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On the Verge: The Wonderful Woes of Camping
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Journal therapy for an artist-slash-mom afraid of losing her mind. Thursday, August 8, 2013. The Wonderful Woes of Camping. The outside of the cabin we slept in. This time it was just us. For four days. (Did I mention no electronic diversions were available? Or, for that matter, any family with two young children and three annoying dogs? Do you have any. Clue how much crap we need for four days? Supposed to eat rat poison and puke? By hiking I mean walking very, very slowly on almost level terrain. I...
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On the Verge: March 2014
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Journal therapy for an artist-slash-mom afraid of losing her mind. Wednesday, March 12, 2014. If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, Housework Edition. This is just an example of the overwhelming, never-ending crap that happens daily when staying home with the kids. Just like "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie", but terrible and mean- and involves zero cookies- where one chore leads to another, which leads to another, and to another and another and another. If I go to my bedroom with the folded laundry, I’ll see...
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On the Verge: Don't Eat the Soap (Or Do...I've Checked Out)
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Journal therapy for an artist-slash-mom afraid of losing her mind. Friday, November 23, 2012. Don't Eat the Soap (Or Do.I've Checked Out). It’s a wild one here, let me tell you. The hubby is working all night, and I am left alone with the small wild things, hugging a box of Kleenex for my boundless congestion, attempting undies on the girl for the first time, watching Bob the Builder for the millionth time, and sword-fighting the cat. That last bit needs an explanation, does it? I know all you kid-free p...
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On the Verge: From Awkward Phase to Shining Awkward Phase
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Journal therapy for an artist-slash-mom afraid of losing her mind. Sunday, August 18, 2013. From Awkward Phase to Shining Awkward Phase. That's me on he right. When i was still shorter than my big sis. Grade, at which point my teen years brought a whole new set of styles. 2nd grade: still cute. 3rd grade: starting to go awry. Don't you just love the side pony and amazing 80s sweater? When I was little, I rocked the adorable strait bangs and whatever lovely. Buck teeth. I remember my best friend in 2.
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On the Verge: The Mom You Want Them To Remember
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Journal therapy for an artist-slash-mom afraid of losing her mind. Friday, May 22, 2015. The Mom You Want Them To Remember. It’s no surprise to those closest to me that I sometimes get depressed. And angry. And overwhelmed. And anxious. Irritable and distant and lethargic and apathetic. Short-tempered and impatient. Not just when I haven’t had coffee. Not just if I’m PMSing. Sometimes for no reason at all. I think we all do from time to time. Surprised by my question, they don’t answer immediately&...
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On the Verge: June 2014
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Journal therapy for an artist-slash-mom afraid of losing her mind. Sunday, June 8, 2014. Party Pooping: Let it Go. What trickery is this? I put the kids to bed and they… stayed there. It’s the bouncy castle. That did it. I love a good bouncy castle. They suck the energy right out of all children. Hold that thought. Let’s go back in time a couple years. The potty training diary…. Poop in diaper. Gross but contained. Except for those epic blow-outs where strange yellow ochre poo mysteriously gets o...Poop ...
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On the Verge: Beatrice and Shirley: High Times
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Journal therapy for an artist-slash-mom afraid of losing her mind. Thursday, July 3, 2014. Beatrice and Shirley: High Times. Beatrice and Shirley were old friends. Their friendship had really blossomed in the awkward glory of junior high and the bond was maintained well into their golden years. Their beloved husbands, Zeke and Dudley, had both passed a number of years ago in a freak hunting accident, leaving the ladies alone to their crocheting and low-impact chair exercises. Still, they found themselves...
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On the Verge: August 2013
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Journal therapy for an artist-slash-mom afraid of losing her mind. Sunday, August 18, 2013. From Awkward Phase to Shining Awkward Phase. That's me on he right. When i was still shorter than my big sis. Grade, at which point my teen years brought a whole new set of styles. 2nd grade: still cute. 3rd grade: starting to go awry. Don't you just love the side pony and amazing 80s sweater? When I was little, I rocked the adorable strait bangs and whatever lovely. Buck teeth. I remember my best friend in 2.
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On the Verge: A NEW ERA
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Journal therapy for an artist-slash-mom afraid of losing her mind. Sunday, July 26, 2015. Well several major life changes are about to happen. The biggest changes we’ve had since buying our first house and having kids. Even bigger than having someone else's baby (in terms of our lives, that is). Starting late August, my kids will both be in school full-time. Kindergarten and 1. I will be working full-time. For the first time in five years. At a job I’m actually very excited about. My husband got a great ...