Wiping Away Frustration

As a mom forced to go solo with her one year old, I am constantly looking for ways to simplify my life.  And while some of you environmentalists may cringe at this, but I have found the disposable wipe to be one of my primary weapons in my daily battle for efficiency.  Do I feel [...]

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Makeover Mayhem

I’m back! Our internet was down for roughly 24 hours and it was, well, rough.  And though the DVR is once again hooked up, so I can tape all my shows, there is no TV connected to it.  All my precious “stories” are just sitting there waiting for me.  I know there is some way [...]

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Meltdown

In re-starting this blog I wanted to give people an honest look at motherhood, the good and the bad, the successes and the failures.  With that in mind, I write today’s post. I had a meltdown.  After a long week of putting on the brave face and saying, we’ll get through this, this will pass, [...]

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A Very Bad Case

My attention to this blog, as well as many other things has faltered of late. I’m not reading as often as I usually do, my interest in books has flagged. My usual attention to household duties is distracted and everywhere dust bunnies are appearing, laundry is piling up, dry cleaning sits in the back seat [...]

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Bad Day

I’m exhausted today due to my mystery illness acting up. I’ve been in pain for almost 24 hours now. I take Vicadin to help with the pain, but I think my body is becoming used to the medication, because it doesn’t seem to work as well as it did before. It still makes me very [...]

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