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Archive for the ‘Family’ Category
Please Vote! Thursday, June 4th
Posted in Celebrations, Family, Infants, Mommy Issues, Overnight, Working, tagged adopting twins on June 4, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Divorce, marital problems, and multiples
Posted in Family, Famous Twins, Mommy Issues, Relationships, tagged Jon and Kate Plus 8 on May 26, 2009 | 36 Comments »
After telling my husband I would not watch the season premiere of Jon and Kate Plus 8 last night, I ended up tivoing it anyway and watching it. I was sad after the show and stayed up way too late thinking about it. What really got me was when Kate said divorce rates are so [...]
Why I Hate Weekends
Posted in Family, Mommy Issues, Toddlers, tagged weekends on May 18, 2009 | 14 Comments »
One thing I’ve discovered, in my almost two years as a stay-at-home mom, is that “weekends” just don’t have nearly the same ring to them as they used to. In my pre-kids working days, I loved the weekend as much as the next person. Get up when I feel like it, stay in my pajamas [...]
Generation Z
Posted in Family, Other people, Relationships, tagged Generational Differences on May 14, 2009 | 10 Comments »
While paging through the May 2009 issue of Ladies Home Journal, I came across an article titled “Workplace Wars.” The author, Carol Mithers, wrote about the cultural clash occurring between the Baby Boomers (born between 1946-1964); Generation X (born between 1965 and 1980); and Generation Y or “the Millennials” (born between 1981-2000.) A small but [...]
Divas and Dudes
Posted in Family, Relationships on May 12, 2009 | 27 Comments »
Contrary to popular lesbian stereotypes, the majority of our friends are straight with most of those having kids. We’ve been to exactly one gay bar exactly one time and it was about as both appealing and appalling as any other bar. Neither of us are man-haters. I won’t leave the house without [...]