How to yell and still get your message across

Dawn has a great post about how the book How to Talk so Kids will Listen and Listen so Kids will Talk and how it changed her life.  It’s working the same type of magic on me but for slightly different reasons. It affirms the way that MD and I already instinctively parent and gives [...]

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Close to the surface

I started seeing a new therapist last week which is only relevant to this entry in that we had the usual first “getting to know you” appointment during which I talked a great deal about my family history. (She was very impressed by just how sane I am, heh.)
Another point of relevance is that I’ve [...]

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Phew

That’s me sighing with relief that this week is almost over. There are lots of VERY IMPORTANT events happening at the college MD works at this week and he’s been going nonstop along with the rest of the team there and people that have flown in from all over the country to get the food [...]

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FIVE!

My boy is turning 5 tomorrow! I’m trying to figure out how to talk about him without dissolving into a little puddle on the ground. Sure, he’s mouthy and stubborn and opinionated. He’s in super bossy mode these days, telling me with a smirk in his voice, “I KNOW you’ll do [whatever it is I [...]

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Mess, mess, I don’t care

A friend of mine has two boys that are 18 months apart. They’re 8 and 7 now. Back when they were toddlers and preschoolers she would always say, “They won’t remember that the house was always a mess but they will remember that Mommy always had time to play with them.” And she’s still really [...]

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Rambly Sunday morning

Yesterday was the most beautiful day. Sunny, 70s. Just right for finally cleaning up at least 3-4 months of dog poop in the back yard! The back of my legs are sore from bending over and picking up three bags’ worth, and I think there’s a bag left to go. But today it is raining [...]

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Working mom blahs

Look at me, stealing time away from work to post on my blog…shhhh…
Last night Jamie was being especially whiny and subjecting me to big, fat, crocodile tears and sobs every time I failed to read his mind and give him exactly! What! He! Wanted! Like, I CUT his quesadilla! The same thing I’ve done every [...]

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Crazy days

I have been meaning to sit down here and write something for oh, 6 days or so. But things have been crazier than normal and earlier this week I couldn’t get my laptop to connect to our wireless internet to save my life. It does this every now and then. It’ll say it’s connect and [...]

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Two people, one body

We had another LOVELY morning this morning but on the upside the only person yelling was Jamie. It took Mad Dog about 25 minutes to get Jamie into his clothes. I’m not sure what set him off, but I think it started with his frustration about the snot in his nose. He doesn’t like being [...]

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I was very angry this morning

I was very angry this morning. The routine was going along nicely, the only hiccup being that Jamie was up early for the 2nd morning in a row. This basically means I don’t get a moment awake without him chattering at me incessantly but I was rolling with it. Then MD started feeling sick…when? I [...]

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