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Happy Birthday Papa

January 20, 2023 by not your average mom 2 Comments

Happy 78th Birthday to the GOAT. The Greatest Dad of All Time. And the Greatest Grandpa of All Time. Whether we are on vacation or at a water park or on a road trip or giving hugs or playing cards or celebrating a new house or helping a grandson get his license or watching fireworks […]

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Our Christmas

December 26, 2022 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

The kids and I had a really nice Christmas this year. Our routine isn’t the same as it was before the divorce, but we have all adapted. This year I had time with the kids from 12 pm on Christmas Eve to 12 pm on Christmas day. We started going to the movies on Christmas […]

Filed Under: Life at My House Tagged With: Christmas after divorce, Christmas traditions

The Night Before Christmas

December 24, 2022 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house, Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. Except for Mom, who still had hours to go, Cutting, wrapping and tying bow after bow. The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, While Dad stretched out, snoring, in his favorite reclining chair. The […]

Filed Under: Funny Stuff, Humor, Life at My House, Parenting Tagged With: Christmas, The night before Christmas, wrapping presents

My Friend Steve

December 22, 2022 by not your average mom 3 Comments

Thirty years ago when I was in my early twenties, I was living in Allentown, Pennsylvania. I had just finished grad school at Lehigh and had received my masters in elementary ed. My first year out of grad school I was a full-time aide in a 6th grade classroom that had 32 students. My second […]

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Another Great Swim Meet Weekend

December 19, 2022 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

I spent last Thursday through Sunday at a swim meet at F&M College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Kristofer and Ingrid swim on two different teams in two different states, and as luck would have it, both their teams swam at the same meet this past weekend. It was less luck and more like a miracle, actually. […]

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Manor Buffet

December 16, 2022 by not your average mom 2 Comments

I’m in Lancaster, Pennsylvania for a swim meet Kristofer and Ingrid are swimming in. I’m one of the chaperones for Kristofer’s team, and they were super nice and let me take the kids. Tonight the team went to a buffet. Manor Buffet. I’ve never taken the kids to a buffet and Marit was in HEAVEN. […]

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