Category Archives: learning the hard way

I’d Like To Teach the World to Sing

Only I probably shouldn’t.
As Kacey can testify to, I like to think that I have a gift when it comes to music.  Although I can’t hold a note to save my life, I consider myself a lyricist.  Kinda like the long lost twin sister to Eminem, only minus the tattoos, I live in the suburbs [...]

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Where’s the App for That?

Confession: I used to be a PC girl. I made fun of those who gave into the Apple marketing, inevitably paying twice as much as they needed to for a computer. Even after I received my first iPod, I taunted the person helping me at the “genius bar” in their store. If [...]

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Growing Up Fast

I’m not exactly sure at what age I stopped being a kid, and started to act like a girl.  Was I eight?  Maybe twelve?
I do remember all of the important “firsts” from my past, like the first time I shaved my legs.
Honestly, I should have been warned.  By a friend.  Whose name starts with K [...]

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Securing My Place in the Motherhood Hall of Fame

There are things that I do very well as a mom.  I can be quick to figure out distractions, willing to spontaneously sing and dance just about anywhere, and make for an excellent conversationalist with a toddler.
However, like anyone else, there are also things that I am not so hot at; aspects of my personality [...]

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Creepy, Crawly Crafts

Last March, I made a personal goal to make Emi’s costume.  I posted about it after I saw these cute pictures, vowing to make the dream into a reality.

After thorough procrastination, and urging from my mother, I got the ball rolling.  This had to be one of the easiest (not to mention cutest) costumes to [...]

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Manic Mondays

I dread Sundays because the day after means two things: I have to go to work and even worse I need to get Emi dressed. The latter is NO easy feat. How I long for the days when she was fussy but manageable in the mornings. I could take my time knowing [...]

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Talent Discovered

This morning’s topic on Yo Gabba Gabba! was talent. Apparently, everyone has one according to DJ Lance Rock.
It got me thinking…what is my talent? Starting projects and not finishing them, check. Shopping online, check. Eating candy, check. Wrighting, cshek. Don’t judge me.
Around 3:32 PM it hit me. My talent, without [...]

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