Carly Rae Vader!!! Totally unrelated: Turbo Jennie has a theory that every girl’s middle name is either Marie, Ray, Lee or Anne. True for me! Raise your hand if you’ve ever given another person – not a plastic torso named “BOB” or “ANNIE” – CPR. I have two fingers raised for the two times I’ve …
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I dread the day when this sweet little girl looks in the mirror and sees anything but a gorgeous miracle. In the meantime, this butterfly made her feel so happy! For days, even after it washed off, she’d touch her cheek and whisper “So pwetty!” There comes a day in every girl’s life when she …
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“Ooh, that looks good! Can I have a few bites?” These words sparked the one and only time in my marriage I nearly punched my husband out. I wish I were exaggerating but it was in the depths of my eating disorder and I’d spent all day being “good” and counting every calorie and this …
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You’re welcome. Happy Monday morning! Due to a tragic laundering error involving a potty-training* toddler’s underwear and the family’s general laundry comingling in the dark recesses of my washing machine, I went to the gym the other day smelling like… At first I couldn’t figure it out as the scent of fecal matter was …
Do you know how hard it is to workout without pulling your hair back?! This week I learned that I have taken hair bands for granted lo all these years when I got to workout with the Minnesota Vikings Cheerleaders — because not only do they have to do every single workout in their dance …
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Why didn’t I have my phone with me?! Of course there’s an actual “awkward silence” app… Gym Etiquette Sin #398: Cracking loud, inappropriate jokes with relative strangers. Just because you’re both in close proximity in hilariously compromising positions still does not give you license to go all Chris Rock in Vegas. (Although if you actually are Chris …
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Baby Spanx! Somewhere someone is trying to buy these… Having five kids in ten years was not kind to my body. While the kids are 100% worth it (except for #4 today, right now he’s at about 70% thanks to an incident with a grocery cart and a display of condoms and reading glasses (I …
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Baby Jumping: Officially the worst idea for a sport EVER. My fave is the dad holding up his little girl to watch like he’s all “If you don’t pick up your toys, you’re next!” Highlights of our Memorial Day vacation: Rain. Rock climbing in the rain. Hail. Archery in the rain. Lightning. Horseback riding in …
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And this is why you don’t see women doing yoga in skirts… Learn from me ladies. Hey we’re taking the kids camping for the long weekend (toddlers, in a cabin, in the rain – vacation, what?) so I’ll be MIA from the computer until Tuesday! Happy Memorial Day to my American friends and happy Fun …
When you put Barbie in a foosball table it just looks like they’re ready for their kickline… While the Men Watch. The feminist in me really wants to hate this. But unfortunately I can’t hear her over the sound of my own laughter. Before your mind (or Google) goes places your boss would not approve of, …
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