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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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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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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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At Least my Dog Still Loves Me

Posted in Humor, Kids, Laughs, pets, tagged , , on March 15, 2010 | 1 Comment »

The Kids vs. The Dog I remember the olden days when my children would cry and carry on when I left the house to go out. “Don’t go Mommy! Don’t go!” And when they would rejoice at my return, running to the door to smother me with kisses….even if I had only gone downstairs to [...]

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Walked In On…

Posted in Family, Humor, Husbands, Kids, Laughs, Uncategorized, tagged , , on January 27, 2010 | 7 Comments »

So my daughter “walked in on us” the other day. Funny since (sorry hubby) it’s not like statistically speaking, there are a whole lot of chances for that to happen. (so sue me. kids. work. blog. puppy. life. oh, and swine flu. my uber- excuse for everything. )  It happens to every parent, I’m sure. [...]

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Santa Isn’t Jewish

Posted in Family, Humor, Kids, Laughs, Parenting, tagged , on December 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Happy Everything to Everyone.. Here’s my annual Christmas for Jews post!  Enjoy! Santa Claus isn’t Jewish. That was my daughter the other day, explaining to her friend why, though she believes in Santa, he isn’t coming to our house this, or any other, year. Well, can’t say she’s wrong, can I? I was relieved to [...]

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Sleepaway Summer: I’m shipping off the kids..and I’m already homesick.

Posted in Family, Kids, Parenting, tagged , , on December 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I loved my sleepaway camp.  Never mind that my last summer there one of my bunkmates got Herpes and both of my counselors got knocked up — by the same guy.  I had fun. I made friends, I sang, took dance classes, tried to water ski and ending up losing my viriginity to a lake [...]

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The End of Vacation: Ahhh!

Posted in Family, Humor, Kids, tagged , on September 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Sure vacation is over, but it isn’t all bad.  After all, the kids are back in school, I am back at the gym, and Zabars is right around the corner. Read what else is OK about being back from vacation by clicking over to my weekly post on TravelingMom.com.

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Mean Mommy Confessions

Posted in Family, Humor, Kids, Laughs, Parenting, tagged , , , , on August 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »

The whining, the nagging, the rudeness, the backtalk.  Ah, yes.  The joys of parenting. I’m sure that whoever you are, your kids are PERFECT.  But it can’t be just me.  Can it? Please tell me it’s not just me.  That I am not the only mother being driven crazy by her own kids. Mama, mama, [...]

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