Raising twins and staying sober 24 hours at a time.
I watched Patton Oswalt's new stand up recently. It was really good. I cried and laughed and shook my head and marveled at how he can turn his pain and laughter through pain into something we can all relate to. Among his many gems he did a bit about "I wonder how many AA chips …
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IT IS NEW CLOSET DAY. We have this oddly shaped closet upstairs in our old Chicago Cape Cod style house that has been impossible to work with so we finally called in experts and there is a man up there right now fixing all my life problems. Well worth the money. This is what's exciting …
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The best part of the Bedtime Stalling 101 Technique is that I CAN HEAR THEM PLOTTING ON THE MONITOR BEFORE THEY COME DOWN TO MY BEDROOM (where I am - within two minutes of their bedtime - fully set up in bed with snacks and Netflix roaring). So I have about 30 seconds each time …
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