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Posted Am Old. Need New Shoes. to Sleep, Sanity and Skinny Jeans
Along with the crows' feet, sagging bosom and inability to stay up past 10:30 pm, a more recent sign of my aging is the fact that I can't handle wearing high-heeled shoes for more than, like, 15 minutes. Back in my...
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Posted Momma Magic to Sleep, Sanity and Skinny Jeans
My mom was here for a visit this week and she helped me pick up the pieces. Literally.This is what my house looked like before she arrived:And this is what it looked like when she left:Not seen: me cheering in...
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Posted Wild and Free to Sleep, Sanity and Skinny Jeans
My wild things: Each of them so vastly different, so beautiful in their own ways, so flawed, so growing, so lovely.I am blown away by the life that fills our home and I am so thankful for these crazy, rambunctious girls...
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Posted Day of the Momma to Sleep, Sanity and Skinny Jeans
Mother's Day: was mine perfect? No way. There were still bums to wipe, lunches to pack for the next day, temper tantrums to endure and sibling fights to break up. But there was also Eggs Benedict on a sunny patio. And homemade...
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Posted Test of Humanity to Sleep, Sanity and Skinny Jeans
Being the fat kid sucks.I was overweight from the age of 8 - 15 and it was brutal. All my friends had boyfriends, but I didn't. Gym class was agonizing. I felt so uncomfortable in my own skin, betrayed by...
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Posted iLove You, iPhone. to Sleep, Sanity and Skinny Jeans
I got an iPhone.I have had a cell phone for the past four years, but it was without a data plan and I was only able to use it for texting and calling (oh, the horror!). I longed for a...
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Posted (Don't) Say My Name to Sleep, Sanity and Skinny Jeans
I was pregnant three times. That equaled over 27 months to stew about our future babies' names. And stew I did. My husband and I did not exactly see eye to eye about names.Here's how it would go: I would...
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Posted Sucks To Be Two to Sleep, Sanity and Skinny Jeans
The day Brinley turned two years old, her will emerged. And it was a strong one, that will. No surprise there, it seems to be how we breed them. Two is such a wonderful, yet hard age. She is SO cute...
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Posted Now That's Smart! to Sleep, Sanity and Skinny Jeans
I suck at cleaning. While I appreciate a clean house, I have yet to master the art of maintaining one. That being said, when spring comes along and the sunlight begins to stream through the windows and the kids start playing...
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Posted Who Wants 20 Bucks? to Sleep, Sanity and Skinny Jeans
Updated! The winner, according to Random.org was commenter #57, chel22. I will be contacting you via email to get your prize to you!"There's six feet of snow on the lawn and it's minus 25 degrees with the windchill!" my mom...
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Posted Extra Pepperoni. ON MY FACE. to Sleep, Sanity and Skinny Jeans
While I may have the sagging bosoms and bottom of a 30 year-old mother of three, I have the face of a 16 year-old.A 16 year-old with a bad case of acne, that is.It's bad, you guys.My break-outs used to...
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Posted Look At This Stuff, Isn't It Neat? to Sleep, Sanity and Skinny Jeans
Our kids have been obsessed with the movie "Annie" lately and it's so adorable hearing them belt out, "Tomorrow! Tomorrow! I love ya, Tomorrow!" and "It's a hard knock life for us!" all the live-long day. There are just some...
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Posted Can You Talk "The Talk?" to Sleep, Sanity and Skinny Jeans
It started last year, my eldest daughter questioning where babies come from. Caught off guard, I mentioned something about "a special hug between a mommy and daddy" then changed the subject. It satisfied her curiosity at the time, but recently...
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Posted Quick Easter Summary to Sleep, Sanity and Skinny Jeans
Easter was great. I ate too many mini eggs. The end. ...
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Posted Gimme a Break to Sleep, Sanity and Skinny Jeans
Spring break.Break. That's funny.Three kids under seven home full-time and you tell me how restful that break is.I am not complaining...the change of pace has been nice and with the long-awaited sunshine we've been able to get outside and hit...
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Posted (Sn)O(w), Canada! to Sleep, Sanity and Skinny Jeans
Spring break hasn't been all the springy, if you catch my drift. SNOWDRIFT, that is. Based on all of my Canadian friends' status updates on Facebook bemoaning the latest blizzard, closed highway or white-out conditions, it's pretty clear that we're...
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Posted Mac. to Sleep, Sanity and Skinny Jeans
I know that looking at photos of other people's pets is kind of the same as having them tell you about their latest whacked-out dream...meaning, it's cool and interesting to them but not to you.But, COME ON.This little guy is...
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Posted The White Hatter to Sleep, Sanity and Skinny Jeans
A good friend of ours who is a high school teacher called us up last week and said, "This guy came and gave a two-hour presentation to the kids at the school today about internet safety and online protection and...
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Posted Daughter of The King to Sleep, Sanity and Skinny Jeans
Raising girls is hard. They are bombarded by unrealistic expectations about how they're supposed to look, to act, to be, and it's a never-ending challenge to help them navigate the waters of their personal identities. One of the things we have...
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Posted Bring On the Vitamin D! to Sleep, Sanity and Skinny Jeans
Winter sucks the life from my soul.I never quite realize how weary and zoned-out I've become until that first day of sunshine hits and it feels like my crusty ol' heart begins to beat afresh.Today it felt like spring. I...
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Posted The Friendship Show to Sleep, Sanity and Skinny Jeans
There has been a huge Anti-Bullying movement sweeping the nation and it's obviously in response to the painful experiences so many kids and teens have been enduring. We talk about bullying, for sure, as it's become part of the dialogue...
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