By now we have all heard of the adorable little Elf on the Shelf . Almost everyone I know has one. Some people even have two! (Now I'm having guilt for not having two, because apparently ...
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Welp, after 11 years on Blogger, I think it's time to make a change. I'm moving to Substack. Blogger has been a great fit for me over the last decade, but it's time for me to move on and try s...
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It's been a long time since I've been embroiled in the everyday drama that goes with having kids in organized sports but yesterday I saw an article that brought me right back. In case you d...
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Readers like to send me links to blogs or articles they think I might feel strongly about. This week I received a link to a blog called Biblical Gender Roles. I didn't even have to click the ...
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I was attending an auction at a chic country club and I arrived early to help the organizers set up and I was surprised to find the bar full of young, well dressed (if you can call expensive pl...
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I don't know about you ladies, but as I get older I'm finding that a lot of things are .... changing. My laugh lines aren't disappearing when I'm done laughing, my middle is getting softer,...
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Last week I was trying to think of a Mother's Day present for my mom. I'm 42 years old now and a macaroni necklace just doesn't have the same impact it used to 36 years ago. I felt like every...
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Does that title make sense? I doubt it. Let's see if I can explain. OK, so you know those people who complain about how busy they are - but it's not with work or anything really "impor...
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What is the deal with people who work in professions designed to cater to children and then they can't stand children and/or they have no patience with children?! We take our kids to a pedi...
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In honor of Valentine's Day this week, the Hubs has submitted a guest post for today. He has no filter (this is the man who called our neighbor's 2 year old a liar) so this should be intere...
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8 Ways to Say "Fuck You" I've noticed a real trend on the internet lately. The passive aggressive "fuck you". We've all been a victim of it and I'm betting we've all dropped one or two of o...
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My friend Kim at Let Me Start By Saying wrote an essay that was featured on the Huffington Post . It was about reading her five-year-old daughter's diary. Kim knew her daughter had been writ...
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If you've been keeping up, then you know a year ago I changed my mind about dogs and we adopted Stan the Mann Doggo . When he got him we were told he was a "Retriever Mix." We were handed a w...
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So I'm pretty sure I'm going through a midlife crisis. I feel like I'm falling apart. I feel like the more I try to keep from falling apart, the faster I fall apart. I feel like I'm drowning...
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It is a ridiculously hot real estate market and the Hubs has been working overtime. When we first started working together way back in 2006 we divided up the responsibilities: he'd work with b...
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If you follow my personal Facebook account , then you'll know, we got ourselves a Pandemic Puppy in August. That's right, I finally broke down and adopted a dog. I know Adolpha's first word...
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Today when I was getting dressed, I was complaining about how hot I was. It's 90 degrees today and I just can't cool off. It doesn't matter what I wear, I just can't stay cool. I was walking t...
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Hey! How's it going? Everybody hanging in there? It's weird being home all the time, right? As a full-time writer, pants-loather, and curmudgeon, I was positive the stay-a-home order wouldn'...
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This whole working from home thing is new for a lot of you and it can be hard for you to understand the pros and cons of your new work environment. I get it. It can be a bit of an adjustmen...
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Today I woke up in my third week of staying at home and I perused the news like I do every morning. As you can imagine, there wasn't much out there but gloom and doom. I used to read the new...
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Last week, I had to hop a plane to DC for a couple of days. I had a nagging feeling that I was forgetting something. And then I realized it was only because I was traveling alone! For once, I onl...
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I had a make over last night with some of my girl friends. We got our hair styled and we got our make up done and then we went out for dinner. Whoohoo!! Sitting in the chair at the salon...
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Okay, so if you've been following me for a while, then you know that I live in Kansas City. I don't know if you heard or not, but the Kansas City Chiefs (our football team for the unsporty f...
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Source: Goop You guys, I was just saying I wanted to get back to blogging. I was like, "I should blog again!" And then immediately, I was like, "Ugh, what would I even talk about?" And the...
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If you've been around me for a few New Yearseses, then you know that I don't do resolutions. My resolutions are things like drink more water and hang up my coat, because those are easy. (Say...
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