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Missing the Kodak Moment on the First Day of School
I am a terrible mother. Today was the first day of the 2012-2013 school year. I dropped off Mary at the middle school gate, walked Jake to our local elementary school and into his new class, and since...
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13 Suggested Tasks for a 13-year Old’s Rite of Passage into Adulthood
To see my vlog (video blog) of this post, click here. Last month a woman wrote an article in England’s The Guardian about her son who rented the 1977 tv miniseries Roots and decided that he was old...
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Be Prepared: Massacring the Boy Scout Motto on a Cub Scout Campout
Last week I went on my very first Cub Scout campout. More specifically, I went on my very first Cub Scout campout with my 5-year old son Jake, which makes it sound so much more legitimate than the...
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The Ill Timing of the Ill Child
Nothing can cramp the status quo day of a working parent more than a sick kid. I wake up in the morning eager to greet the world and earn my much-needed paycheck when my little angel stumbles into the...
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I’m a Half Century Old Today!
I got my AARP card in the mail this week. For those of you who have been living in a Forever 21 store or in front of the Jersey Shore all your short lives, AARP is the advocacy group promoting issues...
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No More Trick Or (Candy-Free) Treats
When you’re a kid, it’s all about the candy. It’s Sweetarts for Valentine’s Day, chocolate bunnies and jelly beans for Easter, candy canes for Christmas, and goody bags and sweets-filled piñatas at...
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Mary Had a Little Dog ♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥
My husband Tom is a huge animal lover. In his early 20’s he worked for a veterinarian tending to beloved sick and wounded pets, and later he was employed at the Wildlife Way Station caring for wild...
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Catch the Red Eye!
No, this post isn’t about hopping a midnight flight from LA to DC. In fact, I’m one of the few people I know who hasn’t flown an airplane since before 9-11. It has nothing to do with the fear of...
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My New Year’s Resolution this Year: No More Resolutions!
There is one topic of conversation today that dominates all others: New Year’s resolutions. Correction. For this year only, everyone’s talking about surviving the Fiscal Cliff. However, a close second...
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How Do You Feed 50,000 Visitors?
It’s time to stock up on lemonade and homemade muffins because as of around noon yesterday, I have had 50,000 visitors. It’s a good thing I have a lemon tree. To a website like The Huffington Post or...
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Falling Asleep at the Burnt Out Class
I love school! If I won lotto tomorrow, I would just plan to take classes for the rest of my life, whether or not I could earn a degree for it. I don’t care if it’s on auto repair or astrophysics or...
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Happy Father’s Day to the Guy Who Knocked Me Up!
Life was pretty simple for Tom in the fall of 2004. He owned a tiny, unkempt home in Van Nuys and his three dogs happily roamed the huge yard filled with knee-high weeds. His roommate Travis was a...
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When Animals Behave Like Animals
Bowel movements. Bathing. Reproduction. These are all normal, everyday activities (ok – maybe the last one isn’t everyday unless you’re in a new relationship with someone really hot), which require the...
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The End of the Blog Hiatus
I tried to stop time. But time won. The problem with having a blog called Very VERY Busy Mom is that it implies that if I am busy enough to warrant the second VERY in the title, when the heck do I find...
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I Want Judy to Be My BFF
I first met Judy about two years ago on a late-night trip to Ralph’s Supermarket. My son Jake was turning 7 years old the next day, and I had completely forgotten to buy cupcakes for his party at...
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Very VERY Busy Stagnation
During the summer when I’m on hiatus from work and the kids are off school, the world is my oyster and the possibilities are endless. I wake up in the morning excited about my choices for the day....
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The Mom Olympics
Pumping up for the Mom Olympics I’ve never really been into spectator sports, unless of course it involves watching my 5-year old son in Toluca Baseball and praying that he stops playing in the dirt. I...
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Missing the Kodak Moment on the First Day of School
I am a terrible mother. Today was the first day of the 2012-2013 school year. I dropped off Mary at the middle school gate, walked Jake to our local elementary school and into his new class, and since...
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13 Suggested Tasks for a 13-year Old’s Rite of Passage into Adulthood
To see my vlog (video blog) of this post, click here. Last month a woman wrote an article in England’s The Guardian about her son who rented the 1977 tv miniseries Roots and decided that he was old...
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Be Prepared: Massacring the Boy Scout Motto on a Cub Scout Campout
Last week I went on my very first Cub Scout campout. More specifically, I went on my very first Cub Scout campout with my 5-year old son Jake, which makes it sound so much more legitimate than the...
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