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As lots of you know, we recently bought a new car. I hate new car shopping for a lot of reasons. First of all, I’m not a “shopper”, I’m a buyer. I want to go to a store, make a rash decision, and pay for said decision. But most of all, I hate car salesmen.…
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It has been an amazing 2012 for this family. After several years of serious health issues, teetering on the brink of death times too numerous to mention, my mom is finally battling back and getting around. My sister added the most amazing brother-in-law to the family in July. This is the first year in the…
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“…let it not turn into something that defines us, but inspires us to be better, to be more compassionate, and more humble people.” – Robert Parker, father of six year old Emilie Parker Inspire us. As I sit here, cheeks drenched in tears, chest heaving in sobs, I feel anything but inspired. I am…
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While reading a friend’s blog recently, I began waxing nostalgic (which is English teacher speak for wondering why the hell I did what I did when I did it) about the people I’ve dated and the man I married. You all know the old adage that love is blind, but I don’t think that it…
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I am doing a group presentation on the sexualization of children at Rutgers University – Camden [hana-flv-player video=”http://www.beautygirlsmom.com/?attachment_id=7507′ rel=’attachment wp-att-7507″ width=”400″ description=”” player=”5″ autoload=”true” autoplay=”false” loop=”false” autorewind=”true” splashimage=”http://www.beautygirlsmom.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/75179-65635.jpg” /] This is a backup of the presentation video in case we have any problems with the YouTube version http://youtu.be/WW8DckKT_Ow
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Fakesgiving, followed by Thanksgiving, followed by two term papers. That’s on top of the normal hectic pace of being a mom with three kids, two dogs, one husband, and a great gig with The Mouse. That’s my story, and I’m sticking to it. In the whirlwind that was the month of November, I decided to…
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There seems to always be a lot of noise in my house. A dog always has something to bark at, one kid is always yelling at another kid, and Jim is always trying to be heard over the cacophony, and me yelling at all of them to shut the hell up. It’s a wonder anyone…
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So, you had to know this was coming. I wouldn’t be able to get through 30 days without being thankful for the Mouse and all it’s meant to me. My first real vacation with Jim was to Walt Disney World, and my honeymoon was to Walt Disney World. That made the earliest happy memories, the…