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A Mother’s Day Gift We Could Do Without
Every Mother’s Day the mothers of America are treated to a little condescending gift from the newspapers and magazines of our country. This year, thanks to Hillary Rosen and the Romney Campaign to Blow Everything out of Context and Proportion, … Continue reading
Will Girl Scout Cookies Turn Me into a Sanctimommy?
When it comes to the famed mommy wars, I’m pretty much a conscientious objector. I not only don’t care what you do with your kids, I object to the whole idea that if I do care it means that we … Continue reading
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Erica Jong, Zipperless Parenting and Maternal Age
*Disclaimer: YES, I know “choosing to stay home” is only a choice for a very few privileged women. It’s actually ok to write about issues that concern middle class women, too.* Like a lot of mothers of young children, especially … Continue reading
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Free Holiday Cards from Shutterfly
Shutterfly is running a great promotion. By great, I mean great for me. Basically, in exchange for a blog post, they’ll give me 50 free holiday cards. Since the blog is pretty new, it seems like a perfect time for … Continue reading
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Top Ten Benefits of Unemployment
10. Stress, nature’s weight loss plan 9. Breakfast tastes better sitting down. 8. Flip-flops are much more comfortable than heels. 7. Eight hours of sleep, what a concept! 6. Did you know this is Oprah’s last year? Thank goodness I … Continue reading
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Why I Don’t Take Good Advice
A friend of mine writes a blog called, Frugalista about extreme coupon clipping and other great money saving ideas. Last week she ran a contest and you could get extra entries by blogging about the money-saving activity she proposed. I … Continue reading
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