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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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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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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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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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My Dog is Making me Fat

Posted in Exercise, Family, pets, tagged , , , on October 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

So the good people at Role Mommy (thanks, Beth) sent me my very own copy of Jillian Michael’s Fitness Ultimatum 2010- the brand-spanking new game for my (also gratis – thanks Nintendo) Wii Fit, for free. The first few days after it arrived, I told myself the weather was still good, and I should exercise [...]

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