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I love my babysitter. And so does my girl.
We love, love, lover her.
She is always here when we need her–after school, rainy days, lazy days, sunny days and busy days.
She always has something new to show us–a recipe, a project, a lesson.
She always knows when we just want to veg and do nothing but watch her.
She steps in whenever I’m too busy with bills, research or writing my blogs.
She never seems to sleep and she never gets tired.
She’s always eager to see us as we are to see her.
Some may think I’m lazy for using her. Some think she sucks your brain. Some think babysitters need a pulse.
I think she’s great. And you all secretly think so too.
Yep, it's true. He can do dishes.
Maria Shriver is annoying me.
And that itself bugs me because I try not to immediately get annoyed by a successful, beautiful woman because…well, that’s what women do. They are quick to criticize. Other women. And I like to think I’m better than those women.
But, nevertheless, Maria is bugging the crap out of me this week with her “A Woman’s Nation” special reports on NBC.
Not that I don’t agree that woman are earning more money and sharing the burden of managing the home and the kids with their husbands more than 30 years ago, but it just irks me that we need to highlight it like it’s some unbelievable phenomenon. Read the rest of this entry »
Now, go get us some candy!
Every year, I look forward to picking out a Halloween outfit for my girl. She was a pumpkin the first couple years; then Peter Pan (I was so proud she didn’t want to be Tinker Bell); then Snow White; then Cinderella; then a couple witches.
And this year?
A whore. Read the rest of this entry »
My daughter, my one and only child, will be ten this winter. Ten. Double freakin’ digits.
And do you know what double digits means? It means the end of the little girl I’ve been holding on to. The one I’d like to stay nine forever. The one that has no idea what growing up means. The one that still believes in Santa and the Tooth Fairy and thinks her mom knows the answer to everything.
It means we’ll be having the “talk” soon. The talk that dispels all the mystery and reveals the secret lives of ADULTS. Read the rest of this entry »
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