Motherwise Cracks

My husband is a frugal guy so he shocked the stuffing out of me when he ordered a turducken for about $75 to TEST it! Yes, a test. He is planning on buying 2, count ‘em, 2 of them to serve the extended family on our summer vacation. That’s about 30 people, mind you. The [...]

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The girls made breakfast and it was so big we didn’t even want to eat lunch. The wouldn’t let me do a thing. Not even dishes. Then they made dinner that I got to pick out, and it was so big we could hardly stuff down the dessert. Again, I did nothing, except open gifts. Post [...]

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Over the past 2 weeks, the carpenter ants in the kitchen and master bathroom were gross and bothersome. I was annoyed that my perpetual ask into the husband to put the ant stuff out (like we do each spring), he didn’t get around to. I was mad that when I went to do it, he [...]

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Last night, and about every night last week, my partner asked me what he can get me for Valentine’s Day. I can’t have chocolate anymore so it has paralyzed his gift idea department. which had a limited inventory to start with. I tell you what I want, what I really, really want. A want to [...]

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This little frog may look cute at first glance, but she can really grate on your nerves. On a shopping trip with the girls, we picked her up to give to my little niece. Her mom is from South America and speaks Spanish fluently. This little frog named Lovable Lily does too – in a [...]

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This Christmas, the kids got me what I really wanted. Dark chocolate. Lots of it. I had the best stash I have had for years, and the beauty of it is that the kids don’t like it! I had it all to myself. Then, my stock in the chocolate market crashed. Yes, chocolate and I [...]

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I don’t like walking into a packed gym mid-way into a game. It feels like all eyes are on you as you try to find where to sit or where your family/friends might be. I asked my husband to text me where he was in the gym so that I would know where to find [...]

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Lots of us moms are chopped liver. One would think that after a certain amount of time we would get used to it. Not me. Still burns. My daughter calls to say, in her “world-might-end” little way, that her driver side headlight went out and her tire is flat. Knowing that she has AAA, I [...]

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