…and other companies who make me call to cancel (yes, RealNetworks, I’m talking to you, too),
I’m on to the ploy. You set up the call to cancel thing in hopes that I’m too lazy to call. (For a long time, you were right.) You further hope that if I do get ambitious enough to call [...]

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…where you’re ticking along feeling pretty freaking good about yourself, your life, everything around you, and then WHAM-O, Fate/God/Karma/whatever steps in to deliver a suckerpunch that drops you on your butt and then after that kicks you a little while you’re down? Ever had one of those days?
Today was one of those for me.  There [...]

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Me. That’s right. ME. Not Tricia. Not Matt. Not Lenna. Not Bill (although he might be a little cranky). Me, I say. I. Am. !!!CRANKY!!! I know this will come as a shock to y’all since I’m so known for my sunny disposition and eternally cheerful demeanor, but try to get past all that for [...]

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It’s not just a DMB song anymore, kids. Lately, it’s been a question I’ve been asking myself quite a bit. Oh, I know, I know — it’s a question I should’ve been asking myself at 24, not 34. But as with many other things, I’ve slacked a little
lot on this, too. In my own defense, [...]

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Earlier, I deleted a couple of comments from my blog. I then deleted a post I wrote. Why, you ask? Because I was afraid of the repercussions. I was afraid it might hurt someone’s feelings or make someone mad. When I sat and thought about that for a moment, I got pissed.
This is my blog. [...]

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Or maybe it’s the difference between non-moms and moms, or maybe it’s just the difference between Sarah and me. I’m not sure, but yesterday’s edition of fwimsoup has left me feeling more than a shade irked but also amazed at how utterly differently Sarah and I view the most recent events in my household.
I really [...]

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I know, I know. I promised an edition yesterday. Here’s where the plan fell apart — the footage I want to use was captured with our camcorder, rather than my trusty camera. This leads me to a rant.
What asshat decided that saving camcorder files in a format that was unusable on a computer (without the [...]

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Right now, I’m extremely angry. I’m angry with Bill because he knows that my mom and SarahMySister will be here in less than 12 hours, and the house is not up to standards. So, what does he decide he should spend his time on? Calling the cable company about a box that isn’t working properly. [...]

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So, Missy and I were IM’ing today because I got all, “WTF? DON’T YOU LOVE ME ANYMORE?!?!?” in an e-mail with her. She was feeling the same way about me, so we had to have some real-time loving. But I digress.
I was telling her about how I feel so…stuck lately. She pointed out to me [...]

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Let me preface all of this with a nod to the fact that this is my beloved husband’s first time parenting a newborn. I understand that. Really. Every first-time parent has a learning curve.
His, unfortunately, seems to be very steep, as he doesn’t generally seem to know what to do or how to do it [...]

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