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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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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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And the Awards Go to…Me!

Posted in Parenting, Reviews, tagged , , , , , on March 5, 2010 | 3 Comments »

Yes, it’s true!  I am just that fabulous!  So fabulous that I have been awarded not one but TWO blog awards in the past few weeks. The first is The Sunshine Award and it comes from Dawn at Dawning@blogspot.com, and I have to admit, this one means a lot.  Why? Let me count the ways: [...]

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My GlaMOMous Life

Posted in Laughs, Parenting, Working Mom, tagged , , , on February 9, 2010 | 2 Comments »

True, I’m a Mom.  And true, unless you’re Julia Roberts or Gwyneth Paltrow there ain’t a whole lot that’s glamorous about it.  But I do have my GlaMOMous moments. Here are some recent ones. 1. Last Saturday night, hubby and I went out to dinner with (child free) friends.  The time of the reservation? 9:45.  [...]

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My Dog is Pooping in my House!

Posted in Family, Humor, Parenting, pets, tagged , , on January 18, 2010 | 2 Comments »

Those of you with small children, take heart: one day, you too will be able to go on bike rides with your family. One day, you too, will be able to take your children to a restaurant sometime after 5:30pm. One day, you won’t have to supervise playdates, or clean those little sippy cup straws, [...]

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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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Sick as a Dog

Posted in Family, Humor, Parenting, pets, tagged , , , on December 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »

I’ve always wondered where the expression “sick as a dog” came from.  Now I know. Our new puppy, Bentley, has been sick – on and off – more or less since we rescued him.  In the past six weeks, we’ve been through three rounds of medication for Giardia, which is a  parasite common to puppies, [...]

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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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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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