Seven Angels, Four Kids, One Family
Sometimes sarcasm is the only sane response
My Patient Husband asked me, “Have you heard a reason to vote for any of the candidates?” I said, “No. But I’ve heard plenty of reasons not to vote for any of them.” Case in point: I received two slick…
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Who’s up for an angel story? I play radio roulette. Although I own an iPod, I’ve gotten adept at skimming the “variety” channels, that special breed of “variety” that means “the same five songs every hour, plus a handful of…
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This has been floating around the internet: “A real man is a woman’s best friend. He reassures and comforts her after a bad day. He will inspire and enable her to express her emotions and give in to her desires….
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My family has urged me to take the Orient Point Ferry with such zeal that anyone would believe they hold stock in it. Oh it’s so fun, it’s so convenient, it shaves so much time off the trip, the kids…
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I never thought I’d see the day when Imperial Stormtroopers were the heroes, but because of the Clone Wars cartoons, Kiddo#3 has decided he wants to be a stormtrooper when he grows up. I guess now they call them clone…
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Over the weekend, after noticing our glass cleaner was nearly empty, I looked under the kitchen sink for a refill bottle I thought I remembered. Score: a big bottle of The Blue Stuff was, in fact, at the back of…
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This morning, we laughed so hard about something that I was crying and couldn’t breathe, and just as I thought it would make a great blog post, my Patient Husband said, “You can’t post this on your blog, you know.”…
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Kiddo#2 is taking up percussion. Before you ask if I’m insane, this is my reasoning, and the other principles in the story agree with me: Kiddo#2 has taken violin for a year now, but the school band, which begins in…
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Monday morning, I staggered downstairs after my Patient Husband had gone to work and found Kiddos 1, 2 and 3 already awake. As I made breakfast, Kiddo#1 told me, “My plan worked!” Um…what plan? “I set my watch alarm for…
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Ever since my Kiddos have taken the bus, we’ve given the bus drivers cookies. Not knowing the history behind this nefarious tradition, the Kiddos like it a lot, and if I forget to make up a cookie packet for the…
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