They Say It’s (My) Birthday
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They Say It’s (My) Birthday

I’ve made it to another birthday.  It’s always fun having a birthday on a Friday, because you can stay up late without worrying about having to get up early the next morning, and you can pretty much make the celebration last all weekend long.  Who’s with me? I looked up who shares my birthday with…

Princess Nagger’s 9th Birthday – Part 1
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Princess Nagger’s 9th Birthday – Part 1

Birthdays are a fun thing to celebrate.  Especially when you’re trying to make the final single-digit birthday extra special for one Princess Nagger.  On the eve of her ninth birthday, Princess Nagger and I made cupcakes for her class – she wanted to try the FUN da-Middles (we joked about the fudge filling looking like…

Gift Buying, Tweeting and Autocorrect, Birthday – Random Tuesday Thoughts

Gift Buying, Tweeting and Autocorrect, Birthday – Random Tuesday Thoughts

I can’t remember the last time things have been so hectic.  Oh yeah, probably this time last year.  Only this year seems to be exponentially worse – or it’s just that it seems that way.  Check back next year and maybe I’ll have some mathematical equations figured out with a proper hypothesis.  Yeah, like that’s…

A (Girl’s) Dinosaur Birthday – Wordless/Wordful Wednesday
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A (Girl’s) Dinosaur Birthday – Wordless/Wordful Wednesday

If you’ve been reading along for a while, you know that Princess Nagger is into dinosaurs.  Big time.  She’s been interested in becoming a Paleontologist since she was 5 or 6 – she just turned 8, and her interest has not waned even in the slightest.  I thought for sure it would be a passing…

Technology Snafu, Birthday Fun and Negotiations, Parenting FAIL  – Random Tuesday Thoughts
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Technology Snafu, Birthday Fun and Negotiations, Parenting FAIL – Random Tuesday Thoughts

You don’t realize how much you rely on certain things technology-wise until they stop working.  My laptop is definitely on its way out, so I have to make a decision on either wiping it and reloading everything and making do, or get a new one.  I think I’ll be opting for the latter, this one’s…

Happy Birthday Princess Nagger – Monday’s Music Moves Me
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Happy Birthday Princess Nagger – Monday’s Music Moves Me

Today is a very special day – Princess Nagger turns 8!  Where in the world has the time gone?  It’s hard to imagine that eight years have gone by, it seems like this moment was only yesterday: Walking, talking, teething, tantrums, potty training – all that seems like a blur. Princess Nagger, today you hit…