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"It's only time, it will go by"
dooce® main feed8 Feb 2012 | 3:46 pmI've currently got a chunk of panic in my throat, but I can see the end of the day over there. Listen to this with me. by dooce in Daily© Armstrong Media, LLC. All rights reserved. Originally published by Heather B. Armstrong for dooce.com as "It's only time, it will go by". This post cannot be republished without express written permission. -
When the children wonder.
Single Mom | Single Mom Blog | Ms. Single Mama6 Feb 2012 | 8:28 amAs a single parent, one of the things we fear the most are questions from the children. Now, later, then, when…It’s the chord that hits all of us the deepest and our haters use them against us with bottomless and threats that come from inexperience and lack of understanding. The worst one being, “you are going to totally mess up your kid!”Fears of future questions by the children, such as “Mommy, why did you leave Daddy?” are also a huge driving force keeping many of us in unhappy marriages. Which, in my opinion, are worse for children than being in single… -
It’s already the middle of January?
SOLO dot MOM14 Jan 2012 | 7:46 pmI have pictures to post on my blog from our Christmas celebration, I really do. I look at recent posts and I realize – time is flying by…faster and faster. It seems that only Facebook has seen posts from me lately, so I have been thinking – I want to get back to my blog. I miss it. Most likely my readership will have to be rebuilt and my page ranking, but that’s not what my blog was ever about anyway. Not really. I love blogging, remember? At least when I had time to blog, I did. Looking back at my posts, I see many favorites and it gives me the itch to… -
Want Us To Follow You On StumbleUpon?
5 Minutes For Mom9 Feb 2012 | 1:53 amPin ItDo you use StumbleUpon?Janice and I haven’t been the biggest stumblers, but we’re trying to change that. If you’re like us, you might find that you’re so busy managing your user profiles on the various social media sites that you have to focus on only a couple. We’ve focused mostly on Twitter and Facebook. Recently we fell in love with Pinterest.We’ve used StumbleUpon to a limited degree, but many of our stumbling friends have convinced us to spend more time there.So, we want to follow you! If you’re not yet on StumbleUpon, then sign up now.If…
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8 historical figures who ate disgusting things
8 Feb 2012 | 11:26 pmBefore you read this article, you may have thought your dog had the grossest eating habits ever. But Fido's penchant for poo is nothing compared to some of these sickos highlighted in Cracked. For example, Victorian scientist William Buckland: He didn't just stop at the meat of animals, either. While on a visit to St. Paul's Cathedral, a strange mark was found on the floor. A debate broke out as to what the stain could possibly be, at which point Buckland got on his hands and knees, licked the stain and confidently announced it to be bat piss. But the craziest thing Buckland ever did, at… -
5 explanations of why teenagers act the way the do
8 Feb 2012 | 11:22 pmUnderstanding the teenage mind could be a life's work. For those of you who don't have that kind of time, however, Mental Floss gives five things that could explain the mind of the teenager. For example, parents, have you ever wondered if your teenager is somehow getting dumber? Parents of teens often wonder what happened to the bright child they used to have. How can someone go from getting A’s to getting C’s when they seem to be doing the same amount of work? Once again, changes in the brain are to blame. While the merits of IQ tests are debatable, scientists used to think IQ… -
Surviving the loss of a star employee
8 Feb 2012 | 11:16 pmSome groups have stellar members who carry the team. That's all well and good until that member leaves. Then what? This Smartblog video will help you answer that question: Full story at Smartblog on Leadership. Top news for leaders. Permalink | Leave a comment » -
Disneyland circa 1957 [video]
8 Feb 2012 | 11:14 pmThis video was shot in 1957, less than two years after Disneyland had opened. The footage is newly restored and ready to take you to the happiest place on earth as it was in its early days. Full story at Mental Floss. All the top Internet videos in one place. Permalink | Leave a comment »
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"It's only time, it will go by"
8 Feb 2012 | 3:46 pmI've currently got a chunk of panic in my throat, but I can see the end of the day over there. Listen to this with me. by dooce in Daily© Armstrong Media, LLC. All rights reserved. Originally published by Heather B. Armstrong for dooce.com as "It's only time, it will go by". This post cannot be republished without express written permission. -
Chuck, the bad influence
8 Feb 2012 | 12:13 pm"Want you tie them round MY neck." click image above to see the photo on dooce.comby dooce in Daily Chuck© Armstrong Media, LLC. All rights reserved. Originally published by Heather B. Armstrong for dooce.com as Chuck, the bad influence. This post cannot be republished without express written permission. -
Compass
8 Feb 2012 | 8:23 amThe scenery in Salt Lake is spectacular, yes, but it's also a built in navigation system. You always know which way is north because of your position next to the mountains. If that still confuses you, I will gladly never be a passenger in your car. click image above to see the photo on dooce.comby dooce in Daily Photo© Armstrong Media, LLC. All rights reserved. Originally published by Heather B. Armstrong for dooce.com as Compass. This post cannot be republished without express written permission. -
Classy
8 Feb 2012 | 7:54 amThis may be my favorite Cami ever. Sun-drenched perfection. Fur collar jacket: vintage (I REPEAT: VINTAGE) Dress & boots & necklace & sunglasses: thrifted Belt: H&M Purse: vintage Dooney & Bourke (You can find Cami here. Photos by Billy Concha.) click image above to see the photo on dooce.comby dooce in Daily Style© Armstrong Media, LLC. All rights reserved. Originally published by Heather B. Armstrong for dooce.com as Classy. This post cannot be republished without express written permission. -
Hair, day thirty
7 Feb 2012 | 2:35 pm"Do you see a light at the end of the tunnel?" That's the question almost everyone keeps asking me, and so far it's the one thing that doesn't make me cringe or want to cry or run outside and punch my fist in the ground. It's an innocent, heartfelt question that doesn't make any assumptions about what happened or is happening or who is to blame. Sometimes people send me advice and it is so colored by their own pain, pain that I honor and regard with reverence, but it wants to believe so much that isn't true about this. This thing that I'm living through. This thing that is full of details and…
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When the children wonder.
6 Feb 2012 | 8:28 amAs a single parent, one of the things we fear the most are questions from the children. Now, later, then, when…It’s the chord that hits all of us the deepest and our haters use them against us with bottomless and threats that come from inexperience and lack of understanding. The worst one being, “you are going to totally mess up your kid!”Fears of future questions by the children, such as “Mommy, why did you leave Daddy?” are also a huge driving force keeping many of us in unhappy marriages. Which, in my opinion, are worse for children than being in single… -
And then he sings…
2 Feb 2012 | 9:38 amSo, when he’s not working or chasing his kids around, Mr. Mister (or Seth, as you’ll find out in this video) is a singer/songwriter.He wrote this song during his separation. And I think, all of us single parents – moms and dads – can relate. I had to share and took this video during one of his singer/songwriter circles a few weeks ago.Video appearances by:Seth, Mr. Dude Yet to Be Named Man. Or, just Seth.Wenderly’s handsome husband (on the left at the beginning). If you haven’t read her blog yet, you should! She can cook me under the table.Seth’s two… -
Pinterest Rocks
2 Feb 2012 | 4:06 amFollow my Single Mom boards on PinterestNOTE: I just discovered Pinterest and will be adding to these as I go. But we can file away everything we find that inspires us, motivates us or pushes our fashion senses. Just click on the links to follow my boards or follow me to find everything I pin.Single Mom Blogs Board I have a running list of single mom blogs on this board, the best of the best and those who are still writing. So many of the single mom bloggers I used to know are off and married now. Funny how that works, isn’t it?Single Mom Inspiration Board I will put everything here… -
From the feet of babes.
1 Feb 2012 | 2:46 pmA contest is on the other side.I met a man yesterday who, in spite of his age, likely knows more about Internet marketing than your company’s marketing director or CEO. Definitely more than your CEO. His grandmother started their family business, American Bronzing, by going door to door in Cleveland during the Depression-era to sell bronzed baby shoes. Now they have it down to a science.And the result is pretty cool.Bronzed baby shoes were “all the rage” in the 1940′s and 1950′s but have since slipped away from our public consciousness. But Bob Kaynes is bound… -
Kissing in front of the kids (gasp).
24 Jan 2012 | 8:17 amI know I will get blasted for this one. But, whatever, bring on the hate. This is reality, this is love and this is modern parenthood. We both put our children first and care about them more than anything in the world. What’s the most amazing of all is how much we have all fallen in love with each other.————One of our hugs leads to a kiss.When we open our eyes all three are staring up at us. Their heads tilted upwards and smiles spread across their faces. All of them, beaming the purest form of happiness. Collectively they look like a little cheering section for…
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It’s already the middle of January?
14 Jan 2012 | 7:46 pmI have pictures to post on my blog from our Christmas celebration, I really do. I look at recent posts and I realize – time is flying by…faster and faster. It seems that only Facebook has seen posts from me lately, so I have been thinking – I want to get back to my blog. I miss it. Most likely my readership will have to be rebuilt and my page ranking, but that’s not what my blog was ever about anyway. Not really. I love blogging, remember? At least when I had time to blog, I did. Looking back at my posts, I see many favorites and it gives me the itch to… -
Waiting
17 Nov 2011 | 3:48 pmAs Jas and I sit at the urgent care clinic to get his ear checked out, we both sit with our tech devices in full swing. I decided to look for the blogger app so I could possibly post for my readers and I found it! Being a single mom is full of challenges and those challenges change as the children age. Tonight would have required bringing both children, one well, into an environment with germs and other niceties when they were younger. Now that i'm dealing with teens (Kass is just two weeks from it being official) I can leave one to tend to herself while escorting the other to be… -
One boyfriend, one curfew, one text message at a time
18 Oct 2011 | 5:55 pmWhile the debate is on in the background, I wanted to sit down and finally f.i.n.a.l.l.y. write another blog. I have so much to share with my readers, but I will spare you the boring and only share the highlights. The kiddos Jas and Kass, the kiddos… I now refer to them in public as “the bigguns.” They are growing up so fast I can’t keep up; and I am with them every day. (Well almost every day. But I digress <= already!) Kass has a boyfriend. Seriously you don’t want me to get started on that point. Trust me when I say, I am just going to leave it at that. And… -
The Magic of Disney World
10 Aug 2011 | 6:34 pmTo take you away from the recent gloom and doom in the news from the stock market decline to London’s riots and Philadelphia’s youth vandalizing (What’s up with that, right?), let me share with you some sense of escape for a few minutes about a magical place… We have now returned from our “magical” vacation. This is the one I have wanted to take the kiddos on since they were young and finally was successful doing so. Even though they fought like cats and dogs - yes they don’t get along right now at the tender ages of being a tween and teen on the brink of… -
Warning: Playing games with your children will make them Happy
14 Jul 2011 | 1:43 pmTake some time out this weekend and get the kiddos outside. I know how much they all love video games and being on the computer. Trust me. I do. But it is healthier for them to have some time in the sun and to be exercising. Plus time spent with you and potentially other children will make them happier. “But I’m bored” This is one famous common phrase said by so many children, yet in today’s world – they have so much more stuff than “we” did when we were their age. But in many ways with so much “more,” some of our little ones might have lost the incentive or the…
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Want Us To Follow You On StumbleUpon?
9 Feb 2012 | 1:53 amPin ItDo you use StumbleUpon?Janice and I haven’t been the biggest stumblers, but we’re trying to change that. If you’re like us, you might find that you’re so busy managing your user profiles on the various social media sites that you have to focus on only a couple. We’ve focused mostly on Twitter and Facebook. Recently we fell in love with Pinterest.We’ve used StumbleUpon to a limited degree, but many of our stumbling friends have convinced us to spend more time there.So, we want to follow you! If you’re not yet on StumbleUpon, then sign up now.If… -
Tips for Surviving a Vehicle Breakdown
8 Feb 2012 | 8:15 pmDuncan likes to plan. As the founder of itpaystobeprepared.com, he loves to share his ideas for preparation with others and encourage action before an event occurs. Whether traveling or at home, he makes it a priority to keep his family safe and ready to face any situation. A lot of people experience anxiety about what their teen driver will do if they’re stranded on the road. Breakdowns can happen anytime and they usually occur at the worst possible moment – like when you’re 20 miles out into the desert of New Mexico.I don’t worry about my son though. I have peace of mind… -
The Day My Husband’s Life Turned Around
8 Feb 2012 | 2:00 pmMy marriage is nothing short of a miracle. I honestly cannot tell you how horrible it was just 12 short years ago. I was on the verge of divorce and my husband and I could not stand to be in the same room, let alone sleeping in the same bed. He had his own agenda and I had mine and we refused to budge one way or the other for either of us.Our marriage was doomed –or so I thought.During that time period, we started going to church and God — plain and simple — is what saved our marriage. We both started looking to the Lord for guidance in how we treated each other, in how we… -
How Many Ways Can You Make a Sandwich with Hilshire Farms?
8 Feb 2012 | 12:00 pmI am the world’s worst when it comes to sandwich meat. I always revert back to the same kind of meat — every single time. I have a hard time trying something new because I am afraid I won’t like it, or it will go bad before I have had a chance to use it all. Hillshire Farms has a new product on the market and I cannot wait to try it! Their Grilled Essentials will change the way you look at boring lunch sandwiches all together!About Hillshire Farm Grilled EssentialsAll the hot, chicken-y goodness and none of the fuss; Hillshire Farm Grilled EssentialsTM original is… -
Pictures on Gold
8 Feb 2012 | 10:06 amWhen I was growing up, I would go through my grandmother’s jewelry box and ask her about each piece of jewelry. I wanted to know where she got those earrings from and who gave her the rose necklace. She would sit patiently and go through each piece with me and share her memories about each one and I would listen to her stories as I gazed at the details that made each of her accessories unique. She had a locket on a chain, and I would always save that one for last. I would open the heart shaped locket to reveal tiny black and white photos of her mother and father and we would talk about…
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Catnip and Coffee
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look up, look down, all around
8 Feb 2012 | 11:06 amThis is my new photography mantra! * I constantly have to remind myself of this when I’m out to take photos. We like to go for family walks and I find myself constantly just looking at my feet and the tree roots in my way and nothing else. Mostly because if I don’t look at my feet I tend to fall a lot. Like, a lot. Well, I still fall even when I do look at my feet, just not as much as when I don’t. Gah. Anyway. I’m so busy looking at the path I’m on that I miss so much else around me. I forget to look up at the hills and trees, down at shadows and patterns on the… -
the itty bitty football shirt
4 Feb 2012 | 3:01 pmYou guys. This was 8 years ago. This is today. Can I cry now? His attitude hasn’t changed much. I found the old shirt. We decided it was good luck since the Pats beat the Panthers that year. We put it on a stuffed bear but that wasn’t nearly enough fun. So we put it on George. No cats were harmed in the making of this post. Mostly he just wanted to lie down. Or rip my face off. Best photo shoot ever. Fingers crossed the Patriots win this one! -
a little iphoneography
26 Jan 2012 | 7:54 amI’ve been playing with my iPhone camera more and more lately, using apps to play with filters, and borders, and cropping. It doesn’t seem like so much fun when I’m stuck at my desk editing in Photoshop but it’s a breeze to edit in apps like Camera+ and Instagram. I think it’s making me a better photographer if only because I’m noticing the world around me more. I always have my phone with me, so it’s easy to snap a shot when I see it instead of wishing I had a camera. I’ve been focusing on playing with patterns, light, and textures so I’m… -
advice you didn’t know you needed: bodily fluids edition
22 Jan 2012 | 9:11 amHey feed readers, come on over see my color change. No more bleeding pink and red!* I’m going to give you all a few pieces of unasked for advice today. And you WILL thank me for it later. Um. If you’re squeamish, or a man, you might want to go ahead and leave right now. Okay ladies, we all know when we’re getting a UTI, right? We don’t need no stinkin’ medical degree to tell us this diagnosis. Ahem. But sometimes it’s the weekend and it’s snowing and you just don’t wanna** go sit at the walk-in clinic all day just so you can pee in a cup and… -
I can’t make this stuff up
17 Jan 2012 | 9:49 amThis is what happens when your kid is better with apps than you are: I got his via email from Josh on Sunday morning. Yes, an email, from my kid, who was upstairs in his room at the time. 1. I have no idea how he got the writing on the photo. All he would tell me is that he used Camera + (on his iPod.) and 2. No, his closet isn’t usually that messy but we had company (hi Phil!) staying in his room so we shoved all kinds of stuff in there that day. George loooved that. and 3. Technology is weird. Eight year olds are even weirder.
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Diary of a Crazed Mommy
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The one where I return to blogging, if only to defend my position as an Autism Mom
28 Jan 2012 | 1:58 pmToday in my Status Updates feed I came across a blog post titled “Top Five Reasons You Should Never Piss Off An Autism Mom” and I was intrigued. Being an autism mom myself, I wanted to know what these reasons were, you know, just in case. Also, to help warn others when *ahem* I got pissed off. However, as I read the post, I became confused. I’m not going to say I got angry, because honestly? I was actually disappointed. I get it. I do. It’s tough to be a parent and for some, it becomes even more challenging when your child is diagnosed with something that people… -
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The Dismantling of a Life
27 Sep 2010 | 5:24 pm“Took my love, took it down… climbed a mountain and I turned around… and I saw my reflection in the snow covered hills… but the landslide brought me down.” ~ Stevie Nicks, Landslide (Fleetwood Mac) The boxes are packed, the furniture moved and all that is left is dust bunnies and indentations where the furniture used to sit. The remnants of a life. A life I once loved. A life that is no more. I built my house 11 years ago. I watched them pour the slab; watched the walls take shape and made this house become a home. I welcomed my youngest son here. Had lots of… -
So, what does a 38 year old woman carry her books in on her first day of college?
10 May 2010 | 6:52 am…a backpack or a stylish tote? This is the question that has been plaguing my mind for weeks now. It’s a welcome reprieve from all the stuff I’m dealing with as of late. A messy divorce, custody issues, staring over, and the usual life struggles and tribulations. Tonight is my fist class in college. I’m 38. It’s Pre-Algebra. If (or more likely, when) I begin to struggle with it, my 15 year old son can tutor me. How pathetic is THAT?!? But it is what it is, and it’s one step closer to my goal of World Domination. So there’s that. But back to the bag… -
At the tone, please leave a message…
18 Mar 2010 | 3:21 pmSo like any good mother (blogger?) does after being gone for awhile, I have dusted off the equipment, upgraded the surroundings, and so here I am. A lot has changed. I still work in education, but I’m planning a return to school to get my own degree in Education. Next week I go find out how I can do that without eating from of a can of Pork and Beans for the remainder of my life. I’m still a mom so that hasn’t changed. Phew. I’m growing and learning and changing things about me. Some that needed to be changed, and some that I’m going to have to change due to…
