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It sounded so good. Make lots of money delivering phone books. Get paid within 24 hours. Get paid for gas too. When my daughter and her cousin told me of their plan to make money this summer delivering phone books, it rang a bell – I remembered a friend who tried this route a long [...]

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Here is my son’s binder as of the last day of school. He plans to keep it for next year, which reminds me of a theory that I have about people’s possessions. I often deal with people and their possessions at work and I notice what I call, “The Law of Arrested Condition” in regards [...]

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I’m not a doctor and I don’t play one on TV, but I knew there were stitches in this kid’s near future. No genius involved, just experience. This weekend my son and friends were in the backyard playing football. Just happening to look out, I noticed one of the kids moving toward the house, hand [...]

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I have been tagged by Certifiable from Totally Pissed Off in the Eight Random Facts Meme. I can’t imagine anyone really being interested in 8 random facts about me but I’m in anyway. I also am stressing about tagging 8 other blogs (it’s part of the rules) but here goes. Here are the rules to [...]

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Chores got done at lightening speed. I can’t believe how fast, and how much, the girls accomplish in a short time. The trouble with working at the speed of light is – the work isn’t very thorough. But I dare not complain as they so rarely do this much work. Luckily, I have developed a high crumb [...]

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I had an article published this Sunday in the Buffalo News that set off a revolt of the oppressed. You would think the kids would be proud that mom’s got a little extra cash coming in and that her “work” (they use that term loosely when it refers to my writing) is in print. Not [...]

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Amen and amen! Sing the praise to past days with a Cliché Revival! Yes, my mothers and sisters, it is time for another blast from the past to remind us that keys to happiness lie within the lowly cliché. Once again we awaken to this powerful life lesson using the COMA: C = Cliché A [...]

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Women always want to look their best, especially in photos. Not so with teen boys. In need of his school photo ID to be replaced, my son purposely did not ask to have his current school photo used. Instead, he likes the 5th grade shot where he has glasses, braces and is chubby – that [...]

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