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In lieu of thinking

I thought August’s Google search results were the funniest I’d seen so far.  I was premature, because last week September’s analytics report showed up in my inbox.  As always, there were the usual variations on “soccer mom”, blah blah boringpants.  Then there were these:

OH HAI

You may have noticed, I go through phases around here.  During some of them, I seem to have lots to say, plenty going on, and the energy to write about all of it.  Some other phases, however, are down cycles consisting primarily of The Lazy.  And right now, I am smack in the middle of […]

Firsts

This has been quite the banner weekend.  We’re having milestones – albeit delayed ones – all over the place! On Friday night, we had our first-ever non-family member paid babysitter for both kids.  I KNOW.  Seven years of parenting, and we’ve never had a regular babysitter.  We’ve almost always managed to finagle free sitting from […]

Seven

Wow.  Just…wow.  Another year has passed, and it’s time for me to bust out my serious cap and try and write another letter to my fabulous baby AE. Dear AE: You turn seven today.  And in all honesty, that just boggles my mind.  There’s nothing about you that’s little anymore.  Your long legs, loose teeth […]

Letting go; giving in

I think it might finally be time for me to admit that I’m not as young as I once was.  Yes, yes, I know.  I’m only thirty, it’s not like I’ve got one foot in the grave or anything.  But let’s face it.  Thirty may be the new twenty, but it isn’t the new eighteen.  […]