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Today marked the last day of Fall soccer. It also marked Dan’s Monster Dash Half Marathon in Chicago.  Which meant he wasn’t here to help me with soccer.  Five kids, four games. Things started fabulously:  Since Luke and Sam both had games scheduled for the same time, but different parks, some friends picked Luke up [...]

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Last night was Bridge Night.  As it’s my only somewhat regular night out of the house, I try my best not to miss it.  I’m not a very good player (too many rules), but I go for the social outlet.  And the beer and wine.  (Except for last night – I was the D.D.) After [...]

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I LOVE my iPhone.  More than anything.  (Okay… except for Dan and the kids.  Most of the time.)  It is the one thing I don’t let the baby even go near, as he puts EVERYTHING in his mouth and we all know that water is the iPhone’s worst enemy. Tonight, while Dan and Jack were [...]

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It has been a tumultuous week. Over the weekend, we visited Grandma, Grandpa, Anne, Jason, Joey, Abby and Baby Michael.  Chaotic, but fun.  We took the kids bowling – they had a BLAST.  Jack beat all. Due to some recent Facebooking remarks in defense of a friend, everyone, I discovered, thought I was pregnant. Again.  [...]

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In our house, the S-word is “stupid”.  It’s a word I despise and I cannot stand to hear it used by my children.  (Of course, I probably won’t mind it at all once they start using the real S-word.) Today, however, I have found myself using the word.  Liberally. I mean, what other word comes [...]

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Truly.  It is.  What are the chances? No, I didn’t win the lottery.  Dammit.  (Gotta buy a ticket to win.) On Saturday night, we participated in a school dodge-ball tournament.  (No, that’s not the unbelievable part, although I can see why you might think so.)  Dan actually played on a team.  I spectated and drank [...]

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Like I said earlier today, you can’t make this shit up. Tonight, Dan was busy elsewhere.  Home alone, I put the kids down, and snuggled up with the baby to watch a movie. Throughout the movie, I had to hit pause to holler at my youngest (before baby) to GO TO BED. At 9:32, my [...]

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A friend of mine recently blogged (or dittoed a blog) about getting the, “My, you have your hands full!” comment when she’s out with her young children.   I was somewhat stunned to learn that she is the target of such comments, as she only has THREE small children.  (I mean, I know only two are [...]

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Seriously?  I must have pissed someone off royally. This morning, I woke poor Jack early so he could shovel the several inches of snow off the driveway so we could get to school.  Even if his dad HAD done it before going to work, at the rate it’s snowing, Jack would have had to do [...]

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Did I say something really stupid last time?  Like, “It could be worse?” Well, it’s worse. As I headed to the mall yesterday  morning (still in St. Louis) with my cabin fevered kids, the Honda service guy called.  “Blah, blah, blah, FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS, blah, blah THURSDAY.” Somehow, I managed not to wreak my father-in-law’s [...]

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