Category: Single Motherhood
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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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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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Microblog Monday: 5 Life Changing Reasons!
One of the things that’s freaking me out right now is how much I LOVE having side businesses. I’m hoping one day that I can just become a master of side businesses and a full-time employee of none. Now if I can just get the American healthcare system to play nice with me. Five life-changing…
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5 Things I Love About Summer!
The title of this blog is meant to come across as positive, exciting and bursting with infectious happy energy! Here is what I’m really thinking about summer right now: I’m tired of living sans air conditioning. The average temperature in my home runs about 85 degrees in the early evening. I swore up and down…
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The Marijuana Sitter
For the past few years, I’ve had the honor (?) of living next door to a trailblazer in the now legalized marijuana grow industry. While HIS grow has never been legal, because he exceeds by at least 20 times the number of plants he can legally grow and operates across the street from a daycare,…
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Can He Be Our Dad?
We were headed off to the Dinosaur exhibit at the zoo last night, meeting a coworker and his wife and son. I received a text from him saying they were running about half hour late, so we stopped at a BBQ restaurant not far from the zoo. After a failed dinner – my kids ONLY…
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Dog Days of Summer
I just googled this to find out what it really means as the phrase has become relevant to our current situation. As I type this, I’m watching a large, hairy, German Shepard lounging across my pleather love seat, chewing on her leg. Ms. Naughty Pants, not her real name, is staying with us for two…
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Micro-moment: My class
I just finished my second session of a class I decided to take this summer at the local rec center. My teacher approached me afterwards and said she was happy to see me come back, she wasn’t sure if I would after last week. I told her this was my special hour once a week…
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Thursday’s Tomfoolery
I happened to open my phone’s internet browser this afternoon. Titles of the opened windows follows below. Who opened all of these windows? Who has been on my phone? When did this happen? Where are my children right now? The Biggest and Largest Spiders in the World World’s Biggest Jumping Spider 14 World’s Largest Spiders…
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Immunity to Competence: Mothering at its Most Rational
So…my workplace offers coaching, and it’s available at no cost by a competent individual. I couldn’t say no. We’ve been walking through this process – Immunity to Change – based on the book Immunity to Change: How to overcome it and unlock the potential in yourself and your organization, by Robert Kegan and Lisa Laskow…
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