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The statistics don’t lie

August 17, 2012 by not your average mom 2 Comments

Thursday in Numbers Number of hours I slept: 5.5 Number of Miles I ran: 4 Number of hardboiled eggs I made:  24 Number of hardboiled eggs remaining:  11 Number of swim lessons I taught:  7 Number of bathing suits Number 5 wore:  3 Number of times Number 5 had to put on a different “beautiful […]

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There’s got to be something about her that sucks…

August 16, 2012 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

I love to watch cooking shows.  I usually watch them while I am in the kitchen making dinner. But Giada De Laurentiis is really pissing me off. I’ve gotten some good ideas from her.  But I’m just about to the point where I can’t listen to her anymore.  I find the fact that she has to say […]

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Ebony and ivory, live together in perfect harmony…

August 15, 2012 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

When I was little, there was a guy named Paul who lived in my town and worked at the grocery store bagging groceries. My parents knew his parents, and so he knew me by name.  Every time we went to the store he would say hello to me. Well, he was mentally retarded.  Or special […]

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Girl Scout graduation rate in this house is 0%

August 14, 2012 by not your average mom 3 Comments

Let me begin by saying I think Girl Scouts of Connecticut is a wonderful organization. And then let me follow by saying that I hated almost every second I was involved in it. I really wanted to like it. I started off feeling enthusiastic about being a leader of Number 4’s troop.  I envisioned myself with Number […]

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my (not as) dirty (not so) little secret

August 13, 2012 by not your average mom 4 Comments

About 2 months ago I wrote about the sad state of my office (here’s the link if you haven’t  read it (http://nyam.wpengine.com/?p=739). Someone recently asked about my progress.  I bet you thought I hadn’t made any. But I’ve been waiting for someone to say something.  I knew the moment would arrive, and I didn’t want to […]

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Hey Honey, don’t we have a son?

August 12, 2012 by not your average mom 2 Comments

Every day there comes at least one moment when I would like to lock at least one of my kids in his or her room for an indefinite amount of time… A couple days ago I read a story (http://games.yahoo.com/blogs/plugged-in/ohio-teen-collapses-call-duty-marathon-181245943.html) about a 15-year-old kid who partook in a video game marathon. For 4 days. So when he finally emerged […]

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