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20 Dollar Holla
I live in an Apple only household. I use a Mac Book, my husband has a Mac Book Air and a Mac Pro…and we have a spare G4 tower in the basement. We both have iPhones. That's right. We don't take...
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The morning shuffle
I think I've said this before, but I'm not a morning person…by any stretch of the imagination. The only way I'm pleasant in the morning is if I'm asleep. Well…that or I'm still awake from the...
View ArticleMy daughter, the savant (Redux)
Last year, I wrote that my daughter was going to be tested for the Gifted program at her school here exactly 1 year ago. I've been super busy with everything, and totally forgot to write what...
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Birds are Ugly
I received the following message today from Gabby's bus driver: "Had to tell you about this…was too funny! So, we turn by Cook's to go to the school….a bird flies up from the road in front of...
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Oh, Gabrielle
Gabrielle turned 7 years old today. SEVEN. I am getting too old. I still remember the day she was born like it was yesterday. December 2004 Screaming, pooping bundle of joy. December 2011 Second...
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Imagination Deprivation
In my Black Friday adventure (which you can read about here), I noticed that a lot of the stores we had traveled to had the following item as a doorbuster sale: It is the "Discovery Kids Cardboard...
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Teachers are sadists
Gabby’s art teacher sent home a project about a month ago for a pumpkin decorating contest. Of course, there is a twist on the decorating theme. It’s too cumbersome to decorate an actual pumpkin and...
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From the Mailbag: Miffed Mom Mouths off about Membership Dues
It’s that time of year again. PTO Membership Drive time! I’m all about giving my children every benefit that I can to succeed, and if my membership dues allow them to have a book fair, go on a field...
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WTF is Minecraft?
I once called my kids’ Nintendo DS a Gameboy and they looked at me like I had three heads, but sit them down in front of the game Minecraft (graphics created circa 1985) and they’ll play that shit for...
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Will Ferrell
In tonight’s awkward parenting moment, my son asked me if I ever met Will Ferrell at my current job. I have to assume it’s because he and Gabby watched “Elf” for the first time over the weekend. I...
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PMS Pickles
Parenting has been a challenge as of late with my daughter. It’s really hard coming to terms with having a pre-pubescent/pre-teen on my hands, and one with my attitude to boot. It’s like dealing with a...
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240 Involuntary Hours in the Psych Ward – a journal (part 1)
6/9/18 (My 14th Wedding Anniversary) Morse code is not the same as pulse code and 5 million other things I learned at the phone company by Michelle Ann Hryvniak. <research facts go here> (I’ll...
View Article240 Involuntary Hours in the Psych Ward – a journal (part 2)
This is a continuation of the journal that I kept while I was involuntarily held in a mental hospital on a 302 and later a 303. If you’d like to read the first part of the journey to get the hell out...
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Free Film Was Brittle
This story is a bit emotional as I write it out. The details are going to be left off my blog for the most part because I am aware now that both of my children read my blog. I worked for WQED for 9...
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Owen, Prince Wednesday
Yesterday was my son’s 12th birthday. I get confused sometimes about his age because if you’re a frequent blog reader, you’d know my kids are 20 months (TO THE DAY) apart. This the part of the year...
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