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We're pretty boring, it's almost always either oranges or peanut butter & apples.
Soccer and Powerade Play is a Killer Combination
This is sponsored content from BlogHer and Powerade. I was given POWERADE PLAY to try in my own home, and was paid for my time to write the review. I was not paid to write a positive review and all thoughts written below were my own. We are a big time sports family. For years and years no...
I do agree that it takes a village to raise a child, a village of our choosing. Meaning when a ''well meaning'' stranger attempts to intervene when any of my kids are melting down in public, I just ask as nicely as possible, ''How many of your kids did I tell you how to raise or discipline?'' and as the answer is most assuredly NONE I then ask them to extend to me the same courtesy. Because seriously, wtf goes through the minds of some people?
While I don't think shushing is helpful, at all, to the parent or child it's also nowhere near as inappropriate and illegal as assaulting a child. End of the day, if you're not actively helping or offering assistance (hold packages, hands of other children in parking lots/crowded areas etc.) not advice, avert your judging glare and eat your damn bagel.
When Did It Become Okay To Scold Stranger's Children?
I was recently in a local bagel place when a child, who I believe had special needs, not that that makes a difference to this story, had a temper tantrum. A full on temper tantrum. On the floor, kicking and screaming, and wailing. And a woman, a few tables over, SHUSHED THE CHILD. The mot...
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Mar 15, 2010
As you said, it was obviously a show intended to cause controversy without the slightest hint of resolution. I thought you presented your thoughts concisely and I would not have guessed your appearance wasn't scheduled. Good job.
Dr. Phil & The Mommy Wars
Last August I went to a taping of the Dr. Phil show. The show aired yesterday. Many of you emailed me to let me know you saw me on TV. A few of you sent me emails with opinions on the somewhat controversial show. I intentionally didn't tell you ahead of time I would be on TV yesterday. I was...
Man it is so interesting how something that has been going on since....well, forever, can have such different paths to the same ending. My um ''birth plan'' was to be numb from the neck down and I'm not really sure what I thought would happen afterwards. Real life turned into a ten+ hour labor without drugs with the added bonus of HOURS of pushing.
That said, I hope your girl gets here in the time and way best for everyone involved and that daddy makes it home on time!!
A Lamaze Birth Plan for the Rest of Us
{Audioblog} Download 'A Lamaze Birth Plan for the Rest of Us' read by the author ... (Updates publishing at bottom of post + more on twitter) My hands smell like Dreft. I am surrounded, on my bed, by a foreign sea of pink. My belly periodically morphs into the shape of an almond, poi...
xoxoxoxo I hope things get better soon; am doing a similar dance with crazy pills right now and honestly most days all I can do is cry, like A LOT.
UGH, wishes for our brains to get with the program already.
Brain Pills For All!
Okay, I'm gonna give blogging a whirl here even though I've been blocked like, whoa for the last month or so, which I'm sure you have noticed. And I'm really sorry about the lack of content as of late, but if you saw what's been going on in my brain with the latest cocktail of meds I've been pre...
I saw the preview of Tough Love and was horrified. HORRIFIED. Essentially a smarmy guy with a toothy smile 'charms' women into foregoing anything unique or original to them to get a man. Niiiiiiiiiiiice.
DO NOT WANT.
Some Stern Words With VH1
Me: VH1, we need to talk. We need to talk NOW. We need to discuss what I watched over the weekend. VH1: I picked it out just for you, baby. Me: Well, it certainly seems that way, and that's where the problem lies. Do you know how MUCH of you I watched this weekend? HOURS. Endless hours! Bret Mi...
Good job, lady. Keep it up, you're worth it.
Cancer Sun With Capricorn Moon and Scorpio Rising
"You have remarkable recuperative powers that allow you to recover from physical, mental or economic adversities that would destroy many others. When properly focused, your energy is formidable and you quietly keep going long after everyone else runs out of steam." A year ago today, I entered t...
Sounds like progress to me, pretty girl.Good job!
She's Alive!
O HAI everyone! Thanks for all the well wishes regarding my bad patch, my inability to write about certain things, and of course, my diseased neck, which is NOT better, but due to the begging of friends and neighbors, I am not going to talk about anymore. Also? I've learned that Benadryl has the...
Oh honey, I am so, so sorry you're not feeling well and I super hope (hear that rash? SUPER HOPE!! IN YOUR FACE!!) it is nerves/stress and not anything (physically) worse; and no, please don't think I'm underestimating the hurt of PTSD and the import of your anniversary of sobriety; I just hope it's something benadryl and hugs can treat.
On that note: HUGS. And huge kudos for your first of many, many years of sobriety. You're doing great, kiddo.
Disease!: Part The Second
Me: *points at rash* WHAT THE HELL??? Parents: Hives. Shrink: Hives. Friends: Hives. Internet: Hives. Cats: Hives. Me: HIVES? Why the hell do I have hives? Parents: Dunno. Shrink: Stress. Friends: Stress. Internet: Stress. Cats: Put food in bowl, or you'll REALLY have some stress. Me: But......
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