Can you believe it’s the end of October already? Me neither… Thanks to my friends at Dizguise.com, I had the kid’s costumes back in August, so I haven’t thought much about Halloween until this weekend. We usually head down to Rehoboth Beach for the Sea Witch Festival, but no thanks to a Nor ‘Easter we […]
Learning Empathy
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Yesterday my children held me under a veil of suspicion the entire day. Although we now have a Berkeley, our own dog, the situation with Fred, the lost dog we returned, is still fresh in their mind. So yesterday morning when I took the dog to the vet to have him neutered, I received a […]
Croup is crappy
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Last week Jake started with some sort of virus. He had a high fever that came and went with Motrin for about 36 hours and when it finally broke he was left with little more than a stuffy nose and some congestion. He didn’t go to the doctor’s and I let him rest and recover […]
Introducing Berkeley
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You may remember about a month ago when we found a little lost dog, who we named Fred, that had a brief but profound stay at my house. We located his owners after just a couple days, and even though it was the right thing to do, I became pretty unpopular around here when we […]
10 Funny Lessons I’ve Learned as a Parent
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The guest posting party continues over at Circle of Moms…check out my 4th (of what will be 7) articles over in their RoundUp. Read up on some of the funny lessons I’ve learned since becoming a parent, like how to approach what you think is a random stray raisin on the floor (turd alert), and […]
16 (Funny) Things I Learned from a Colonoscopy
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Well, I made it through my colonoscopy. As many of you who had been through it before told me, the prep really was the worst part. There were also quite a few of you who told me that you would be undergoing the same procedure yourselves soon, so I thought I’d share a few things […]
What? No dinner first?
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Remember when I told you how I’m now known in my house as Drop Dead Diva? Well, due to what’s ailing me, my big test is finally here. Well, almost here… Tomorrow morning my Mom will be my lucky escort to my first ever colonoscopy! As I’m sure you can all guess I am super […]
