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  • Coming soon: Friday Playdate goes to the Olympics!

    I'm still unpacking and downloading photos, but give me a day or two and I'll tell you all about our trip to Beijing. In the mean time, let me say a big THANK YOU to Lori Dolginoff of Johnson's Baby and the wonderful people at Johnson & Johnson for making [...]
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    Posted: August 18, 2008, 3:15pm EDT

  • REDIRECTING ...

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    Hold on to your drink. Please. [...]
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    Posted: December 12, 2007, 10:56pm EST

  • Hello! I am no longer here!

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    Greetings, gentle folk who are still subscribed to this blog's feed and are possibly wondering why I never update. I AM updating (with photos! of my naked face!) but the updates are over here now.Come! Join us! I miss you!' [...]
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    Posted: October 29, 2007, 10:29pm EDT

  • have you missed me?

    I've been hearing from some lovely lovely people recently who are saying, "WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN?" Okay they're all much more polite than that, but that's the gist.I haven't fallen off the face of the earth (or gone to live in the Nordstrom shoe department), I've just relocated' [...]
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    Posted: August 31, 2007, 9:31pm EDT

  • pssst, the party's over here!

    Friday Playdate has relocated to a better neighborhood. You can find me here.Grab your martini and change your bookmarks. I'll see you there.' [...]
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    Posted: August 01, 2007, 11:11pm EDT

  • look! a dead horse! I think I shall beat it!

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    This morning at breakfast, Charlie asked, "Mama, when are you going to Chicago?""Well," I said, trying to make it simple for him because he's five and I don't really know how well he understands time, "today is Monday, and I'm going on Wednesday. I'm here today, and I'll be here'" [...]
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    Posted: July 23, 2007, 6:17pm EDT

  • here, son, have some bacon

    Number of comments: 8
    Charlie: Mama, why do the Weasley's have pigs?Me: Food, probably.Charlie: Pigs, Mama. Why do the Weaseley's have PIGS?Me: For food. They have the pigs for food.Charlie (shaking his head): NO, I do NOT think that's it. WHY do they have PIGS?Me: Oh! For magic?Charlie (laughing): No! PIGS! Why do they' [...]
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    Posted: July 23, 2007, 12:08pm EDT

  • it's hard to be a girl, or why vanity is a deadly sin

    Number of comments: 9
    What I did this weekend: pedicure, manicure, hair cut and colored, picked up cleaning, retrieved skirt from tailors, picked up repaired vintage watch at jewelers, had dinner with in-laws, spent sleepless night hating hair color and Googling COLORING HAIR AFTER HIGH LIFT COLOR, took kids to the zoo, found a [...]
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    Posted: July 22, 2007, 8:48pm EDT

  • because no one ever reads the ABOUT page anyway

    Number of comments: 8
    Once upon a time, not so very long ago, I taught literature in a fabulous liberal studies program near Seattle. I spent my days pondering the origins of the novel, the relationship between gender and genre, and the impact of colonialism on the post-modern narrative. I drank lots of terrific [...]
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    Posted: July 21, 2007, 11:12pm EDT

  • can you hand me that corkscrew, please?

    Number of comments: 10
    I'm going to Chicago next week, for five days, to hang out with Chris, who wrote this today:Last night Susan called me, way way past her 8:00pm bedtime, so we could co-ordinate whatever it is we feel we need to co-ordinate. Both of us being the lazy Type-A personalities. (I' [...]
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    Posted: July 19, 2007, 4:10pm EDT

  • five is the new two

    Number of comments: 16
    You know why I like you all? Because you say interesting things. Also because you are nice to me, even when I'm having some kind of Mystery Stress Overload that leads me to complain about my children. But more on that in a minute.In the comments on yesterday's moanfest, Catherine [...]
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    Posted: July 18, 2007, 11:19pm EDT

  • you will have fun OR ELSE

    Number of comments: 17
    So happy birthday to Charlie! Huzzah! And thank you for all your birthday wishes.Turning five is great, apparently, except for the part where there weren't enough presents and his dessert wasn't what he "suspected." Oh and the whole bit about how I asked him to get dressed this morning. Because [...]
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    Posted: July 17, 2007, 9:14pm EDT

  • July 16, 2002

    Number of comments: 19
    Five years ago today, I was counting down to the birth of my last baby, whiling away the final hours before I was scheduled to arrive at the hospital. Wade and I were still discussing the name; for a boy, Charles, but the girl . . . he wanted Elizabeth, [...]
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    Posted: July 16, 2007, 5:17pm EDT

  • the half life of chaos

    Number of comments: 13
    Wade: I'm going to Borders. And then a strip bar.Me: This is because I never showered today, isn't it?Wade: Maybe.I didn't get dressed today until nearly noon. I sorted laundry, and then left it in piles on the bedroom floor. I made a meatloaf that spent an hour in a' [...]
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    Posted: July 12, 2007, 9:05pm EDT

  • summer has swallowed me whole: the sequel

    Number of comments: 9
    Henry has been able to read for a long time, but has been convinced that he can't do it. This has driven me berserk because OH MY GOD HE READS BETTER THAN I DO! But he's a worrier, so there's that. (One night, when we were snuggling in bed, he' [...]
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    Posted: July 11, 2007, 8:45pm EDT

  • summer has swallowed me whole

    Number of comments: 19
    Today was the day I decided that I have HAD IT with these kids. I do not want to talk about Bionicles or play with Playmobil or listen to any complaining about how HE HIT ME or HE TOOK MY ROBOT. I am tired of being asked when it will [...]
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    Posted: July 10, 2007, 11:05pm EDT

  • Monday, 8:15 pm

    Number of comments: 6
    Charlie comes into the living room for about the fifth time since we tucked him in. "Daddy," he says, "are you and Mommy going to stay downstairs? Or are you coming upstairs?""We're staying down here," Wade says, "now GO TO BED.""Okay!" Charlie says cheerfully. "Goodnight!" And he scampers back up' [...]
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    Posted: July 09, 2007, 9:01pm EDT

  • time flies when you're agonizing about furniture

    Number of comments: 16
    We spent all day yesterday furniture shopping. And when I say all day I mean we left the house at 9:40 am (my parents are here and they kept the kids) and came home at 4:00, and then went out again after the boys were in bed.All. Damn. Day.We picked [...]
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    Posted: July 06, 2007, 2:40pm EDT

  • hey, don't write yourself off yet . . .

    Number of comments: 31
    Every six months, I take the boys to the pediatric dentist. And every six months, there is much wailing and gnashing of teeth and questioning the judgment of the universe and my fitness as a mother.Because the dentist is incredibly difficult for Henry. Lots of things are difficult for Henry; [...]
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    Posted: July 03, 2007, 10:12pm EDT

  • five minutes ago, they were tiny little babies

    Number of comments: 14
    Every night, at bed time, I go in to snuggle Charlie. He wraps his arms around me and says, "Mama, I'm NEVER going to let you go."And every night I think, "Aren't I supposed to be the one saying that?"Yesterday, in the car, Charlie said, "Mama!""Charlie!""Can you get me a" [...]
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    Posted: July 02, 2007, 9:13pm EDT

  • shopping with Caroline

    Number of comments: 7
    Caroline and I are in SteinMart; I've just finished a long rant about why the micro mini should ABSOLUTELY NOT EVER have made a comeback. EVER. Did you hear me? NO MICRO MINIS.When I turn around and see . . . a micro mini. Made of bandanas. So I MUST' [...]
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    Posted: June 28, 2007, 9:18pm EDT

  • the things that are wrong with my hair today include, but are not limited to, the following

    Number of comments: 18
    1. My stylist is on medical leave so someone else cut it this time. For more money, I got less haircut. Or less of a haircut than I wanted. Or less something.2. It is POSSIBLE that the cut is fine, but since I am out of texturizer stuff I just [...]
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    Posted: June 27, 2007, 6:21pm EDT

  • this much I know (but only barely)

    Number of comments: 10
    Sheri wants to know eight things about me. But I'm a rule breaker and a rebel (what???) so instead I am going to tell you eight things that I know for sure, which will probably tell you more about me than if I just told you eight things about me.Ready?1.' [...]
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    Posted: June 26, 2007, 8:48pm EDT

  • what's the past tense of "smite"?

    Number of comments: 10
    Henry does NOT have an ear infection--instead, he has strep throat! Yes!Wade called this morning, to check in, as we were sitting in the drive thru lane at the pharmacy and I said, "If your throat hurts, get someone to swab it for you."And he said, "Well NOW it hurts." [...]
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    Posted: June 25, 2007, 5:28pm EDT

  • domestic Sunday

    Number of comments: 8
    We got everyone all lotioned up and dressed for the pool today, only to have Henry announce, in the kitchen, on the way out the door, "My head hurts." Hmm, we said, well okay, do you think you want to go to the pool? Yes, he did.In the car, on [...]
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    Posted: June 24, 2007, 3:01pm EDT

  • home is where the stuff is (even if it's old and mismatched and you can't find half of it)

    Number of comments: 8
    Last night, someone asked me what style our furniture was. "Uh," I said, "old?""And mismatched!" Wade yelled from the other room. "Don't forget MISMATCHED!""Yes!" I said. "Our furniture style is Old and Mismatched."I think she was looking for something more like French Country or 60s Modernist or Early Gothic.Today, someone' [...]
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    Posted: June 23, 2007, 8:16pm EDT

  • yes, I DID pretreat, I swear

    Number of comments: 7
    Last night, when Wade came home from work, Charlie said, "DID DADDY BRING MY PINK MEDICINE?" And when I said yes, he did, Charlie sprinted from the playroom to the kitchen to have some. Unfortunately, the pink medicine in question was NOT the pink medicine Charlie was expecting (Dear pharmacy, [...]
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    Posted: June 22, 2007, 9:31pm EDT

  • Elise, I swear I'm not trying to scare you

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    Posted: June 21, 2007, 5:30pm EDT
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