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Five Awesome Things About Living in a Small House

September 17, 2018 · 1 Comment

A while (57 days, 3 hours and 12 minutes) ago my family and I moved into a small house. We are doing a total gut + addition on our normal sized house so we needed to find a rental. I was reluctant to move and asked the contractor if there was any way we could just make it work with staying put. "Well, we're ripping out all three bathrooms... but," he said with a glint in his ...

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Like… DONE, done.

January 18, 2018 · 2 Comments

Last week my sister-in-law and her husband brought their newborn baby over for a visit. They were about an hour and a half late, because newborn. I mention this only because it will be an important part of the story later. "Do you miss this?" my brother-in-law asked, his glassy, sleep deprived eyes shifting to his 3-week-old baby in my arms. I couldn't tell if he was being ...

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Decadence

September 20, 2016 · 1 Comment

My first clue we were on the brink of something amazing was when I saw the Westboro Baptist Church protesting in the street. Nick and I had traveled to New Orleans for a long weekend away from the kids and it just so happened to be Decadence weekend, AKA "gay Mardi Gras".  We knew this because once our plane landed, everyone and their brother was eager to inform us. "Well ...

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The Night Club

April 14, 2016 · Leave a Comment

“I have to have back surgery,” I told my friend over dinner one night. The words tasted like mentholated arthritis cream in my mouth. She didn’t have to ask why, or what happened. Everyone who has a bunch of children knows exactly why and what happened.  They break you. “Who are you going to?” she asked. “Dr. Weaver did my knees two years ago, but Jamie really loved Dr. ...

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Shattered Dreams: The Huge Lie Of Free Time While Your Kids Are At Pre-School

March 31, 2016 · 4 Comments

The summer before my youngest daughter started preschool, I fantasized about what I was going to do with all the free time I had coming, making mental notes every time I drove by an antique shop; imagining myself splayed out in the steam room at our gym. “I’m starting to prune,” I would declare to all the other steam room moms with nothing else to do on a Thursday morning. “I ...

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