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Personal Grooming And Other Disasters

April 16, 2008

This is the second time I’ve been pregnant, and the second time I’ve had a really, really terrible haircut.
I can’t fault my stylist – she’s doing the best she can with what she’s got. I mean, I’m the moron who decided that blunt bangs just above my eyebrows was a really awesome idea.
Next time I’m [...]

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Pity Potty II – The Sequel

April 14, 2008

A conversation with my mother-in-law sparked a Sunday filled with anger, recriminations and tears.
She asked me how potty training was going.
The Poo is progressing nicely from toddler to full-blown preschooler, with her big girl bed, ability to get in and out of the bathtub by herself and her ever-exploding language and imagination skills.
She is, in [...]

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Seriously?

April 13, 2008
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Babysitter Blues

April 10, 2008

The Poo adores her babysitter. Bethany is a godsend, the kind of sitter you’d steal from your best friend, consequences be damned.
We found her around September, when our last girl got a full-time job teaching music. Julia was nice, but she wasn’t ideal. Her schedule didn’t jibe with ours and she often seemed put out [...]

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I Wish I’d Known That In Advance

April 9, 2008

Did you know that the Federal self-employment tax rate is 15 percent of your income?
Neither did I, she said, looking glum.

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My Dirty Garbage Day, Or This Could Only Happen To Me

April 1, 2008

Here in the great state of Illinois, in the small city of Chambana, we do not have municipal refuse collection. I had no idea there were places where you had to pay for your own garbage collection – especially here, considering that our tax bill would indicate that we live in a palace on an [...]

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Sick Leave

March 8, 2008

Went to the doc yesterday after a few scary dizzy spells, and holy baloney, no wonder I feel so wretched.
Sinus infection.
Bladder infection.
Anemia.
I’m eating Keflex and iron pills, and I’m taking advantage of all the pity and laying on the couch like a pregnant spud. See ya next week sometime.
PS – Shaggy woke up yesterday, doing [...]

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Sick, And Homesick, Too

March 1, 2008

If we didn’t get out of the house today, at least for a short while, my head was going to explode. The Poo and I have been ill since Saturday, with the girl falling first and me following in short order.
Scratchy throats, sinus headaches and a barking cough. Sleepless nights morph into cranky days, punctuated [...]

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The Tender Spots

February 26, 2008

One person or another in our household has been laid up since Thanksgiving.I’m beginning to think that we’ve offended the universe in some very serious way, bringing upon us plague after plague. My plague, of course, is of a different sort, with morning sickness that lasts all the livelong day.
We’re a barrel of laughs, I [...]

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Chambana: Home Of The Crappy Haircut

February 7, 2008

I’m running out of options, friends.
At this point, I’ve visited three salons here, been to four stylists and still, STILL I cannot get a decent haircut. This is partially my own fault, since I strayed from the acceptable suburban uniform of the chin-length bob over the summer. Y’all remember this:

The Great Bang Experiment of [...]

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