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I hope you dance …

Kelly — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 10:00:00 +0000

Today I danced with my daughter. She spun, and I twirled. We giggled and smiled, And I pampered her face with tender mom touches Something I haven’t done in a while. Today I danced with my husband, As he spoke like a French monsieur. My youngest joined in with an accent all his own, We [...]

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Nobody loves a Debbie Downer

Kelly — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 14:00:00 +0000

Nobody loves a Debbie Downer (well maybe some do), but not me. I’m not one who basks in the negativity of others — tell me more, tell me more. In fact, it makes me quite depressed. OK even more depressed than this depression sometimes makes me. Just imagine my contempt then, when I realized that [...]

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What is happening to Thing 3?

Kelly — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:31:35 +0000

The dreaded sport that is probably responsible for sidelining two of our children physically and academically. In November I wrote the post “Dropping the Ball on Thing 3 (not to be confused with dropping the hammer).” At the time, I thought this struggling fifth-grader who had previously been a straight A student, was slipping [...]

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The great envelope debacle

Kelly — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 10:00:01 +0000

Note: For those of you who are new to the blog, I was a good mom once. I organized play groups, I did crafty projects with my kids. Organized kick-ass themed birthday parties. And even was a member of the PTO. But as the year’s wore on, I became less and less of a good [...]

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Retro 80s?

Kelly — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 18:46:10 +0000

Last night Thing 3 and I had a couple of hours to kill after his “Line Thru Rehearsal” (basically a chance for actors to get together again after not performing for three days to see if they remember their lines) and his call time. “Hey mom can we go to *insert name here*?” he asked. [...]

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The invisible Stage Mom

Kelly — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 14:00:00 +0000

So it’s been almost two weeks of rehearsals and call times and tech and notes, and I’m not sure how I feel about this whole stage mom thing (see here for the first of my experiences). Sure it’s fun seeing my youngest up on stage, mustering more confidence in his 11-year-old body than many people five times [...]

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Confessions of a Stage Mom

Kelly — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 15:26:25 +0000

Dinah Lohan move over … there’s a new mom in town! OK, do I have your attention? Good. Now forget what I just said about Dinah Lohan … I have no intentions of following in her footsteps. In fact, I’m not even sure about this whole stage mom thing in the first place. It quite [...]

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Time to regroup

Kelly — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 17:22:48 +0000

Organization is not my forte, and it is not for any of those in my immediate family. Well, maybe my 13-year-old daughter if you don’t count her room, but my husband, two sons and I were obviously born without that gene in our DNA. Sure, I can GET organized. I can clean up my computer [...]

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Health and wellness in the new year

Kelly — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 11:00:00 +0000

This fall I was diagnosed with a condition known as MTHFR. Basically my body doesn’t metabolize folic acid the way it needs to, which can bring about a whole slew of medical problems if not treated. The treatment is pretty easy — a change in diet and a metabolized form of folic acid supplement (Methylfolate). [...]

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