Motherwise Cracks

This cake bunny continues to satisfy the kids at Easter time and it tasted great but it reminds me of how much kids like tradition. It’s made from two round cakes and you just cut the ears out of one and it makes the bow tie. I learned this simple trick year’s ago in an [...]

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As the daughters enjoy Disney, they did take some time to send us some pictures of the fun they were having – they made me laugh. It did make me want to be there with them. We have gone as a family a few times and it was so much fun for me. I think [...]

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I guess some things never change. As I applied my eye shadow this morning, I got a black eye. My daughter must have gotten into my makeup this weekend and mixed up my light with dark color. Grrr. I don’t remember going into my mom’s makeup when I was in my 20s but, then again [...]

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My baby wrote me a letter. When my son was home on his break, I asked him about his years in elementary school when he was bullied. It wasn’t much fun for him or for all of us and I feel badly that he had such a bad experience. He thought for a minute and [...]

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While I have been on the 17 Day Diet for a while now (I am in cycle 3) my husband is exhibiting some residual effects. He never had any “back” to start with and now, whatever he had before is gone. So are all the kids, even my son who is home, and I use [...]

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I remember visiting San Juan Capistrano in California and hearing about the swallows returning every year on the same day. Very cool. My birds are returning to the nest this weekend (most of them) because I have an impending birthday to celebrate. From this mother bird’s perspective, it’s pretty nice. They basically kick me out [...]

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A few years ago my brother gave me the book “The Corrections” by Jonathan Franzen to read and he thought it was a great read. I thought quite the opposite. I received some corrections this weekend from my daughter who joyfully pointed out that she found three spelling errors on my blog. I could only [...]

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My son lost his iPod again. This is about number 4 on the list of iPod casualties. One was washed and actually worked after that for about a year and a half. We were all amazed. This is the first time that I really don’t care about his losing an expensive item. I don’t know [...]

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