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As life goes on

It came to my attention today, after deep thought and more laundry, that I think I’m a bit depressed.  It’s to be expected after all we’ve been through this year but sometimes, when you realize that things aren’t going exactly as you expect, it can still be surprising.  I had really high hopes for us [...]

Getting old sucks

I know, how’s that for a brilliant post title.  State the obvious much?  And I don’t just mean me, although I noticed the other day that my face is sagging big time and while I’ve never thought of plastic surgery (other than a boob lift – hello monstrously huge feed bags that hang to my [...]

We’re talking about an edumacation

Last year at this time I was in a tizzy about what to do for Courtney and her first year of higher education preschool.  You would have thought that I was trying to get the kid into Harvard or MIT and couldn’t decide where she should go.  At almost 2 years old.  Well, here I [...]

How do we kick the pacifier habit?

Dooms day is looming at our house.  And it’s going to be ugly.

Courtney’s been a pacifier kid from day 1.  She can’t get enough of the things.  At one point, not that long ago, at any one time she could have upwards of 5 pacifiers in her bed.  And she has one with her pretty [...]

The hardest job

A few weeks ago, I was reading a sad story about a mom who’s son had died.  She’d opened up not that long before that about her 18 year old being a drug addict, a very hard admission for her.  He died from a combination of a drug overdose and an assault.  It’s a terrible [...]