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Fridays Suck

Cate — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 17:39:35 PDT

It’s Friday night and I’m trying to wrap my head around a world where Fridays suck. For two and a half months now we have had two adorable, beautiful, exasperating, intelligent little...

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Feathers

Cate — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 03:00:54 PST

Click on the Feather to see the video tribute Andy made for our Dad. This was written by Jen (aka JB) in early December, 2012, shortly after our father passed away and was read at his funeral. Dad...

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The Home Visit

Cate — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 17:37:04 PDT

9:57am This Morning “What time is it?!?!” I shouted to my husband from our bathroom. “Uh…we’ve got about 30 minutes!” he shouted back from our boys’ room....

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Just One Crib Sheet or Adoption Isn’t For Sissies

Cate — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 18:22:26 PDT

Just one (this one) crib sheet In a rare few minutes alone with my husband tonight: Me: I have a confession to make. I bought a mmph shmmph today. Hubs: What? I missed the last part. Though I...

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Trouble vs. the Clean Underwear

Cate — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:31:52 PST

Illustration from "The Motorcycles" by Trouble I’ll be honest – on the mornings after the nights that Trouble (6) doesn’t take a shower – it is a battle to get him to...

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Free Unlimited Texting

Cate — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 07:48:11 PDT

For Scratchy’s 12th birthday last month he had two things on his list. Plus one. phone BB gun bike Phone: We had discussed with Scratchy that we thought it was a skosh too early for a cell...

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Beginnings

Cate — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 04:59:31 PDT

In every life there are times that can be categorized as beginnings. Some beginnings are born against their will – scratching and weeping – from a catastrophic ending. Most are born of...

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A Good Plenty

Andy Blickenstaff — Fri, 27 May 2011 06:41:26 PDT

Okay, so I shamelessly stole the name of this post from a book I read in college. It’s a book about friendship. Since Cate invited JB and I to write with her on her blog I have told you...

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Growing Pains

Andy Blickenstaff — Fri, 20 May 2011 05:47:18 PDT

Everybody has growing pains at some point and time in their life. My oldest used to get them so bad in his legs he would cry. I had pains in my feet in my early 30′s – I thought from...

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Ticka, Ticka, Ticka

Andy Blickenstaff — Thu, 12 May 2011 20:45:13 PDT

In the back bedroom of our house, at the darkest part of night, whether the moon was full or not, they would come. In their black hats and black dresses and big, high heeled, black lace up boots,...

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The Truth About Weather

jbkohl — Thu, 12 May 2011 04:58:32 PDT

It's not your mother's tornado. So we’ve had some bad weather here in Virginia . . . as have many people around the country this spring. To some, it probably seems as if the prophecy...

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FEMA Needs a New Name

Andy Blickenstaff — Thu, 05 May 2011 13:00:40 PDT

Another Hopper story: It has been raining here in Arkansas, a lot. As it has around the rest of the country. Our backyard floods and every year it is getting worse. The water comes right up to our...

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The Moving of the Corpse

jbkohl — Thu, 05 May 2011 06:19:37 PDT

Well, well, well, dear reader. It has been a long two weeks since I last spoke to you about the diabolical plan to murder my husband and have my friends help me dispose of the body. At that time I...

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Redefining “SuperMom”

Cate — Wed, 04 May 2011 04:00:13 PDT

I almost called this “Letting Go of SuperMom”. But then I thought – really? Being a “SuperMom” is totally achievable. You don’t have to let go of the dream,...

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“Stay-at-Home Mom” by Guest Poster, Jacqueline Wilson

Cate — Tue, 03 May 2011 04:00:00 PDT

We are thrilled to have the lovely and talented Jacqueline (aka Jackie) Wilson guest posting here today at Real Life with Kids! This kicks off a yet to be named Tuesday feature post starring guest...

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