Tag: party

I can’t be the only one who’s been thinking about the Sarah Palin incident.  Nope, not the “Russia from my house” thing, and not the shooting moose from a helicopter to make chili thing, and not the quitting-governor-before-the-term-limit thing either…those

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The other day I asked, in the post “What’s an Uber-Mom to Do?”, what the correct response to the school Halloween party (sorry, “Fall Celebration”) might be given the fact that the menu was not designed well for my particular

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Oh, the world is full of slippery slopes, when you start really thinking about food and kids and trying to stand by your principles and all of that.  Bettina of The Lunch Tray yesterday referred to me as an “Uber-Mom,”

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I just got finished reading a (relatively vapid, not-so-scientific, largely subjective, fluffy) piece about how I might, according to the article, be “happier than I think.” It proceeded to list a number of “carefully studied” factors that apparently contribute to

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Guess what?  I made cookies this weekend.  Guess what else?  They turned green. This startling discovery, made just a few hours after baking, was only part of a weekend of dubious but important revelations in the realm of cooking, eating,

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For those who are keeping track (anyone?), a few quick updates: J.’s grandmother is still hospitalized, but she’s stable.  His folks, known around our house as G. ‘n’ P., left New Jersey at an ungodly pre-dawn hour today and are

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It’s a weird day. Today is Friday, usually a good day.  Fridays are like the little pages of the week who scurry ahead of the weekend, tooting horns and proclaiming, “His Lordship, Saturday-family day-fun day!  Her Royal Highness, Lazy Sunday

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