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There aren’t enough hours in the day to do everything I need to do, especially since I seem to hit uber-slow speed when super stressed. Like today. This week has become the perfect storm of stress and there’s no end …

I have had a craptastic 6 hours. I cannot and will not go into any details here, but I’m going to rant and rave a wee bit so I can actually sleep tonight. I am a very loyal person. Once …

Mornings are tough around here. I’m trying to get myself cleaned up, trying to get A focused enough for school (including his listening therapy), and trying to keep J from antagonizing his brother. All without coffee. So today I opened …

Remember summer vacation as a kid? Long, warm, lazy summer days. They were full of trips to the pool and to the library. We had no air conditioning in my house growing up; it was a Chicago Bungalow built in …

Tootsie Farklepants (dang, I love that name) blinged me with the oh-so-excellent: Dude! How cool! Love.It. I’m all about bling. And I’m passing this along to a few excellent blogs as well (unfortunately, can’t send it back to Vintage Thirty, …

I love books. I love to read. Always have, and though it’s more difficult for me to squeeze time in to read now, always will. One of my favorite pictures of me as a kid is one where I’m passed …

My little baby is 7 today. Seven. I blinked and that scrawny little chicken-legged boy grew into a gangly elementary school student. He went from the infant who screamed for hours at a time to the boy who calls the …

Our neighbors are building a deck. They’ve wanted to do it for a long time. They have a very small yard, so to have a deck of any size, they have to remove the concrete slab that the builders slapped …

I read a post this morning that sorta irked me more than it should have. A political post. That is the polar opposite of my political views. A post (and comments) that had me gnashing my teeth in frustration. But …

I’m home from my wonderful weekend away with my girlfriends. I am always a new woman when I get back, and today was no exception. However, I returned to 150 emails, 180 unread posts in my feed reader, at least …