact, the Ninth Circle of Hell. To appreciate the full story, I need to give you one quick bit of prelude. —————- 1989:  I sat in the local […]

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Filed Under: Places Near and Far, That Which Drives Me Crazy 46 Comments

Passwords Are Eating My Brain

March 27, 2012

Maybe it’s the aging process.  Maybe it’s parenting.  Maybe it’s both.  But I feel like I am losing brain power by the day.  You know that feeling?  {Please say yes.} And with my ever-diminishing mental capacity to retain details, let me tell you what is pushing me over the edge. User names and passwords, people. […]

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Filed Under: Tech Bits, That Which Drives Me Crazy 16 Comments

Birthday Baking, We Meet Again

March 21, 2012

Well, April is quickly approaching — and that can only mean one thing in my house: My annual irrational desire to bake a nice birthday cake for my son has kicked in. I can’t explain it. I have to say, I’m a pretty good cook.  If you want a kick-ass chicken parmigiana for your birthday, […]

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Filed Under: Family, Food & Drink 9 Comments

Who Invited Sparky?

March 16, 2012

Earlier this week, I shared this photo on my Facebook page.   Sparky the pre-school class mascot is a stuffed elephant.  I was hopeful we could dodge him for the rest of the school year.  But alas.  My son walked out of school the other day, grinning widely and carrying Sparky. My grin was not […]

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Filed Under: Borderline Neuroses, Family 15 Comments

A Vomit-Free Vacation

March 13, 2012

We are back from our family vacation to Florida.  I have much to report, but let me cut right to the headline: Nobody threw up. It’s true!  This is epic for the residents of Fordeville.  I mean, there was a very close call during the endless descent of our return flight.  As I sat between […]

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Filed Under: Family, Money in Flames, Places Near and Far 12 Comments

Vacation, You’ve Changed

February 28, 2012

Earlier this week, P and I celebrated our seventh wedding anniversary.  I’m a lucky gal — I got one of the very, very good ones.  One of the true keepers. {No, I’m not asleep at the altar here. Just camera-shy.} I feel like we look so young in our wedding pictures.  I’m going to go […]

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Filed Under: Family, Places Near and Far 7 Comments
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