The Mom’s World

My crazy life

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Hello, dear ones! Things are nuts, and I am being torn in several directions right now. I’m still here checking on things, and eventually I’ll be blogging more as I get things straightened around in my head and my life.…

Don’t Blink

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Tonight before the game I was sitting with some of the other mothers of boys on the team. The other team was on the field warming up. We all remarked at how huge they were. Why were those boys so big? Did they have…

Teach them well and let them lead the way

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As Bunny, Wallie, and I were getting into the car at the grocery store, a man approached me and asked if I had “any spare change for the bus.”

These situations make me nervous for two reasons. One: I get mama-bearish…

Intimidated

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The thought of potty training intimidates me. I have NO idea where to start or how to go about it. For most things child related, I’m pretty laid back. I get worked up about something now and again (like speech)…

What summer means to the Crooked Family…

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There are not going to be any fancy summer vacations.There are not going to be many beach trips.There will not be very many free weekends.Our summer is enjoyed only after work hours and usually only with a…

Fear. And Peeing. But Mostly, Fear

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Yesterday I was informed that I needed to have a biopsy on my uterus. Five minutes later, I was laying on my back having things inserted into my vagina.And it hurt.And I was scared. And I started to cry because my…

Secret Porn Name

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When I get into a book I often times find myself overcome by the characters or the mood of the book. I also do this with movies or television series. In normal everyday situations I end up thinking to myself “What…

Ask the internet

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A couple weeks ago I got two different pieces of hatemail,both reprimanding me for not posting every single day like I used to. One ofthem said that I must have run out of ideas. The bulk of my hatemail used to implore…

From the Mouth of a Kid

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Reason #48573 why I love my son:He started Boy Scout camp this week.  Per the usual routine, we arrived with “his” bag - a brightly colored, zipper top fabric bag.  It has a loop and is about the same size as a gallon…

Foofa, all done!

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Foofa, all done!, originally uploaded by lalagirl.I’m coming right along with the Yo Gabba Gabba characters I’m painting in the kids’ playroom. I’ve been putting off doing it forever, dreading how long it would…

Suzie Wong buys shoe at local shoe store

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I had an irritating racialized moment this past weekend. Mr. HM and I were at a shoe store. Normally I don't go in boutique/specialty shoe shops, being more of a discount/DSW type of shoe buyer, but Mr. HM wanted…

Walking the Walk. (Or Toddling the Toddle?)

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Sometimes you are totally stressed beyond any stress you've ever felt every before. Things seem to be crashing down around you, tension abounds, and life just isn't cooperating in any sort of way. Curses are…

She ain’t shellfish, she’s my daughter

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So, um, it turns out that my daughter has a highly contagious skin virus called Molloscum Contagiosum. She did not appreciate the various jokes I cracked, asking her when she’d become a marine invertebrate, so I…

Micah's Baby Shower

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Two of my dear friends and sisters here gave Micah a baby shower! Thank you Dana and Stacey!! There truly are no words to say thank you enough for ALL you have done for our family over the last 4 yrs!!! We love…

Snagged

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When I started dating Antique Daddy, every time we had a date, I would run out and buy a new outfit. I wanted him to really really like me.  How could he possibly really really like me if I were wearing something he…

Cankles, Sore

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Over the weekend, my ankles swelled to the point of inability-to-leave-the-house-for-fear-someone-might-off-themselves-at-the-sight-of-me-syndrome. According to my car’s thermostat it was 105 on Friday, 107 on Saturday…

Stay Tuned For a Picture of Me!

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I usually try to stay away from my computer on the weekends. And Saturday I did especially great avoiding my computer. When I got up in the morning I did have to check my email and my blogs just in case there was some…

Girlfriends

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As an older mother of young children, I have at times felt rather isolated. Girlfriends are hard to come by. Most of my really close girlfriends are those whose friendships were formed when we were all young and…

Snips and Snails and Football Tales

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I have two younger brothers and there is enough age distance between us that, watching from afar as they grew up, I knew raising boys wasn’t for me. Midnight fishing trips, karate sparring in the kitchen, “made you…

Expiration Date

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Alright, I admit, I haven’t really thought about my blog this weekend. There was so much going on that I couldn’t even consider blogging because for one, there was no time and number two, I just didn’t have much to…

Definitely, Maybe

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In honor of the June 24 DVD release of Definitely, Maybe, Universal Studios Home Entertainment wants to hear your proposal stories. But before we get to the contest details, do you want to hear mine?I remember my…

A routine expedition

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Saturday afternoon I checked my mailbox and found a package from a reader named Lindsey full of t-shirts silkscreened with images of the characters from Land of the Lost. I bet half of my readers haven’t ever heard of…

Waiting for a bus

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Trixie was channeling European peasant girl today.(There’s more up on flickr)

The War of the [Decorative] Roses

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This weekend my husband and I had a knock-down drag ‘em out fight because I bought a new kitchen set without his input. You would have thought I had sex with some dude on the kitchen set by the way…

June 22nd

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4 kids3 cities2 apartments2 homes6 yearsI love you babe! You make me laugh, make me think, and challenge me in countless ways. I’m so happy you got down on one knee and asked me to be your wife all those years ago on a…

Party at Mindy’s!

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So. Buttons. Jiminy.You know how my mom is still recovering from hip replacement surgery? Well, she is. Stay with me here.All my relatives from Japan have been here for a short visit, and for the last gathering mom…

I Love This Barn, and Other Sunday Morning Matters.

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We worked cattle over on a more remote area of the ranch yesterday morning, and because I’m on Week 2 of Iron and Vitamin-B supplements, I bounced out of bed at 4:00 a.m., ready to face the day. And I realize there…

Freshwater and the Cross

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For everyone who claims that all home schooling families are crazy fundies who lock their kids in the basement and are secretly abusing them and using home school as a way to cover it up, I present you with exhibit…

Opening new doors

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A few months ago, I said I would never blog about my kids again. I’m going to make an exception for this post. I also mentioned that it had to do with a legal dispute and how what I said on this blog was twisted and…

Summertime

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I just realized that today is Solstice.  I'm such a bad pseudo pagan.  Willow wanted some of the cherries I was eating, but she wasn't doing too well with the pits.  I cut a few up for her, and they looked…