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Thank God cervical cancer has not hit my family — is all I can say. Cervical cancer is a brutal, unrelenting disease that strikes indiscriminately. Cervical cancer kills thousands of women in the U.S. each year. I participated in a conference call through SVMoms. I write for DCMetroMoms. The call was informative and touching in...
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My dining room office floor is littered with hole punches. Is that what you call the little circular piece of paper left over from hole punching? My Christmas tree is still up and partially decorated. Ditto for every other Christmas decoration. The kids still have the odd Christmas present stashed here, there, and everywhere....
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1. Continue with assigned chores for kids. 2. Do household chores on a daily rather than weekly basis. 3. Keep up with laundry. 4. Limit television viewing during the week for all kids. 5. Our schedule is full — don’t add to it. 6. Read more. 7. Go to bed at a reasonable hour....
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As New Year’s Day dawns I cannot help but recall New Year 1995-1996. 1995 seems like years ago as I sit here in the early hours of 2010. So much has happened to our family and me since then. Some of my new mom readers were probably in high school or college almost 14 years ago! Not that...
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As the proud winner of a new iTouch, I now get a glimpse into the world of iPhones. Until now I have been the kid with my nose pressed up against the glass. Ogling at all the fun things that iPhone users can do. Wondering how I will get my hands on one. Cursing the...
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Buzzed Driving IS Drunk Driving. I had a car at college for my last two semesters of college. It was fun to be able to get in the car and go home for the weekend. Before I had to arrange a carpool or have my parents come pick me up for the weekend. There were...
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Cuisinart Elite Collection 14-Cup Die Cast Metal Food Processor — $279 The Cuisinart Elite Collection™ 14-Cup Food Processor delivers the next big innovation for the modern kitchen. With 11- and 4½-cup work bowls nested inside the 14-cup bowl, plus the adjustable 6-position slicing disc and reversible shredding disc, it provides home chefs with multiple...
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My basement storage room is work in progress. Everything has a home…theoretically. The problem is that some items have several homes. The floor is perhaps the worst home for any item. I can lose items in a sea of boxes and bags. I’m currently missing the orange juicer. Needed it Christmas morning. Search Christmas Eve....
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Up. The kids and the grownups wanted to follow our tradition of watching a movie on Xmas day. We have tried letting the kids watch downstairs while we watch upstairs, but it doesn’t work. A kid or two drift upstairs at exactly the point where a character uses a swear word or someone gets...
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My teen is old for her years. 13 going on 30. Actually, not much has changed as she was 3 going on 30 not too many years ago. An old soul who would much rather read a magazine than play with her younger cousins — even though a few years ago she was the...
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