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How Much Stuff Can One House Hold?

June 11th, 2012 · 2 Comments

I might be giving up going upstairs to my kids’ bedrooms or to the closets there forever. Every time I do, I find more junk. Just when I have removed some junk, some new junk magically appears. While the removal of the former junk came with commentary, it must have been deemed unimportant because it [...]

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Tags: Kids · Pet Peeves

Homework

July 21st, 2010 · 6 Comments

Found this while rummaging through a drawer. It was from a simpler time when I didn’t need to know geometry or physics to help with homework. I had no excuse for not helping. Now will be laminating this and a few other notes I found but I don’t know exactly why I do such things. [...]

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Tags: Moms

Want Help With Kids and Their Money?

September 19th, 2008 · 5 Comments

Well, a couple of years ago, my daugher wrote a paper for kids her age about handling money. She was pretty good at taking care of her finances (even though she owes me money right now) and I thought her book was really well done. So, being into DTP, and having nothing better to do than doat on my budding [...]

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Tags: Kids · Life Observations

June Family Funnies Posted

June 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

The June Family Funnies Carnival is now alive and posted. Please hop over and read these funny, cute and most certainly entertaining blog posts about family life. I do so enjoy reading the submissions when they come in and hope you do too. And if you really like them, feel free to submit your blog post about your kids, parenting or the like for the upcoming July edition. —- “Families are [...]

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Tags: Family · Moms