February 21st, 2009
I work for a mom community website where moms come to ask each other for advice from other moms. We’re recently working on a project that has me spending lots of time reading, classifying and sorting these questions and answers. It is fascinating. Our community skews ultra right wing Christian, and so it is not […]
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February 16th, 2009
Years ago the piping on one of my sofa cushions blew out. I’d long ago forgotten until the kid’s spilled something on that cushion at a time when I couldn’t just toss it into the wash, and so I turned it over, rediscovering the blow out. This is a sofa I’ve had since college, so […]
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February 16th, 2009
It is amusing to me how children change your life. Before we had kids, a romantic weekend involved a few long runs, home cooked meals or fancy restaurants, and a day walking on the beach or hiking in the woods. Our kids have been at the grandparents’ since yesterday afternoon and our romantic weekend has […]
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February 16th, 2009
Sorry if the last post made you lose your appetite. To make amends, I’m sharing my “I can’t believe it is fake” Caesar Salad Dressing that we attempted last night. I normally make the real stuff – egg yolk and anchovies, et al – but didn’t have anchovies on hand, so I faked it with […]
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February 14th, 2009
Now that you’ve enjoyed your Valentines dinner, I’ll share why I’ll be wasting away – our food is full of yuck. The New York Times included an article last week entitled The Maggots in Your Mushrooms about what our Food and Drug inspectors are looking for when they check out our food, and the guidelines […]
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February 14th, 2009
When your husband makes this for dinner: You can’t just show up with frozen pound cake. So I attempted parisian macaroons using Martha Stewart’s recipe (and incidentally, not the one I posted previously). Oh brother, those French are neurotic in a way that I can appreciate. What follows is what I learned, not necessarily what […]
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February 14th, 2009
Will: Mom, what is the largest number? Mom: infinity Will: Nope. There is no largest number. Mom: You are correct. Will: What is the largest number? Mom: There is none. Will: Why?
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February 14th, 2009
From Will, to all his ladies. (That would be ALL of you reading this): For the school card exchange, we made stamps the old fashioned way – with potatoes we bought at the farmer’s market. [eye roll] Will helped me stamp the construction paper, and then hot glue hearts in place. Delusional, I thought he […]
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February 10th, 2009
I thought my mom friends would appreciate these step by step instructions for folding a tshirt in 2 seconds or fewer.
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January 24th, 2009
I know this is going to make it’s way around the internets, but because it reminds me so much of my brother’s super power, had to post it.
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