I love teenagers. They are fun, engaging, and flat-out hilarious. But they are weird. Somehow, I have acquired a houseful of them. I swear, my babies were in preschool yesterday. I tucked them into bed last night with a kiss and a story, but then, mysteriously, I woke up to children with acne and mood swings. I’m not sure where their…
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The Weird and Wacky World of Parenting Teens
If We Don’t Share Light, Who Will?
It has been a rough few weeks. Every time I turn on the TV or scroll through social media feeds, tragedy, heartache, death, illness, and disaster greet me. Hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, mudslides, and wildfires are ravaging communities and obliterating everything in their paths. Senseless acts of violence are taking innocent lives and leaving loved ones to pick up the pieces….
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On Exercise
I do not understand people who enjoy going to the gym. When I hear somebody carry on about how much they love their daily workouts, I wonder if we are from the same planet. You see, I am from a world whose inhabitants are not blessed with natural athletic ability. My mom once admitted that when I was a child,…
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I Tried to Break up With Costco…Here’s How it Went
I have been trying to avoid Costco for the past month or two because my husband and I had a budget meeting (bleh!), and it became apparent that Costco was stealing loads of money from us. I really should report them. To get back at them for their thievery, I have been trying to stay away from their aisles of…
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The Queen of Sass Returns
With nearly four years of blogging under my belt, I have written an essay or two. OK, this post brings the count up to 300, not including the many I deleted because I clearly wrote them in my sleep. Either that or I had no clue what I was talking about. Since we all know that I am a pillar of…
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It’s Not My Story to Tell
Parenting is tricky business surrounded by mountains of strong opinions, including mine. A few weeks ago, I decided it was time to open up about my parenting philosophy. I wrote abundant lists of post ideas that fell into that category. I made plans to develop an e-course to help others put sound child-rearing principles into practice. The potential I saw…
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5 Things I Learned This Summer
Summer break is coming to a close here in Arizona. The heat will stick around for a few more months, but the kids head back to school this week. It has been a crazy whirlwind summer that has disappeared faster than an ice cube on the desert sidewalk; at least for me. The kids are B-O-R-E-D to tears and fighting…
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