Parenting Blog
on December 4, 2015 at 7:39 pm ×
I have partnered with Life of Dad and Old Spice for this promotion. Every picture tells a story, as the song goes, but the same is not necessarily true of every smell. At least, not every smell tells a sweetly scented story. And that is the story of the first […]
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on November 10, 2015 at 11:28 am ×
It has come to my attention that I am more like jerky than previously believed, and not only because I’m sometimes a jerk. Anyway, that’d be WAY too obvious a joke. And that’s not my style. I should be clear here, before we go any further down this curious road: […]
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on November 6, 2015 at 3:03 pm ×
I’m tall, can’t play even the basic melody of “Jingle Bells” on the piano and, if it’s all the same to you, my appetite and I will pass on bottles of both red and white wine. Clearly, I’m no Billy Joel. No one would ever confuse me for an entertainer. […]
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on November 1, 2015 at 4:57 pm ×
I recently found out about and I’m tickled pink that the brains behind this ingenious family tech device were interested in partnering with (and compensating) me to tell this story about a very modern new tool capable of quelling a very modern worry. All opinions expressed below are honest and […]
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on October 26, 2015 at 1:22 pm ×
OWTK is a brand ambassador for TracFone’s #TracFoneFamily campaign. All opinions expressed below are honest and unbiased, as always. These kinds of conversations simply don’t happen. Frankly, there have been disturbingly few conversations between my brother and I over the past several years, but the ones we have had were […]
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on October 19, 2015 at 4:56 pm ×
My autumns once looked very different than they do today. Oh, there were still copious amounts of dry, crunchy leaves of various hues scattered across the .43 acres I call home, but today the autumnal sounds and sights emanating from the 46” glowing box which hangs from a wall painted […]
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on September 28, 2015 at 10:49 am ×
Thank you, Mrs. Yoder. Thank you, Camp Invention. Thank you for doing what I’m not always capable of doing if surrounded by all that glue, all those shreds of paper, all those nuts and bolts, all the eager hands in there bumping against each other longing to be a part […]
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on August 10, 2015 at 9:31 am ×
My mom already owns a cell phone. It has a tiny antenna. Need I say any more? As a result of her extremely lo-tech phone situation, she’s gotten into the habit of being one of those people who carries their tablet — and not one of the mini variety — […]