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Getting our Mickey on

December 8th, 2008 · 7 Comments

The Peyton birthday extraveganza sped along this weekend.
Friday was a present opening frenzy where she got enough presents to make Christmas a looming threat of disappointment…because, everyone born in December knows you get totally get shafted one way or the other.
Saturday…oh Saturday.
We were treated to some tickets to attend the taping of the Disney Christmas [...]

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Tags: Mayhew niblets · Mom memoirs · Peyton · Seasonal changes · We like to party · events and happenings · i like to write · location location location · picture fun · things our kids do · we are a little crazy

What else would it smell like?

December 2nd, 2008 · 11 Comments

So there I am.
Cuddled warm and cozy on my bed, reunited with a pillow I left at a friend’s house a month ago, eyebrow deep in Jen Lancaster’s book “Such a Pretty Fat”….which, is HYsterical, but also makes me feel a tad guilt-ridden because I am not using the gym membership I started in January, [...]

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Tags: Mayhew niblets · Mom memoirs · Peyton · i like to write · parenting is harder than it looks · things our kids do · we are a little crazy

I Lack Inspiration

November 26th, 2008 · 11 Comments

Peter amuses me in a special way when he asks me if I’m planning to blog.  He’s been sitting here by my side for the better part of two weeks, experiencing every flu-induced moment of agony, living in the fumes of my sickness.
What could I possibly blog about that he hasn’t experienced?
Perhaps that oh-so-special moment [...]

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Tags: Mayhew niblets · Mom memoirs · Peyton treatments · blogger stuff · mayhew review · parenting is harder than it looks · the cancer life · things our kids do · we are a little crazy

Delusions of teaching skill = FAIL!

November 15th, 2008 · 9 Comments

Yeah.
I may have ruined any chance they had of getting into an Ivy League school. EVER.
Vot-tech, here we come.

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Tags: Mom memoirs · mayhew review · picture fun · things our kids do

Updates from the mentally battered

November 11th, 2008 · 19 Comments

Ok.
Ya’ll?
LOVE YOU!
Mom is doing much better…her meds appear to be working (although the doctor’s refuse to do more tests, calling them “unneccessary” and expect her to just “know” that the clots are passing because she’ll “feel better”…MEH! I want tests!)…she is actually FEELING BETTER…and my sister drove down with three of her four daughters and [...]

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Tags: Having faith · Mayhew niblets · Mom memoirs · We like to party · events and happenings · location location location · picture fun · these people are our friends · things our kids do