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February 2010 Blog Posts (9)

Familiar

My cat imparts Her feline feminist wisdom upon me daily. She just recently started being able to stand being in the same room as my three year old, subtle message…. hmmm. Occasionally she allows the kiddo a brief moment of glory as she runs quickly, yet close enough to touch Her silky, furry softness. The more time I spend alone in silence with her furry wisdom incarnate, the more sane I feel. Sometimes I sneak away using Herself as an excuse to spend some time alone.

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Added by ferret on February 27, 2010 at 12:53pm — No Comments

Restraints

I will sit on you

When I worked at the Kid Crazy Factory I saw tantrums evolve into controlled hugs. I was reminded of this today when my own kiddo was acting a bit crazy. It was time for nap. She had one leg in the air to throw off her blankets, which is like a teenager giving you the middle finger. I calmed her down and tucked her in walked away to compose myself. Before I could catch my breath I hear *bang* *bang*, so I peek around the corner. I see her sitting in the middle of a… Continue

Added by ferret on February 27, 2010 at 12:53pm — No Comments

All the Lonely People

My "wacky neighbor" story, re-posted on Open Salon. It's like “Eleanor Rigby” meets When Harry Met Sally meets Punch Drunk Love. Sort of.

All the Lonely…

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Added by Floor Pie on February 27, 2010 at 9:30am — No Comments

P is for Pink

Honestly, I don’t know what to make of the whole girly-girl pink thing. Sometimes I want to rail against it, like when I see perfectly cromulent, non-gendered toys available in a pink version specifically for girls – pink T-ball, pink Legos, pink school busses for crying out loud! As if girls can’t get their weak little girl-heads around sports or… Continue

Added by TykeGeist on February 22, 2010 at 12:30am — 6 Comments

Life is But a Stream

Hey there, it’s me your resident Offsprung movie blogger. I know it’s been a while since I’ve written a post. Sadly, I haven’t seen a movie since Avatar and that came out over two months ago. (Okay, my kid did make me take him to see The Squeakquel, but I’m not counting that as anything other than the opportunity to sit in a dark room and let my mind wander for an hour and a… Continue

Added by Reeling on February 12, 2010 at 5:00pm — 7 Comments

I'm doing it

I haven't mentioned anything on here, or really anywhere to anyone except Loki, because I fear the judgement. But I'm finding that I need to talk about it somewhere and I'm really not ready to face it personally with anyone so for I'm just going to throw it out here.

I'm having gastric bypass surgery in a few weeks.

I have been thinking about this for a very long time, and have been actively involved in the "leading up to" steps with various…

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Added by Mommy Monster on February 12, 2010 at 5:25am — 18 Comments

Older Guys: Still Just Not That Into You

In honor of Valentine's Day season, I'm posting some of my favorite tales of chocolate-covered-absurdity from the single days on Open Salon. Here's the first installment...

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Added by Floor Pie on February 3, 2010 at 8:00am — No Comments

Ok, now what? warning warning TMI and really LONG

So if you’ve been keeping score my husband left for his home country (Brazil) in November to pursue his dream of becoming a Brazilian diplomat. Oh you know the dream he has had since the tender age of 36 when all of his US options were exhausted…or fired from…either way he made a decision. He worked a call center job for 2 months to save up the cash for the trip (not contributing to the household) and left. He left me, his son and our marriage a mess. Quite literally – our son had his arm in a… Continue

Added by G to the G on February 1, 2010 at 10:10am — 33 Comments