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Could you speak up please?

Hello?
What?
Are you talking to me?
Are YOU talking TO.ME?
And I don’t mean that in a Robert De Niro sort of way, I mean that in a oh-my-holy-freaking-heck-I-am-partially-deaf-NOW sort of way.
Why would I be partially deaf you might ask?
I totally wouldn’t answer you because I.CAN’T.HEAR.YOU.
My friend Natalie drove up from Tampa and we pinky blood oath swore [...]

I should be unpacking something

This is just a random update of what’s going on with us in the land of Georgia.
The kids are still cute.  Need proof?

So, as of today we’ll have been in the new house for two weeks.
Two weeks.
I have all those boxes unpacked.
Everything looks amazing and shiny and clean.
We are a well-oiled machine of productivity and [...]

Why shovels will never replace picture frames as housewarming gifts

“So, what do you think about me digging a hole in the backyard?”
A single look from me apparently left scorch marks on my husband’s forehead.
“WHY? Why would you dig a hole in the backyard?”
“I was thinking I could build a hot tub!”
*silence*
“Peter, you know…they have companies that do that…they call them HOT TUB COMPANIES {I [...]

Guestpost: “If I didn’t write this post, you’d have to see me on the toilet” by Miss Britt

There isn’t anything I wouldn’t do for Anissa.
Sure, I’m busy.  I run two blogs of my own and write for a couple more.
I have two small children and a husband who demand ridiculous amounts of my time and energy.
I barely have time to sleep or eat or - well, OK, I always have time to [...]

The Jedi Marriage Trick

I waved my hand.
“You will go to the grocery store and buy me some laundry detergent.”
Nothing.
“You WILL go to the grocery store and buy me some laundry detergent.”
One eye blinked open at me disdainfully.
“This is not the husband you are looking for.”
OHMYGODHOLDITINDONOTSAYITDONOTSAYIT!!!!
Snarky comments you will not make to your husband, even when wide open he [...]