Skiing With Kids: Fantasy vs Reality

February 5, 2014

I decided this would be the winter we’d become a skiing family. Or at least take the preliminary steps to eventually transform us into one. My husband and I both skied fairly often and fairly well back in the day. It’s something that we miss personally and also want our kids to learn to do. […]

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Ode to the Polar Vortex

January 27, 2014

Oh Polar Vortex, with your nippy temperatures and pretty snow deliveries. You’re finally bringing us a winter that’s really, well, winter. A perfect season for sledding and comfort food and nights by the fire. It has been so long since we’ve seen a January like this! I want to thank you, Polar Vortex, for so […]

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This is Your Brain on Noise

January 17, 2014

Parents: How tired are you? Exhausted, right? I thought so. But why? Is she really asking me why?  I am. But only because I just figured something out that I should have understood years ago. Yeah, my body is tired, but if I’m being honest, it’s my mind that could really use a 12-year nap. […]

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Evening News: Winter Break Edition

January 6, 2014

Thank you for joining this special edition of the evening news. Tonight we take a look back at Winter Break 2013/14 through the eyes of one family. “I loved the break! It lasted so, so, soooo long! My favorite part was the extra screen time my mom gave us, especially when everyone was throwing up.” — […]

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2013, I Think I Loved You

December 31, 2013

Everyone’s telling me that they can’t believe this year is over. I disagree. I can totally believe it. I think that going without a full night of sleep for 50% of the year really extended my 2013 experience. I feel like I got my 365 days’ worth. And then some. But I can’t complain. 2013 […]

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Santa, Bring Me Some Sister Wives

December 6, 2013

It’s time to make my annual holiday season promise to myself. The one that I break every year: I will not let the holidays stress me out.  I will enjoy them, damn it. Riiiight. But despite my past failures in this effort, I have come up with an entirely new approach this year. One that […]

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The Day the Bacon Died

November 21, 2013

TO: Residents of Fordeville FROM: Señor, Head Household Pet & Chief Bacon Officer RE: THE DIET. DATE: November 21, 2013 ______________________________________   Thanks so much for that extraneous trip to the vet last weekend. That was fucking awesome. Did I need vaccinations? No. Was I sick? Uh, negative. But you just had to take me […]

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Treading Water

November 18, 2013

<Taps microphone> Is this thing on? Does it still work? Is anyone out there? Oh good. That was a long blog hiatus for me — my longest ever. It wasn’t deliberate. I tried to come back sooner, but everything I typed looked something like this: Louaoiejnfwoiern xoiernwml owerucustiwern. More or less. I’m a good swimmer. […]

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The Secret Post-Baby Workout

October 22, 2013

You know what I love? Seeing those highly realistic Body After Baby articles in women’s magazines. And they’re even better when they have photos, aren’t they? Because a side of self-loathing goes a long way with the six total minutes I can spend daily, on average, reading on an uninterrupted basis. Since the baby was born in […]

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Parenting, The Disney Vault Way

October 7, 2013

I spent Friday afternoon watching The Little Mermaid with my kids. I had waited a long time to share this — one of my favorite Disney movies — with them, because, until now, it has not been available to purchase on DVD in their lifetimes. Sure, we could have watched the VHS version my mom […]

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