Walking home after dropping Joe off at school, I spot another woman (eleven year old girl trapped in woman’s body?) up the street, who looks like someone I know: Me: (like she’s my best friend …
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Mayonnaise Cake
Many years ago, the wife of a mayonnaise salesman (true story) thought, maybe I’ll make a cake with mayonnaise instead of eggs, maybe that would be delicious and my husband would then sell even more …
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dream dinner
I don’t know what this says about me? But watching the Bear’s brilliant season 2 Christmas Dinner episode in which Jamie Lee Curtis plays a Mom frantically making a seven fishes feast for her family, …
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Back to school
There I was at the drugstore, purchasing supplies for Morrison’s upcoming colonoscopy, feeling thoroughly 41, when I saw her: a 3 subject, college ruled Five Star notebook, waiting for me on an endcap. In high …
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Physical Therapy
If you’re finding it hard to find time to do your Physical Therapy, it’s possible to just do it on the floor next to your baby, as she’s sort of doing a PT of her …
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Therapewter
I believe in color therapy, by which I mean painting one’s nails not to spark joy per se, but to FORCE IT. I used to sit at my desk for hours in middle school and …
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Happy birthday America
America is 247 years old, Bobbie is 4 months, Joe is nearly 3, we’re all unemployed and embracing the time and wherewithal that we have to celebrate, make and eat cake (vanilla with blueberry filling …
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blueberry bars
I don’t like to think about money. Who does? CPAs? The Kardashians? Not me. Having money at all scares me, like it’s too good to be true, like it’s all going to go away. I …
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ice, or heat
me: *hurts back for 900th time* Internet: alternate between ice and heat, as needed. Mom: ice it! Physical therapist: put heat on it! Massage therapist: Ice sometimes, but also stretch! Physical therapist: DON’T STRETCH Internet: …
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people inside
For the past nearly two years, we’ve been playing cars with Joe. There are little cars and big cars. The cars go on picnics, get in traffic jams, open Christmas presents, bake bread, go to …