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Dear Benjamin, Today you are a month old, or four weeks, but I can’t ever tell what the difference is. The numbers are not always Mommy’s friends – and Daddy will totally back me up on that. It’s been a really long month that’s now gone by awfully fast. You’ve gone from inside to outside, [...]

You know how you have days where you just KNOW you look good? It’s not a narcissistic moment, it’s just that on that particular day, your external appearance is firing on all cylinders. I had one of those days. Thursday. It was awesome. I showered, put on makeup and even went to get my hair [...]

I pissed off a republican today. Now, I can say this proudly because I AM a republican. The pissing off had absolutely nothing to do with politics, philosophy or any upcoming election. No, that would be too easy, now, wouldn’t it? Someone was incessantly calling from a Phoenix, Arizona area code today. And, because the [...]

I got a letter from XM Radio back in June that the credit card the monthly fees are charged to has an expiration date that is near. It asked that I call the super special 800 number to update the information lest the earth stop spinning on its axis and my XM Radio be discontinued. [...]

* Author’s note: Just get ready. I’m –> THIS close

Yesterday I took LittleMan (in the car! by myself!) to visit my mom. ( Oh, here’s the update: she is officially declared “disease free” – woot! After a horrible – HORRIBLE – first stem cell transplant experience, things are looking up and they are home until after Labor Day, when they’ll go back to do [...]

The Swimmy is officially starting Kindergarten on August 21st. This Friday is her KinderCamp – or where she goes to meet her teachers, drop off her school supplies and see her classroom. It is also the moment I will lose my shit. Let me explain. It’s not the whole “OH MY G-D my baby is [...]

Dear Benjamin, Well, two weeks ago, you arrived in a fit of crying and me lying around partially drugged. Not much has changed. While your entrance to this world has been easier than your sister’s, the aftermath for me has been, to say the least, a disaster. You showed up already on a four-hour schedule [...]