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Busy, cold, and fun weekend. It was nice to get away and have some real extended alone time with just one of my kids and really focus my attention of her. Part of me wishes I had done this peri...

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I don’t have parental controls on any of our phones or computers anymore because I think all my kids are old enough now to either behave or face the consequences for their choices. I do, however...

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So what started as a comment just to keep Harry from being a third wheel in Olsen’s weekend has now turned into a full and overly planned weekend. Not a bad thing. I let Harry make the plans an...

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Olsen’s current boyfriend is a sweet guy named Darren. (I think there is something inherently derogatory about the term “current boyfriend.” It’s like I’m saying he’s neither the first nor the ...

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Sometimes a thought hits me and I then I find myself googling it and looking at other people’s ideas and points of view and suddenly I’ve wasted a whole lot of time obsessing about something that...

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If I wanted to be in a relationship right now I’d probably be struggling to find someone. But since I’m not eager for companionship at the moment, it seems like Ron really wants to turn our litt...

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I’m curious if bedtimes are still a thing for parents of older children. I often hear other parents saying, “My kids don’t have bedtimes,” and this really surprises me. My kids have ALWAYS had ...

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These could be two separate entries, but they’re both happening now: ONE I told Olsen definitively that I would not pay her rent for her to just live in her own place about 10 miles from here. I...

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I’m looking at my nude neighbor while I type this. It’s really not as weird as it may sound, in the sense that she lays nude in her yard nearly every sunny afternoon in the summer to the point w...

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We live on a short and narrow curvy road that stretches from a more busy part of Jamaica Plain up to the entrance of a cemetery. It’s a quiet and private place to live in an otherwise bustling p...

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After just mentioning here the other day about a real drought in my dating life, I went out with Ron last night. Here’s the Ron backstory: We were invited to a cookout with some friends for July...

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I made an executive family decision all on my own for very selfish reasons. We have a distinct division of labor at home. Everyone has their chores, including me. My big task each week is laun...

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Not so long ago my boss at work had noticed a particular smell coming from a warehouse worker and proceeded to go on a rant about the importance of showering daily. Another of my coworkers chime...

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I mentioned here the other day the way that Harry thinks about and ponders every little thing and it got me remembering an experience with her. All parents probably have stories about funny/ador...

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Current dilemma: Olsen doesn’t want to live at home with her family anymore because she’s a mature college student now. But she can’t support herself on her little income AND be a full time stud...

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The film last week was definitely adult-themed, but tamer regarding sex and nudity than I thought it would be. In the end I was more concerned that my younger kids might not really understand th...

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Something we’ve enjoyed doing as a family for years now is a Saturday afternoon movie. I’m not even quite sure how the tradition started, but I’d say we go to a movie during the day on Saturday ...

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I know it’s probably a super obvious observation, but with three teenagers now I am really starting to be hyper-aware of how much they grow and mature at their own rates. I think I made the mist...

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There had probably been other signs that I had missed, but the first time it really came to my attention was about a month ago when I was doing laundry. I was folding and sorting and just happen...

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