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My Kids Aren’t Coming Home from Camp. Yet.

Posted in Family, Kids, Parenting on July 29, 2010 | 1 Comment »

So sleepaway camp was supposed to be for four weeks. Four weeks of no tooth brushing, rare showering, mediocre (at best) food, and fun fun fun.   For them. I’m talking about them. For me, those four weeks went almost exactly the way a friend of mine told me they would: week 1 – I was [...]

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The Comeback Kid – The comebacks I wish I had when I needed them

Posted in Family, Humor, Laughs, Rants, tagged , , on July 8, 2010 | 3 Comments »

Here are some of the choice things said to me recently by friends and family  (and one stranger): As I was on my way to the gym: “I so admire you, Nancy.  I could never leave the house looking like that.” As I was entering a dressing room to try on bathing suits: “Are you [...]

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Review(ish): Sandlot Sluggers

Posted in Exercise, Family, Reviews, tagged , , on June 30, 2010 | 1 Comment »

It’s time for true confessions: 1. I don’t like chocolate.  Perhaps that makes me weird.  I don’t care. 2. I recently went to a benefit for a local high school only because Tony Dovolani from Dancing with the Stars was hosting. 3. When I get Wii and DSi games to review….I give them to my [...]

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It’s the Away Part of Sleepaway Camp that Gets to Me

Posted in Aging, Family, Kids, Parenting, tagged , on June 11, 2010 | 2 Comments »

In fourteen days, my kids will leave for sleepaway camp.  You’d think I’d be excited.  They are going to have this incredible experience, make lifelong friends, enjoy the mountains, and a lake, and the camaraderie that’s practically exclusive to being at camp. You’d think I’d be looking forward to having some time alone with my [...]

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When is Puberty Ed a bit to Ed-ucational?

Posted in Family, Humor, Kids, tagged , , on May 19, 2010 | 5 Comments »

My son patiently explained that when a baby was growing inside of it’s mother, it got all of it’s nourishment from the Polenta. Perhaps Puberty Education (the new p.c. way of saying sex education) isn’t quite working out. For years, when my kids asked where babies came from, I told them the truth: they didn’t [...]

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Busy Doing Nothing

Posted in Dogs, Family, Laughs, Neurosis, Parenting, Rants, Working Mom, pets, tagged , , , on April 30, 2010 | 4 Comments »

At the end of every day, I feel like I have done nothing. Oh I’ve been busy all right. But doing what? So one day last week, I decided to keep track of my day — how could I have been so busy during all those hours when the kids were at school and have [...]

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My Dog Has Gone Punk Rock on Me

Posted in Dogs, Family, cooking, pets, tagged , on April 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

So I made this really really good meatball dish for dinner. Not that labor intensive (despite the long ingredient list). Needless to say – the hubby forgot to tell me he had a business dinner, my son took one look at it and said he didn’t like it, and my daughter and I were left [...]

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Bartendaz. Can you Hang?

Posted in Exercise, Family, Health, Uncategorized, tagged , on April 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

I went up to Harlem yesterday and saw something amazing: The Bartendaz.  These guys do things on a pull up bar you’ve never seen before. The strength is amazing, the camaraderie infectious, the feats: totally unbelievable. The Bartnedaz are a group of the buffest, toughest looking guys you’ll ever see…who also happen to be all [...]

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Believe in Sex Ed? Here’s your Chance to help save it

Posted in Family, Health, Kids, tagged , , , on April 13, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Last week I let my daughter watch the Lindsey Lohan movie Mean Girls. Yikes. First, my daughter asked why the girls looked in the mirror and said bad things about themselves. Then she asked what a “bee-yotch” was.  Then she asked what a condom was. I told her. “It something men put on their penises [...]

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Stomach Flu: Where are you when I need You?

Posted in Diet, Family, Health, Humor, Rants, Weight, tagged , , , on April 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Yes, it’s true – I’ve been gone a while. Why? Oh — I don’t know.  Maybe it’s the VIRULENT stomach flu coursing through my entire family. Even the dog threw up.  Seriously. First it was my son.  On vacation. In Florida.  Perfect weather.  Beautiful Gulf of Mexico waters.  We stayed inside for almost the entire [...]

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