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  • Ketchup

    Ketchup

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    I don’t have much to say this week (I’ll explain later), so I’ll just play catch-up with my most recent iPhone pics, then bid you all adieu. Adieu!

  • A Virtual Birthday/LAN Party

    A Virtual Birthday/LAN Party

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    Virtually every Pinterest Mom has thrown a Minecraft-themed birthday by now. As always, I’m the last one to the party– pun intended. Still, what Firstborn wants Firstborn gets, (I jest.) and, along with an admirable birthday wish, Firstborn wanted a Minecraft birthday this year– her eleventh. What made her take on it unique was how she enjoyed festivities alongside friends both near and far… The perks…

  • 11 Years Ago Today

    11 Years Ago Today

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    Sunday, her due date (and Husband’s birthday), came and went… yet I remained pregnant. Monday I bought Husband a belated birthday cake, plans for a pink, pint-sized, hospital-delivered birthday gift thwarted. Tuesday I found more things to clean and went in to the office. Wednesday the midwife reported no signs of labor. Thursday I had spicy food, a vigorous pedicure, and walked our dog for the umpteenth time.…

  • For the Love of Manatees

    For the Love of Manatees

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    As my Firstborn baby’s 11th birthday is this week, it seems only fitting that the content of this blog be devoted to her/her passions. In tribute, consider linking arms with her in her latest endeavor, thereby granting her birthday wish… Firstborn is a full-fledged, borderline obsessed manatee fanatic. She comes by it naturally. Manatees clearly her spirit animal, she aspires to work…

  • How to Throw a Birthday Party on a Budget

    How to Throw a Birthday Party on a Budget

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    Birthday season is upon us here at the White house (officially ushered in by Husband’s over the weekend)… Translation: Party time! While it’s true I adore a good party, I also love preserving both my dough and my sanity. Supposing I’m not the only one who appreciates stretching a buck, I thought I’d share my best penny-pinching party hacks here today: #1 – PLAN AHEAD There is no party supply store where I…

  • Becoming a Writer {a guest post}

    Becoming a Writer {a guest post}

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    Today I’m sharing my simple, honest response to Lisa Brown’s question, Why do you write? in her blogging community, Me Too Moments for Moms. Lisa’s website is ripe with solidarity and encouragement for moms from all walks… won’t you be a gem and take a peek?

  • Potterheaded Muggles

    Potterheaded Muggles

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    Thanks to a certain literary box-set gifted to the kidlets this past Christmas, discussions around our dinner table of late have been as follows: “Do you think I might receive a Hogwarts letter on my 11th birthday, this month?” “Which Hogwarts house would the sorting hat place me in?” (Husband & Little Man: Ravenclaw, Firstborn: Slytherin,…

  • April Foolin’

    April Foolin’

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    The only prank I pulled on the kids for April Fools’ Day, this year, was to tell them we had a slough of boring errands to run in town, only to “bump into” our dear friends who live five hours away. Mom win. Additional April tomfoolery, thus far:

  • Fight the Power: A Chicken Campaign

    Fight the Power: A Chicken Campaign

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    By nature, I generally view things as either black or white, good or bad. I’m a rule follower. Still, I recognize that sometimes rules can be archaic, nonsensical… rubbish. Just because one has a general respect for rules need not mean they switch their brains off entirely, coasting on auto-pilot and blindly accepting arbitrary mandates as Gospel. Take,…