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    Divorced. Now what?

    Getting a Clue

    April 8, 2013 /3 Comments

    On the mistakes that kept me in a bad marriage too long — and why a two-parent home isn't automatically better than one.

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  • Divorced. Now what?,  Living Single

    Blogging for Sanity

    April 7, 2013 /1 Comment

    So I can’t afford therapy. No surprise there. That is what happens as a newly-single-mom-on-a-budget! I can’t keep these feelings/thoughts bottled up inside… next best thing to having a therapist, I have decided, is getting all this stuff out via my blog.

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    How to run errands with children

    September 1, 2010 /No Comments

    Five kids, one errand run, and a stranger who wanted to know my secret. The answer is boring: say no, stay consistent, and never over-explain to an eight-year-old.

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    My So Called Life,  Marital Hiss

    Pool of Trouble

    February 26, 2010 /No Comments

    He deployed and left me with a pool I'd never maintained. It turned green. I sent him photos of everything except the backyard which contained the pool of trouble.

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    Been a long time

    April 29, 2009 /No Comments

    Well, I just noticed that it's been an indecently long time since I have written. And I guess it's high time I got it together and updated.

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Writing about the random ass shit going on in my life since 2007. I pull no punches and use salty language. Read at your own risk.

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