Category: Parenting
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This Solo Parent and Her Inability to Answer the Hardest Questions in the Universe
I was browsing the Internet doing some research for a job I’m working on, and happened to come across this article: Curious Children Ask 73 Questions Each Day – Many of Which Parents Can’t Answer, Says Study. I’ve been asked to brainstorm thoughts about parenting tips and traps around some major concepts. I am thinking that…
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This Solo Parent’s 10 Most Mundane Yet Creative Ways to Save Money
Ever wonder how I look so well put together and stress-free? No? Some of these are for real tips on saving money, folks! I don’t mess around 🤪 Live in an undesirable neighborhood. We may know our neighborhood officers by name and may lose a few household or yard items occasionally, but did you know…
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Solo Parenting and 5 Secrets to Weight Loss
Just kidding. I have no secrets to weight loss. In fact, these secrets can likely lead to weight gain. Be broke enough that when you take your kids out to eat, you can’t afford a meal for yourself. Cut gluten out of your diet when you’ve made so many sandwiches for school lunches you can’t…
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Solo Parenting and the Date
I went on a date recently. Nice guy. Employed, close in age, legally divorced (bonus), lives within 10 miles of me, has hair, can fix cars (also a bonus), has two young children, drives a Jeep and loves hockey. Did I say nice guy already? As the evening wore on, I found myself trying to…
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SUP?
I’m sitting at an intersection with my windows cracked and Jay Z and his friends busting out of my mom-mobile and a surly tow truck driver at about 2 o’clock from me looks back over his shoulder and eyes me. He is tatted from his fingertips to his eyeballs. I give him a traffic head…
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Play date (aka when a saint offers to host your children at her house for a few hours while you are at work)
What’s new this week? Well, my children had a play date with a family they have never visited before. The mother picked them both up after school. Nerve wracking. What can my children do to embarrass themselves and me between 2:30 and 5:30 at a new family’s house? I was at work, holding my breath.…
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Was v Were
Was v were. I never thought I’d be THAT mom. “Momma, I were at school yesterday and -” my daughter starts. “Was. You was at school yesterday.” I’m such a jerk. “You was not at school yesterday, I were.” Correct. I were not, you was. “No, I WAS at school yesterday, NOT I were.” My…
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I Can’t Keep Go-Gurt in Stock
“Maybe we should go shopping tonight,” my daughter suggested as we walked in the door after returning from the after school program. “Why shopping? What do you think we need?” I asked. “We are out of yogurt again,” was the reply. “Well, it’s not my problem that you and your brother consumed 16 tubes of…
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The Light and Fluffy Pre-Holiday Recap
Hey blog. It has been awhile. So much has happened over the past 3 months and instead of happily chatting about it to the world, I’ve decided that large chunks of the time period should just be swept under the rug. Not too much damage done, thankfully, but maybe enough to close out 2017. Let’s…
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The iPhone Police: Quinquagenarian v. Teenage Son
How many government workers does it take to figure out how to restrict a teenager’s access on their iPhone? I know, a new version of an old joke. I’m so scared to become a parent of a teenager. Only 6 more years. Six more years until I will live in even more of a hyper…
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