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Do YOUR fellow parents know the following yet?
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
So you have
a sullen teenager who is implementing the trademark “Hey! I’m a Sullen Teenager!” attitude but because you’re still half-asleep, you haven’t yet noticed the glaring warning signs.
But not to fear! To wit:
…But every once in a long while, it comes up with something we’d actually consider buying. And this is […]
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Saturday, April 19th, 2008
Morning!
Well, if there’s one thing I learned yesterday, it’s that even superMoms like myself can, ahem, overdo it a weeeee bit.
On Thursday, it was such a beautiful day outside that I took the kids to the park instead of karate. While there, I chose to do 2 chinups and rest, […]
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Friday, April 18th, 2008
This is just plain utter cute.
My kids had introduced me to Charlie the Unicorn Part 1 last year; yesterday, Charlie the Unicorn Part II was released. It really started my day off perfectly!
Charlie the Unicorn 1:
Charlie the Unicorn 2:
Enjoy,
Owlbert
ps - Speaking of unicorns!
Cute Unicorn Sculpture
BARBIE MAGIC PEGASUS UNICORN HE LIGHTS UP&TALK~~ L@@K
The Last […]
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Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
My parents never
had to deal with this, to wit:
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Forget about passing notes in study hall; some teens are now using their cell phones to flirt and send nude pictures of themselves.
The instant text, picture and video messages have become part of some teens’ courtship behavior, police and school officials said.
The […]
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Saturday, April 12th, 2008
Morning!
Just came across this interesting article - to wit:
….If you knew your child committed a crime would you turn him/her in to the police? That’s exactly what one mother did in Wisconsin. When she saw a news report with video footage of her son and his friends, she called the police. The boys robbed […]
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Friday, April 11th, 2008
Have you heard about
the vicious, cowardly beating of a 16 year old girl by 6 so-called friends? Not only that, but the 6 so-called friends taped it…and were going to post the video to MySpace and Youtube? To wit:
…For the eight Florida teens accused of imprisoning, beating and videotaping 16-year-old […]
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Friday, April 11th, 2008
Morning!
Just came across this great tip from the Ikea Hacker, to wit:
jo fashions a hideaway for her son - a little nook he can crawl into and get lost at sea. best thing is, most of the stickers and accessories are removable. so once he gets over the penguins-and-fish phase, the room can evolve […]
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Friday, March 28th, 2008
Nothing is more frustrating
than Junior telling you, Mom, I just can’t find a job!
Well now, you can give Junior that killer edge he’s obviously been missing.
Introducing…The Resume T-Shirt! I first heard about it from PopGadget. To wit:
… With all the job-hunting tools available on the Web, you may still find that your […]
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Friday, March 28th, 2008
Now, true…
normally I have great empathy for my kids when they fail. Except of course…when they chose NOT to listen to Mom!
One of my kids has a time management issue soooooooo huge, it could dwarf the Golden Gate Bridge. Said kid had it under control when Mom was helping oversee time management […]
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