This morning The Pudding Family met up with Doug from Laid-Off Dad and The W Family for brunch at Duff’s. It was delightful and time moved entirely too quickly while we were there and when we left, I was filled with the urge to put more life into what I do. Revivification! (I really love [...]

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Despite the fact that I felt all self-conscious about my lack of dress-up clothes, Jeff and I left the house early yesterday evening to see Ben Folds play with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. In case you’re wondering what I wore, I dressed pretty much like this: (Three differences: I was with Jeff—not the stiff [...]

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It seems that I keep putting posts up and then taking them down because I’ve become severely self-conscious of looking like a jerk or offending a group of people. This should not offend anyone. (Unless you’re opposed to Halloween. If you’re opposed to Halloween, LOOK AWAY!) On Saturday evening, we took Hermione and Evil Angel [...]

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Ten years ago today, I got together with my cousins, my aunt, my sister, my mom, and my mother-in-law. We went to Olympia, where cheese was set on fire and I did a bit of this: And a bit of this: And a lot of this: When it occurred to my aunt that I hadn’t [...]

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It has been One Of Those Weeks. We realized on Monday that our license plates expired in September. SO, on Tuesday I took the car in for an inspection, and it failed because of a malfunctioning LED brake strip. We quickly scheduled an appointment at the dealer, because it seems that no one else carries [...]

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Early last week we drove to Kansas City, where we did a little bit of this. (The girls did eventually enter the store.) You know, while I was pregnant, I swore that my daughters would not become girly girls. I also swore that they wouldn’t watch a bunch of television and that they would be [...]

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I’m coming to you from Kansas City, where our hotel shower feels like machine gun fire, and the pool is often filled with young boys who are here to participate in a baseball tournament. Last night I actually ventured out in my swimsuit (for the first time in years) to enjoy some pool time with the girls. [...]

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We’re back. The trip was amazing and fast and as you can see, we met a beautiful princess. Actually, we met a bunch of princesses. We had breakfast with them! Me: Ask Ariel if she misses her dad. Harper: Why? Me: Because she decided that she would rather have legs and a boy than a [...]

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This afternoon my parents announced that they are taking our family and my sister’s family to Disney World for Thanksgiving. The girls are smiling from ear to ear and studying their Birnbaum Guides to make sure they don’t miss anything during our stay. I haven’t been to Disney World since I was thirteen years old. [...]

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On Saturday morning, we packed up the car and headed to Columbia, Missouri to watch the Missouri Tigers KILL the Colorado Buffalos. (I’m all-capping the word KILL to make you think I’m a big football fan. In reality? Not so much. The final score of the game was 26-0, which I believe qualifies as a [...]

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