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Entries from December 2007

My Weekend Trip (a red carpet event)

December 9th, 2007 · 8 Comments

This is the scene of my latest embarrassemnt. I rolled down this whole staircase when my boot got caught on the carpet. I didn’t get hurt. I think my winter coat, which I still had on, protected me as I tumbled toward all the people and staff at the bottom right of the staircase. We [...]

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Tags: Moms

A Strange Turn of Events

December 6th, 2007 · 10 Comments

Well basketball season has started and a strange thing happened. We won! (To catch anyone up, our school just recently broke the 2nd longest losing streak in football in NY state history.) I arrived at the 3rd quarter and we were 17 points behind. “Oh, well. I know the drill,” I said to myself. This [...]

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Tags: Kids · Life Observations · Pet Peeves

I Could Sell A Million of These

December 3rd, 2007 · 6 Comments

My kids and I have this jingle for double stuff Oreos that we still think is a sure fire marketing slogan. We have been waiting for the company to announce a contest for 10 years. But I came up with this idea for a product that I really want made. It’s something you’d set to [...]

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Tags: blogging for $ · Moms

Take a Cruise Through My Carnival

December 3rd, 2007 · 4 Comments

I heard that blogging carnivals get you traffic. I went to blogcarnival.com and signed up for a “Family Funnies” carnival and low and behold I got lots (22) of bloggers with some pretty cute stories which are all posted here at my first “Family Funnies Carnival”. It was kind of fun and there are some [...]

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Tags: Family

Get a Clue, Sherlock

December 1st, 2007 · 8 Comments

You can’t drop clues all over the place and not expect a thinking person to not pick up on them. Eee, gad. Now all three kids are mad at me for “ruining their Christmas present” but I plead no contest. They gave it away with these statements leading up to today: Mom, do I have [...]

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Tags: Kids · Moms · Pet Peeves