Motherwise Cracks

To this day, even though my kids are older, I don’t understand why people spend so much on their children for Christmas gifts. And all this talk of how times are tight and yet, we are off and running at 4 PM on Thanksgiving day to go break the bank. No, I don’t get that. [...]

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Mine did until I went looking for a plugin to fix this droop on my sidebar. I got something for now but it doesn’t list the numbers of posts or ring any bells and whistles, so I am still on the hunt. Ah, if it were just as easy to fix some other droopy things… But [...]

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And I am happy about it. We always have a lot of fun and the best part is that people, my guests, think that I am so hard-working for doing this. But I am not. I only do the turkey, stuffing and green bean casserole and everyone else does the rest. That is key. Everyone [...]

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Even my kids, who LOVE Christmas, agree that is a bit much. We were riding home from Christmas shopping and saw through a window, a Christmas tree up and decorated on November 10. Sorry but that is crazy, and that is coming from someone who loves the whole season. While I love Christmas because everyone [...]

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The sounds coming from my second floor bathroom are pretty common. Lots of bubbling, gurgling, and an occasional squeak. A few years ago that would have been from the kids, but today it is from the fifteen gallons of wine fermenting in my new wine cellar that is upstairs. In the bathroom no less. Yes, [...]

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It is a major operation for my family to order at drive through windows. Sure, there are five of us, but apparently we are complicated. Or picky. Nothing ordered  is as it is on the menu. We have to hold something or have extra of something. I swear that I can hear the cashiers fighting [...]

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SIDEBAR: Or “dunh”, the word my son texts for done because he says that it is shorter. I am paying big bucks for college and four words equals four words any way you write it, but I digress… Thanks to the wonder of the Internet, I have completed all my Christmas shopping. The only thing [...]

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I thought my Halloween costume making days were over but much to my surprise, I was called into action for my creative abilities. I helped make by daughter look like a bottle of citrus scented bodywash because she and her cousins were going to a party as a complete line of shower products. Yes, I [...]

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