It’s Moving Day! [Take a Tour of My New House and My Neuroses as we Unpack Our Baggage, Both Figurative and Literal]

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 The kids are as excited as if it’s Christmas Eve, except this time they’re getting like the most expensive Christmas present ever. Hope they appreciate their father and I enslaving ourselves to 30 years of debt for them! (I’m not above using mom guilt to get them to remember to stop peeing on the toilet …

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The Trick To Living Without Fear [And Also For Not Getting Eaten By Mountain Lions. Maybe.]

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Moving halfway across the country has been a bit traumatic for our kids and, in typical kid fashion, they manifest their discombobulation by suddenly refusing to eat, potty and/or sleep. (For the record, you can’t pee on a tree if you’re a girl. Jelly Bean proved this by first refusing to use a “stiiinky” biffy, …

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