I have an opportunity to cross an item off my Bucket List. Blake, my favorite stylist, and one of the only people talented and qualified enough to attempt to style my hair, has offered to make me a blonde. Holy shit. I’ve had high lights, but never sported anything lighter than a chestnut brown. Changing […]
Green with envy
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When you become someone’s mother your entire world changes. You feel things you never thought possible and you do things you never dreamed that you would do before…but I’m getting ahead of myself. Have I ever told you that green is one of my favorite colors? Well, it’s one of them. My two favorites being […]
The End
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There is almost a rhythm to the pounding in my head. The constant thumping in sync with the beat of my heart might almost lull me to sleep if it wasn’t accompanied by pain. My face hurts. Yeah, yeah and it’s killing you, right? Seriously. My face hurts. My sinuses are under attack, and there […]
Still a blushing bride
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My husband and I have known each other for over a decade. We met through work, dated for about a year and a half, got engaged and then were married another year and a half later. So after knowing each other over ten years, nearly eight years of marriage, having had three children, two homes, two […]
That’s not Barney
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As I approached the edge of the devastation, I could see the bodies lying everywhere. It seems the creatures had not spared anyone. The dead lay out in the open, in the trees, and really, just about everywhere I looked. The young, the old, and even the animals had all been decimated. It was like […]
As much help as I “can”
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I must suffer from some degree of amnesia. It first showed itself between childbirths when I would tell myself, “Passing a human being wasn’t so bad. Nothing to worry about.” WTF? Anyone who has given birth knows this is just crazy talk. Really, I think it’s the brain’s way of protecting itself from a total […]
Pot-O-Nothing
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You know you’re old and lame when you big plans on St. Patrick’s Day include having a truck load of new mulch delivered. I know my 22 year old self would be disappointed, but this is about as good as it gets when you’re 32 and you have three little kids. So now that it’s […]
Butt Fingers
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I didn’t just wake up one morning a total germ freak. I’m a product of my environment. I developed my chronic hand washing/sanitizing as a result of seeing some really disgusting and foul things over the years. Now that I’m a Mom, and my kids are still young, I’m battling to keep them healthy in […]
