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“Smell Like a Monster” on YouTube Thank you, Sesame Street! (And thank you, too, Wandering Scientist!) Chicken, Mozzarella, and Asparagus Pasta on The Coterie Blog Yum. Just, yum. 23 Fun Summer Bucket List Activities for Families on Parenting Squad If… Read more5 Things I Found While I Was Looking Around
The On Mom has a post about party planning and Pinterest that definitely is worth a read. As for me, I like Pinterest. I think it’s fun, and I use it a fair amount. I don’t base my life on… Read moreBirthdays in the Era of Pinterest
That’s it. That’s your warning. If you read beyond this (which I’m adding for those of you who get previews in your RSS readers), then consider yourself to have made an informed choice. You’re about to read plot and character… Read moreHere Be Spoilers
As of today, I have been blogging for seven years. I think that hyperlinked text may be longer than my first blog post. So how has my blogging evolved? In fact, (as you may be able to tell from that… Read moreTraditions: Blogging, or Happy Anniversary to Me
It’s not just Kristin Wiig’s Suze Orman. Nope. Baguette is obsessed with her raincoat. Why do I find this noteworthy? All winter, Baguette would scream any time we put her in a jacket, no matter how cold it was. No… Read moreYou Can Never Have Too Many Jackets
What do you call a community of some 40,000 women who support each other? SITS! Just like the name says, the secret is in support. Each day, the site features a blogger, and today’s my day. Those of you who… Read moreIt’s My SITS Day!
So I’ve gone through a spate of celebrity memoirs lately, which is interesting–because I pretty much never read celebrity memoirs. This binge, though, had a theme. Growing up, I was a huge Little House on the Prairie fan. I’d read… Read moreLittle House in the Big Bookstore
When she’s on the verge of frustration, she goes into her Karate Run. It’s her usual Stompy Run, but with vertical karate chops to the air as she goes. She likes to sing “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star,” but she only… Read moreThings About Baguette Right Now
I read a lot of other blogs. And on one of them was posed the question: What surprised you about becoming a mother? Note: I’m sorry I’m not crediting you and linking to you, Other Blogger. I would, if I… Read moreTales of the Dragon Mother
I like to think my Independence Day tradition is watching 1776, but the fact is that I don’t always do that. In fact, I suspect I usually don’t. But I love that movie so much that it feels like it… Read moreTraditions: What We Did on the Fourth of July