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Posted on October 29, 2006

Neither of my daughters really like me being on the computer.Briar tolerates it if we are sharing the monitor, she on the right with her Little Einsteins or crazy obscene frog video (more on the frog thing another time) and me with a smidgen of window on the other side. I slide the keyboard to the right so that I can use it without her hitting the buttons to crank the volume. Alas, she has devised a new and exasperating (yet endearing) way to get me to abandon work at the computer. She slips between my arms as I type. I lift my arm and try to give her more space, my wrists nearly touching as I close the gap. She zips in again,…

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Mommy Princess

Posted on October 29, 2006

I don’t know if this happens to other moms, but every once in a while I find myself thinking, “Maybe I could do something better. Maybe I could be kinder, more patient. Prettier.” Yes, prettier. You always want the best for your kids: from the laudable- best learning tools, wickedly expensive organic foods and a warm, safe house, to the slightly more superficial- cute shoes, adorable jeans, a kick ass iTunes library, and great bath toys. But there is also the desire to have you, yourself, be the best and brightest parent you can be. I’ll be honest, I don’t want to be the mom with the frizzy hair, sallow skin and frumpy clothes. In my dreams I am a polished mom. I take…

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Ramblin’.

Posted on October 28, 2006

This made me so happy. Laugh out loud, nod my head, and do little happy flutter kicks with my feet happy. Read this post from”Breed ’em and weep”: It germs, my dearsI am starting to wonder about my parenting style. I know I slap a lot of Purell on their hands, I know this is a house where sick dogs do unspeakable things to floors, which makes me a mother who screams, DON’’T GO IN THE KITCHEN WITH YOUR BARE FEET! TERRIBLE THINGS ON THE FLOOR! YOU DON’’T EVEN KNOW!The topic of the day is germophobic parenting, my dears. Click here for the full post at Breed’em and Weep I think I have always fallen on the slightly germophobic side of the fence, but…

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Does Blogger Publish Post Times?

Posted on October 27, 2006

That’s the question Sean posed to me the other night after he finished reading the movie entry and came to bed. “Why?” This smirk sprang across his face and he moved his lips as if to talk and I said,“Why, because I did an entry on not being able to stay up for a movie?” “Yes. That’s-“ I interrupted again, “Hypocritical?” “Yes, you-“ “Apples and oranges. Staying up for a movie or Letterman is so vastly different from writing on this blog, or even writing copy for a client.” “But you said you couldn’t stay up late.” Big annoyed, girl sigh. “Sean. I swear you are just trying to incite a you entry!” “No, I’m not,” he lamely protested. “You are so needling me…

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Wanna Put a Movie In?

Posted on October 25, 2006

As I age I find myself doing things, saying things and liking things that I can still remember mocking, not listening to and hating. Now some of these things I can kind of wrap my mind around and not hate myself for- like I remember being 13 and driving around with the family on Sundays to look at houses and being aware of a part of me that didn’t loathe it, even the occasional trip to Lowe’s was ok. But saying that shorts in the winter was ridiculous or that what the neighbors thought mattered…those were just dumb. C’mon, of course wearing men’s boxer shorts 2 sizes too large in December in a snowstorm instead of pants was SO NOT ridiculous. School was inside,…

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