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Driving Lessons
02.06.09 | Permalink | 15 CommentsMy sister-in-law Liz bought her minivan under protest last year. She was reluctant to trade in her sporty red car for a frumpy mom-mobile. I had warned her, before the birth of her first child, that the cute little trunk on her cute little Jetta might not hold the mounds of diapers, groceries, and leftover [...]
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blogging, fun, tickle me tuesday
Tickle-me Tuesday
02.05.08 | Permalink | Comments OffSo, I’m a complete slacker when it comes to blogging. A few diserning readers (mostly Dick, who’s required by marriage to tell me nice things) have encouraged me elsewise, despite such slackerness as letting my old carnival Makes-Me-Smile Monday die a grief-inducing sigh-of-relief from guilted-into-participating-friends-and-family death. But now Marie of Memarie Lane has inaugurated her [...]
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blogging, Family, fun, Spot
Gone swimming
07.13.07 | Permalink | 3 CommentsSo, my actual life, on vacation, is really interfering with my blogging life. I guess real relationships with family and friends are almost as important (sigh) as those with my virtual compatriots, and I couldn’t be happier that my blog has in several cases fostered a greater connectedness with (real) friends not seen often enough. But I am missing [...]
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fun, Jane
How to be a good gift-giver, or, My second Ode to Tara
06.14.07 | Permalink | 3 CommentsSince I am an appalling gift-giver (forgetful, stingy, un-crafty, not-punctual, and lazy), and since I have just received the best gift(s) ever, I have some tips for how to be a good gift-giver. (Sorry, Tara, I had to open them all before my birthday because, a) I was too impatient, and b) I needed to [...]
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fun, motherhood
Tips for bragging about your children
06.07.07 | Permalink | 27 Comments1) Don’t complain about something that is obviously a good thing (we know you’re not really upset that Gilbert won’t go to sleep at night because he just can’t put Moby Dick down — and him only in the first grade!). 2) Pretend some reciprocal interest when other parents flap on and on about their [...]
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