Olympic Peach Canning

Last year after experiencing the domestic bliss that is peach canning and spending several months hacking black crispy somethings off my stovetop, I told Dan I would never do it again. I believe I said something about Hell becoming very chilly or about how I’d rather pass away.
(On a side note about [...]

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Too Young to Blog - Giveaway

***If you’d like to be entered to win a This is Me Journal, leave a comment that lists your favorite beverage. I’ll pick 2 winners randomly Wednesday at 10pm PST.***
Although Laylee’s a frequent indirect contributor to Daring Young Mom, she’s too young to actually blog. However I love hearing what she has to [...]

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It Runs in the Family

Sometimes I think it would be nice to have an evil stepmother around here to not-so-gently guide me away from my chronic procrastination, someone who’d force me to get things done or else face life in the cellar with the rats. [read more at Parenting.com]

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Stick a Forks in It

As we drove along the highway to Port Angeles, I had a few minutes to think about my hideous appearance. My fair, pale, milky complexion stared back at me in the rear view mirror. It’s true I have the face of a goddess but not like one of the REALLY beautiful goddesses. [...]

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Excited for My Weekend

I’m so looking forward to my weekend away with the girls in a few days. I can’t believe it’s almost here.
I’m not sure I even need to read the book though. The actual book can never measure up to this little spoiler.

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Points for Health

Do any of your friends spontaneously plan a family fun 5K for all their girls when they’re 38 weeks pregnant? Do they print out their own number stickers for all of their friends and provide a time-keeping board, finish line tape, water, snacks and placement ribbons?
Mine do. I know. [...]

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Tally of Radness

My sister Becky is about to pop. She’s at the taking-crazy-potions-to-induce-exodus point of her pregnancy and I like to do things to help keep her occupied, like play Doctor Mario online with my wii. I’m selfless like that. And also rad.
Today Laylee was watching us play and talking to Aunt Becky on [...]

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You Really Should Know Some Things

At night, in the dark laundry room, I call myself Uhura as I work the controls. Because I am way not a dork who should be filed away with all the other PZ4s. At all.

While I was working out listening to New Kids on the Block (NKOTB as they’re known in the hood), [...]

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Signs Of Motherhood – Today Edition

You find that your purse is suddenly inexplicably filled with legos and orange crumbs.
People abruptly unveil way too personal parts of their bodies and ask you if they look red.
Your chapstick is filled with dirt.
Several times throughout the day you notice that there is ketchup on your arm again but you can never find the [...]

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Twas the Fourth of Jul-ee

I’twas, i’twas. And we consumed greatly large amounts of the fats and the sugars. Because we are patriots.

The cupcakes were made from scratch and about 80% organic, which seems somewhat ironic considering that after eating them we let the children on our street light over $300 worth of toxic chemicals on fire [...]

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