Reunited

February 23, 2012

On the second day of the 26th week, the God of Endless Home Renovations bestowed an incredible gift upon us. A fully functional, newly installed (again) washing machine and dryer.  It was like a mirage before my weary eyes. No more trips to the wash and fold {farewell, Bruce, and thanks for the great origami laundry […]

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Hibachi PTSD

February 21, 2012

Today, I regret to inform all of you that I must officially withdraw my name from consideration for Mother of the Year. Sad but true. The reason? No, not the profanity I use with my General Contractor (there is a loop hole clause for that, you know).  No, not the introduction of Entenmanns Chocolate Pop […]

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Catalog Life

February 15, 2012

If only real life could be like the Pottery Barn Kids catalog.  I’ve mentioned this before when venting some pent-up rage against the PBK bed that is bigger than my first Manhattan apartment.  But it doesn’t end there.  If you take a broader view, it might be nice to just slip into a day in […]

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A Brief Affair

February 8, 2012

Yesterday, I was so excited to have one of my posts featured over at Aiming Low — a humor site about promoting the mediocrity in all of us.  If you’re not already a fan, please go check it out. You may have seen that post before.  It was about — you guessed it — the […]

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The Problem With House Hunters

January 31, 2012

  You know how people on reality TV can make you marvel at the stupidity of the human race?  And yet we (or at least I) still watch.  Maybe to feel better about myself. Anyway. Ever-obsessed with real estate — and yet far too mentally fragile from my own basement project to watch renovation shows […]

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Baby Steps

January 26, 2012

You guys.  After 22 weeks of insanity, we have decided that the time has come to just walk away and abandon Project Pimp My Basement. What?  Yes, of course I’m kidding.  What the hell would I write about if I didn’t have the basement chronicles?  And what would I do with my time if I […]

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The Parental Art of Speaking in Code

January 23, 2012

As my kids get older and increasingly pick up on everything I’m saying, it’s clear that I need to do a better job of speaking in code.  There are a few good reasons for this. 1)  I think it might minimize parent-child conflict.   For example:  “Spinach” should be “green pudding.”  Or something equally enticing […]

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Checking In

January 16, 2012

It’s funny how my social media addictions document my life.  Between the blog, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram (those fun photos on my home page) and Pinterest, there’s a lot that I put out there about myself. And then there’s FourSquare.  All this business of checking in somewhere.  I’ve been FourSquaring for about a year and a […]

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Pre-School is the New Ph.D.

January 12, 2012

January does not only mean that the holidays are over. It also means, if you have kids, that you have to get your head out of your ass the clouds and plan now for the next school year. Yes, pack up your Christmas stockings or menorahs.  It’s time for 2012-2013 school registration. First up, my […]

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A Battle of Wills

January 8, 2012

You know what’s fun?  Arguing while you’re driving. Now, I’m used to my kids bickering with each other or with me while I’m invariably driving them somewhere.  It’s not a picnic but it’s just part of the gig. But the time I spent today fighting with a GPS system was beyond my limits. I was […]

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