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Posts from ‘May, 2009’

How to be a complete moron and still get things DONE!

Ok, something very good happened in Anissa-land yesterday.
I mean GOOD! Like ice cream for breakfast good…finding out napping is actually the highest calorie burning activity good…I can only imagine licking the sweat from Hugh Jackman’s belly button good…sponsored trips to Chicago for BlogHer good.
And guess which one actually happened?
Bingo! You’re totally right!
Me and Hugh are [...]

Whining as an art form

Exhaustion is a brutal mistress.
I hate her.
She is taking over my life and leaving behind a shriveled shell of the Anissa that once was.
You know what else sort of sucks right about now??
Papercuts from cardboard. Did you even know you could get those? Well, you can. They hurt and inspire new and inventive curses.
The [...]

Parenting FAIL: The Conversation Edition

Peyton - Why is my poo green? Yesterday it was yellow. I have RAINBOW butt!
Nathaniel - Ohhh! You said the word you said I couldn’t say even if I was on fire.
Rachael - What do you call that? *poke poke*
Me - Muffin top
Rachael - You might need to lay off the muffins, mom
Me - [...]

I have a RANT: Daniel Hauser

There are a lot of topics that I just don’t touch on here.
But HEY, if I’m going to do it….let’s do them ALL!
I voted Obama
I’m a Christian, I believe in God and we have a good relationship
Coke will always be better than Pepsi
The chicken came first
I was a breast-feeding, co-sleeping mom, I still am….co-sleeping, not [...]

Talking with Katie Couric about the “Children of the Recession”

Katie Couric wants to talk about how the recession is affecting the children of this country and it’s staggering to see the effects as they’re happening…frightening to think of what the long-term effects will be.  CBS Evening News will be running an ongoing series on just this topic.

I had the opportunity to join in on [...]