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Month 23
Dear Olivia, Well we have definitely had our fill of each other this past month. We started the month by going up to a cabin in Arnold, CA with Erma, Merrik, her sister and a few other mom’s and their kids. It was the first time we had been away, just you and me, without…
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Month 22
Dear Olivia, Things are getting quite intense in the O’Donnell household as the impending arrival of #2 draws closer. As each day passes, I get more and more nervous about the arrival of #2 since each day you become more and more of a toddler. Your volume control is certainly broken and you have developed…
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Date My Single Kid
A website was recently launched by a mother who has been on the hunt forever to find a nice lady for her single son. After much frustration, she decided to create a site where other mothers can play matchmaker to their single children. The site is here and there is a funny article about the…
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Flora & Henri
I recently came across this children’s clothing boutique called Flora & Henri and I must admit, after looking at these saccharin sweet clothes, I really really really want another girl. I want to blow my money dressing up my girls like little dolls. Sorry Ryan, you’re screwed.
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Fine Dining
I think these plates by Esther Derkx would be totally appropriate for this Thanksgiving or any other random night for that matter. Hello Mr. leg lift man!
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Month 21
Dear Olivia, I want to start this post by apologizing. I need to apologize for a horrible habit you picked up from me and it is by total accident that it has been passed on to you. You have started the habit of swishing your drinks. It is a horrible habit that began for me…
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Playgrounds I do not want to visit
Dark Roasted Blend wrote an article about neglected children playgrounds with just horrible sculptures and rides which could quite frankly put a child straight to therapy for the rest of their lives. Most of these appear to be in Russia but scary enough, some of these are right here in the great U.S. of A. …
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Month 20
Dear Olivia, With my second pregancy already half way thru(!), I have a few things that need to get done around the house. 1. Potty training and 2. Bidding adieu to your beloved binky. Both are huge mountains that I vow to tackle before #2 arrives. Btw, I’m seriously considering naming your sister/brother number 2…
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Stay-at-home mom salary: $117,856
I read an interesting article today in SF Gate about what a stay-at-home mother would make if in fact she were getting paid. Salary.com surveyed some 28,000 moms to determine how their days were made up. These tasks were then compared with paying jobs in the workforce to determine what moms would be paid for…