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Date Night - Popcorn not included
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Written by Jen Wednesday, 01 October 2008 01:29
Date night at the movies is so rare for us that I felt like a foreigner in a strange land. The absence of our usual Friday night shuttling shuffle felt odd, like leaving the house without my purse.
Life without Electricity
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Written by Jen Sunday, 21 September 2008 22:57
Do children today understand real-life science?
Can they apply book knowledge to reality? Do they grasp how the discoveries of Franklin and Edison have affected their everyday lives?
My kids can tell you about Tesla and Watts, explain circuitry and name the components of the atom. They learned this is in school, you know. That fun little "all about electricity" kit Uncle Jeff provided years ago also gave them a good head start. Thanks, Jeff, by the way.
Weird Parents R Us
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Written by Jen Thursday, 04 September 2008 00:00
On our refrigerator is a magnet touting a great truth: "The only normal people are the ones you don't know very well." (Credit goes to Joe Ancis, a magnificent mind in the world of fridge magnets.)
Or so I always believed.
Sump pump wisdom
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Written by Jen Wednesday, 27 August 2008 00:00
Mothers are talented. We can do it all. When you need something, anything, just ask a woman who is cook, maid, chauffer, teacher, psychologist, fund-raiser, physician...You get my point.
So c'mon, moms! Invent a sump pump that emits a signal when it is about to die. I suggest an alarm, flashing lights throughout the house or perhaps a small yet piercing scream that alerts the homeowner that the basement is about to be filled with gushing water.
calling Mom friendly phones
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Written by Jen Tuesday, 19 August 2008 00:00
Yesterday, my husband and teenage son chose a new cell phone for me. Now I take full blame for my own absence in this instance. I had a choice: stay at home and enjoy my two hours of peace while they examined every last feature with the infamously unfriendly cell phone representative, or go with them and try to look interested and intelligent enough to understand all the gibberish. Guess which option I chose?
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