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Youngest Child Appreciation Day
I think there should be a Youngest Child Appreciation Day. I am a Youngest Child and I was under-appreciated. Not really, but this is typical of what most youngest children believe to be THE TRUTH....
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Middle School Top Ten
Here are a few things I love about raising a middle schooler (because it’s important to highlight the elements that are not stank feet and eye-rolls): She can beat me at stuff. I don’t have to pretend...
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Alaska-tastic!
The Great Alaskan Narwhal We just got back from a week in Alaska. And guess what? We did not cruise, fish, or hunt. What then did we do? We glamped, baby! You know when you know it’s time to unplug?...
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I Wrote A Book. Now What.
I finished my book! Saying that feels awesome. Back story- I started this particular book SEVEN YEARS AGO, WHEN I WAS PREGNANT WITH YOUNGEST CHILD. Back then, the story was very different. In fact, it...
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I Wrote A Book. Now What. Part Deux.
Guess what time it is? If you missed Part One, go here. The process of publishing a book is magical, because it does things like move lightning fast and molasses slow at the same time. Here’s what...
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Sit and Spin
Kirsty and myself in Bali My friend, Kirsty, called me about six months ago and said, “Do you want to go to-“ “YES!” I said. “Um, to-“ “I said YES!” “Very funny, Lindsey. I haven’t even said where I’m...
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Funny Story
Anyone care for a raisin? We are moving. *Whimper* Only about two miles south of where we live now, but still. Moving. Ugh. This is my 7th move in 12 years, spanning three countries. Today, this feels...
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Battle Cry of a Petrified Mama in Conversation With Her Middle School Child...
“Come here, my child, it’s time to buy some kid-sized body armor. The stores are running out of stock, soon every size will be on back order.” “No, Mom, no! Don’t buy that thing! Don’t bring it...
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On My Honor
“Who can tell me what is a veteran?” I ask the Brownie troop as we prepare to color the Veterans Day cards we will soon distribute at the VA Hospital. “Oh! Oh! Oh!” Their wee fingers stretch into the...
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Meditation- 10 Tips To Get That Party Started
If you don’t meditate yet, I would like to demand, but instead because I meditate I will gently suggest, that you start. From lowering blood pressure, to reducing depression and anxiety, to weight...
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A Little Bit Distracted Here
“Can you call my phone? I just had it…” “Honey, will you grab the spare car keys out of Daddy’s drawer again? Shhh…” “I could have sworn my ___(fill in blank with anything not attached to me) was...
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Monkeys and Camels and Cows, Oh My!
Excuse me, do you mind if I smell your face? Lindsey here, reporting back to Fishheadology from India. I loved my trip. Namas-yay! Thanks for taking a break from holiday mayhem to read something NOT...
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Amazon Prime Love Poem
LOVE You’ve been there all along But I ignore you, Choosing to get trampled in the mall. You send subtle emails Hinting I am still here, I delete your words with one finger fall. I won’t be...
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About That Ox Tail…
Try my soup! It was December, 2005, our first Christmas in Shanghai. We and a few other families had been invited to a Dutch-style feast at the home of our fabulous new friends from Holland, the...
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Wedding Weight
Before choosing your goal for the year, use math Some of us occasionally dream of returning to our wedding weight, or the weight we were when we looked our very best. And here we are, peering into the...
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And Then She Blows a Gasket…
Where is your KINDNESS?! “Hand over ANYTHING THAT HAS A SCREEN!” I hollered at my kids the other night while blowing a gasket. They are used to me getting mad, but not this mad. They were petrified....
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Leaders Rock – And Here’s Why
This one goes out to all you leaders out they-yah This week I guest-blogged for In The Loop, a fantastic blog set up by the Troop Support Pros over at Girl Scouts River Valleys. They serve over 32,000...
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Get Out of My Sinus, Linus
Forgive me if this post doesn’t make sense. A certain Peanuts character has crawled into my nose and wrapped his filthy blanket around my brain. And what’s worse- he’s planning to leave it there,...
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Just moved… To Bali! #tbt
While recently scanning my Word files, I uncovered this gem, a relic of my life from thirteen years ago when my husband, my oldest (and at the time, only) daughter, and I quit life as we knew it. We...
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This Will Never Happen
It’s tough being perfect Here is a conversation between three people as they leave my house. This conversation will never happen. “I have never in my life seen a home so clean. Every surface...
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