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Could you speak up please? by Hope4Peyton on Jul 7, 2009Hello? What? Are you talking to me? Are YOU talking TO.ME? And I don’t mean that in a Robert De Niro sort of way, I mean that in a oh-my-holy-freaking-heck-I-am-partially-deaf-NOW sort of way. Why would I be partially deaf you might ask? I tota...
Reminders are everywhere by Hope4Peyton on May 19, 2009“I HATE this game!!” I *would* say that such vehement declarations are a rarity in my house, but I think that we all know that the child of the person who once told a stranger at Target that if she didn’t stop staring at my bald kid...
Lost in my translations by Hope4Peyton on Apr 2, 2009I am so excited to get this move under way…if by excited you mean I nearly break down into tears at the very thought of having to start stuffing boxes full of our belongings. I have been so productive lately…if by productive you mean I sp...
How to ensure your realtor will report you to Child Protective Services by Hope4Peyton on Mar 16, 2009*I would like to just preface this entire post with the details that the night before we went on this house-hunting extraveganza the kids got into bed at almost 12:30 in the AM and they were all feeling more than a LITTLE stab-y the next day during o...
The gift of grift? She haz it! by Hope4Peyton on Mar 14, 2009Who says farting around on the Interwebs all day can’t teach you anything? Because of people like this and some like that, I can identify a good con coming from a mile away. And OH BOY did I almost get taken in. This particular grifter has been...
Having THE talk with my son….NO, not THAT one by Hope4Peyton on Mar 3, 2009We have a lot of talks up in this house. Lately it’s felt like a lot of them have revolved around Nathaniel, eleven years old and on the cusp. Cusp of what? Oh, things I’m sure I don’t want to think about: middle school, puberty...
Chapter 4 of the Mean Parent Handbook: How to ruin your kid’s life forever by Hope4Peyton on Feb 27, 2009I am just sick this morning. SICK! Not EWWW-sick like I was last week during that nasty bout of stomach flu, but absolutely 100% heartsick this morning. Why, you might ask yourself. Because I had to be a freaking parent this morning! And it sucks.
My kids are all the thanks I need by Hope4Peyton on Feb 25, 2009Peyton - Will you get me a glass of water? Me - Get it yourself. Peyton - pleeeeease, mama? I’m tired today *makes very put-upon face* Me - (grumble grumble grumble but gets up to get the requested beverage) You know if you just pull up a cha.
2009 Resolution: Be Less Stressful…FAIL by Hope4Peyton on Feb 20, 2009Much has happened this week, between conflict with the boy child for his repeated choice to be a complete mushbrain and getting the awesome invitation to join a phenomenal team of bloggers as a Race and Ethnicity channel editor for Blog Nosh magazine...
We SHOULD have just gone to see Friday the 13th by Hope4Peyton on Feb 16, 2009There was this one time we were visiting friends and we walked into the living room to find my 9 yo, her 10 and 11 yo’s sitting completely captivated by “Resident Evil”…the scene where zombie Doberman’s at
