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Article #11: Yeah, My Daughter Knows Where Her Clitoris Is And Doesn’t Say Vagina When She Means Vulva

I know someone must have cringed at the title there, and not because of its length.    The thought of a toddler or kindergartener knowing certain vocabulary sends a lot … Continue reading

September 30, 2015 · 11 Comments

Musings #25: Happy Sixth Birthday to My Baby Girl

Here we are again with my annual reflection on the wonder that is you First Born.    What a year!    This winter you took up skiing with your dad and not … Continue reading

September 24, 2015 · 8 Comments

Musings #24: Ten Simple Party Tips That Will Save Your Sanity and Your Budget

  10.   Nothing says party like the gift wrap aftermath.    Don’t be too hasty and throw out the tissue paper–especially the stuff that has a coating on it that keeps … Continue reading

September 22, 2015 · 2 Comments

Musings #23: Dear Daughter (On Your First Day of Kindergarten)

Dear Sweet Pea: When I walked you to the door of the school, we were a few minutes early and I tried to slow you down.  That morning you woke … Continue reading

September 3, 2015 · Leave a comment

Musings #22: Ten Things For Summer

I haven’t done a top ten in a while, so here is one people normally do back at the start of summer.  It is not as if I have a … Continue reading

August 31, 2015 · Leave a comment

Musings #21: How to Build a Gazebo in Three Easy Steps

Step 1:   Wait for tax return and employee bonus then draw square on ground. Step 2:   Call Reed’s Ferry Sheds to assess site and deliver one screened gazebo by flatbed … Continue reading

June 5, 2015 · 2 Comments

Musings #20: One Liner Wednesday – Keeping It Simple

“I’m not saying you deserve to be kicked in the nuts, but maybe you shouldn’t display your package in spandex.” A response to the statement, “No one deserves to be … Continue reading

May 6, 2015 · Leave a comment

Musings #20: Brain Games and the Tragic Forgetting of Small Children in Hot Cars

Think about all the times you’ve driven to work every day, sometimes for years, on the same route.  How many times have you arrived at work or at home at … Continue reading

May 4, 2015 · Leave a comment

Musings #19: Grandmother Arrested for Leaving 13 Year Old to Watch Siblings in the Car

In Georgia (USA) on April 26 on a day where the high temperature of the day was 85 degrees F at 6:30pm in the evening, a grandmother — a retired … Continue reading

May 1, 2015 · 10 Comments

Musings #18: One Liner Wednesday – End of Story

If you leave alphabet soup on the stove and go out, it could spell disaster. Enjoy More One-Liners for April 15th at LindGHill.

April 15, 2015 · 7 Comments

Musings #17: One Liner Wednesday – The Way A Writer’s Mind Works

I’m a big fan of BC (see the official site here).  Wiley’s Dictionary is one of the reasons why!   Enjoy More One-Liners for April 1st at LindGHill.

April 1, 2015 · 1 Comment

Musings #16: One Liner Wednesday – Getting Old

You know you are getting old when you go to your local fitness center, and have enough years to be the parent of 90% of the gym rats.     … Continue reading

March 25, 2015 · 5 Comments

Musings #15: April Fools’ Day Pranks – Just Plain Mean or All In Good Fun?

Among some mom’s in a group I am a member a question came up on whether pranks on April Fool’s Day were mean or all in good fun which was … Continue reading

March 22, 2015 · 3 Comments

Musings #14: One-Liner Wednesday

Mr. Stephen The King, “Your freaky books have been creeping me out and giving me nightmares since 1983.    Thank you!  Oh, I also my daughter was born on  your birth … Continue reading

March 18, 2015 · 8 Comments

Musings #13: One-Liner Wednesday

    Enjoy More One-Liners for March 11th at LindGHill.

March 11, 2015 · 3 Comments

Musings #12: Ten Things No One Tells You About Becoming a Mother

1.  You will pick your baby’s nose, ears, and scalp. 2.  You will drop crumbs and sauce on your baby’s head as you hold them and eat, and not brush it … Continue reading

March 7, 2015 · 7 Comments

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