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Giggle Girl
As you all know, I try to attend yoga class twice a week. My yoga classes are held at a gym– a regular gym with rows of treadmills and ellipticals, a basketball and racquetball court, and even a “Cardio Cinema” (Basically, it’s a movie theater that substitutes cardio machines for seats. Ingenious.). The good thing… Continue reading
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My Boy Band of Bloggers
It’s Friday night and I have two things on my mind: guilt and boys. Boys because I am surrounded by three of them here, and tomorrow that number increases to four. Nope, not pregnant and going into labor; rather, my brother is dropping off my sweet little nephew for the weekend. Guilt because it’s Friday… Continue reading
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I Feel Pretty!
It’s awards season in Blogtropolis! I’ve just been honored with the “Beautiful Blogger Award” by the lovely Factory Maid. If you have a minute to check out her blog, you’ll find it worth your time. The Factory Maid is an adorable Brazilian-born twenty-something, who unfortunately struggled with eating disorders and an unstable childhood and young… Continue reading
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Bonkers at Bingo
In addition to tuition for JC’s enrollment in private school, my husband and I are required to accumulate thirty “service points” per year. The school offers many options for obtaining points, but the best “bang for your buck” points-wise, for working parents at least, is to work Bingo. Yes, Bingo. “We” (by that I mean,… Continue reading
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M. the Ripper
As I’ve mentioned previously, my son M. has autism. I’m in Holland instead of Italy, and life is definitely interesting here. One of M.’s challenges with living in our world concerns his sensory processing. Here’s my parental, non-medically trained, limited knowledge on the subject: With typical people, when we invoke our senses by seeing, hearing,… Continue reading
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The Isle of Man
Remember way back to this post when we looked at the blank world map together and I promised to educate myself about our world, while dragging you all along with me? Well, here we are. My first lesson. Anyone been to the Isle of Man? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? [See that? I’m shying away from this… Continue reading
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On Being in the Mood…
Do you ever find that you are not in the mood to write? That you’d rather just sit and veg out, or sleep, or stare at a blank wall? That you’d rather do anything other than fire up the laptop? Do you have days where writing or blogging seem like a gargantuan effort and you… Continue reading
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WOAW’s First Poll- Downton Abbey
I just finished Season One of Downton Abbey on Netflix and I need your help, Blogtropolis. As much as I love our friends on the other side of the Atlantic–as much as I love hats and wish they were in style here in the States–as much as I love London, and Will and Kate, and… Continue reading
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The Fantasy Pediatrician’s Office
This weekend, I took M. for his once-a-year “well” visit with our pediatrician. Please understand– I love our pediatrician. But as I sat in the office listening to crying and coughing children, and tried to stop M. from rolling on the floor, I had an idea. It’s time for The World of Children’s Medicine to… Continue reading
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Odd and Ends
New Jersey gets a bad rap, but there are lots of great things about living here. I hope to dedicate a post to New Jersey eventually. For now, know that one great thing about The Garden State is its proximity to New York City. These pictures were taken from the waiting room of a doctor’s… Continue reading
Waiting on a Word 