[caption id="attachment_355" align="alignright" width="200" caption="Not a pooptastrophe, but a flourtastrophe that happened this week. She was helping me bake..."][/caption] WARNING :: this post contains pooptastrophes What a week! I've had ups & downs. I've been tested numerous times and I'm exhausted. I started my graphic & web design projects this week, after taking ...

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[caption id="attachment_234" align="alignright" width="300" caption="The Ingredients I Used"][/caption] With 3 kids in diapers, we go through a lot of baby wipes. So I was super excited to find a recipe for them that only costs 1¢ per wipe. Plus, my oldest daughter has uber-sensitive skin & these wipes will even work ...

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We love Hormel Turkey Pepperoni (register to get some free coupons for Hormel pepperoni here), even more than regular Pepperoni. It's the only meat that my kids will eat no matter what (chicken nuggets is a close second, but even picky Miss Boo has turned those down on occasion) & ...

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I finally have a button! I finally sat down last night and sketched out some silhouettes to look like my family (sans husband, but I'll get him in there someday -- took me long enough to get these close in resemblance). Besides, I drew silhouettes for a client recently and ...

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My husband calls them panclogs, as far back as I can recall. But I'd say the rest of us call them pancakes. I remember when we were newly married and he offered to make me peanut butter pancakes (again, he said panclogs). I thought he was putting peanut butter in ...

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Yesterday was crazy busy. I had another pooptastrophe with Miss Cakes. Apparently, she thinks poop is like play-doh. I picked the house up before my mother-in-law arrived. Once she was here, I hopped in the shower and then went to the grocery store. Actually, it was the "re-launch" of our ...

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Our neighbors gave us some zucchinis from their garden, and immediately I felt like pasta with alfredo sauce. I'm sure that isn't what most people think of when they think of zucchinis - my husband wanted zucchini bread. Well, the zucchini bread is still to come, but last night he ...

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Had my third pooptastrophe as a mom. You won't see any photos for this pooptastrophe - it wasn't pretty. I'd say the first two incidences were class 1 pooptastrophes, which would make this one a class 3. Let me start with the first two incidences. Both of them involved my ...

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...I had things to talk about other than my kids. I was up to date on the latest news and the latest gossip. Now if it's not listed on aol.com (my browser's homepage) or I happen to catch it on twitter, I don't know anything about it. Often my mom ...

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...of 3, my parenting is more lax. My Aunt said she remembered hearing Michael J. Fox say when you have your first kid, you sterilize the pacifier every time it falls on the ground before giving it back to the child; when you have your second child, you rinse it ...

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