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Archive by Month "December"

29
Dec, 2011
Who's Your Grandma Now?

I wanted to shake up the holiday season this year, and one of the things I wanted to do was add a service component to…

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28
Dec, 2011
And now, for my present…

Last night, on the eighth and final night of Hannukah, I sat the kids down and had a little discussion. We were actually eating dinner,…

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21
Dec, 2011
Gelt Complex

Before we got all fancy and started eating gourmet donuts on Hannukah, the Festival of Lights was a time for latkes and these: Crumbly, tasteless…

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18
Dec, 2011
Like a Hole in the Head

There are many things I need — time alone with M, a better oven, a book deal, the perfect black boots (ok, the boots I…

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12
Dec, 2011
Chair Repair

I bought this chair when Bennett was born. I nursed all five kids in it, rocked them to sleep in it, and continue to read…

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11
Dec, 2011
CSI: Toddler

It’s shocking what a bit of investigating can do. Or, perhaps it’s just shocking that as a parent I’m expected to be one part caregiver,…

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6
Dec, 2011
Jumping the Parenting Shark

(Be warned. This topic is something that I’ll be talking about for a while.) My standards are clearly slipping. Once a strict enforcer of bedtime…

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5
Dec, 2011
American Girl Shiks-appeal

It’s a busy time of year, but as hectic as life is, I’m never too busy to know better. That’s right, I know better. At…

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