When The Midol Wears Off

What do you mean what’s wrong with me?
I’m a little irritated, am I not allowed to be?
I do everything around here, so little I ask
Is it too much to think you could do this one task
I’m not freaking out, I think I’m quite fine
It’s just that nobody gets how hard it is, this life of [...]

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My Son Turns 21

On Tuesday Son turns 21.
I’m 37 (and don’t turn 38 until late November).
Funny how that even as little as 100 years ago that would have been nothing out of the ordinary.  Big deal.
For centuries young women, girls by our standards, have been married off and birthing children as soon as they were “old” enough to, [...]

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What Living With Teenagers Has Taught Me – #1

I AM as stupid as I thought my parents were.
Today my 14 year old had to explain what a “peripheral” is.  Now I know what peripheral vision is but I never before heard it used as a techy term.  What do you want, I got my first cell phone last year!
Casually she said, “You [...]

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Thanks for the Mammaries

Tucking my 13 year old Daughter in one night, the following conversation ensued:
Daughter: Mom, why is one bigger than the other?
Me: What dear?
Daughter: You know, (whispers) my boobs, why is one bigger than the other…is that normal?
Me: (sighing and stifling a giggle at the same time) Yes, that’s perfectly normal. Our bodies don’t grow symmetrically, [...]

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“I’m Fat!”

Oh God!
She’s thirteen and no longer placated by the loving, “You’re just bigger than most girls your age.”
That’s not just parental rhetoric either, our family doctor told her to her face that though she was carrying a few unnecessary pounds, she was NOT fat and that she shouldn’t let anyone allow her to think so.
And [...]

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Phew! And a few other things…

Well, I’m glad that’s over!  I feel a lot better now, well sort of…I did get my period.  But with it came my senses and the realization, much to Hubby’s utter relief and joy, I really DO NOT want to have another baby.
But man, that was crazy.  For a while there, I had myself convinced [...]

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Then And Now

For no reason at all. Pictures of my kids as newborns and what they look like now.
Son:

Awwwwwww…isn’t he just the epitome of sweetness? Looks like he was born thinking, doesn’t it?
Son now, (20 years later)

Okay, he’s still cute…but the fur on his chin and that “thing” in his bottom lip, I could so [...]

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Infertility Awareness Week

Thanks to MaryP @ It’s Not All Mary Poppins and her guest author Amy for this reminder that what many of us take for granted, being able to have children, others are suffering from an inability to conceive and that it’s a very lonely road to walk.
Amy writes:
“As it became apparent with each passing year [...]

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Marriage and PMS

Inspired by MaryP @ It’s Not All Mary Poppins and her post “It must be PMS”.
A conversation…
Me: (in the kitchen shaking my hand in mid air) Oh man it’s everywhere!
Hubby: What is?
Me: My hair! It’s on the counter, it’s in the sink, it’s on the cloth I’m trying to clean with.
Hubby: Well if it [...]

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Then Out Came The Toilet

And the incredibly hideous tile floor.

Now for all that’s said about the down side of DIY projects, especially undertaking them as a couple, so far it’s actually going quite well.

No arguements, no backseat “are you sure you’re doing that right”s and no getting in each other’s way.
Are we really that mature? Frankly no.
Are we [...]

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