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Scary Baby

posted Tuesday June 3rd, 2008

I really got crazy this morning (after my night at the grocery store) and stopped by the bank to deposit a check for a truly hellish freelance assignment I took so I could pay off a credit card I never should have signed up for. I’m sort of scared of the ATM (have you noticed […]


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Bright Lights, Big Safeway

posted Tuesday June 3rd, 2008

“Who actually goes grocery shopping at 10:30 at night?” I looked up from my the depths of my cart, from which I was trying to extract a slippery bottle of berry-flavored Propel. Apparently he was talking to me, as he rang up Ray’s Lorna Doones and Sophie’s mini quiches. “What? Oh, yeah, ha ha.” I tried to […]


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Lucky Stars

posted Monday June 2nd, 2008

Mercury is in retrograde. I knew it. My friend Betsy confirmed it last week, when I emailed her to ask. I talk to Betsy most often when things are going wrong, only because she’s the only person I know who knows when Mercury is in retrograde. I have no idea what that phrase means, which […]


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"OK, Sophie, pee!"

posted Sunday June 1st, 2008

One of my proudest moments in parenthood — ok, in life — was when I realized that Sophie was potty trained. Not at night, she still wears a diaper at night, and I’m not saying she doesn’t have the occasional accident, but as soon as we really decided to set her free in panties, she […]


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