Boogers and Burps

The Do’s and Don’ts of Plotting Your Moochcation

August 7, 2011

If you’ve been a regular reader of my blog for several years, you will be familiar with the term “moochcation.” If you haven’t been a regular reader, you can probably use context clues to infer the definition (Pardon me, former English teacher voice coming out), but if you flunked 9th grade Language Arts (Don’t worry, [...]

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The “Bossypants” case for why Tina Fey and I should be friends

July 21, 2011

I can’t believe I’ve held off this long, but I finally picked up “Bossypants” by Tina Fey this week, and even though I’m not all the way through it yet, I already have more than enough evidence to prove my case that Tina Fey and I were meant to be friends (or prove the state’s [...]

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There’s nothing like a small-town July 4th celebration

July 15, 2011

Since moving to southern Iowa when I was 4, I can remember missing my hometown’s 4th of July celebration only twice — once right after Husband and I were married and we chose to stay in northern Iowa, where we lived, to celebrate with friends, and once when we traveled to Mackinac Island for my [...]

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Coming out of my funk

June 29, 2011

I know, I know. As my friend Jody recently reminded me, I never write, I never call… Why is it that my excuse always seems to be that things have been stressful? It’s never, “I’ve been having sooo much fun in this vacation-like life I lead that I couldn’t tear myself away to write a [...]

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Another post about dirty laundry

June 9, 2011

Is it possible to drown in dirty laundry? If so, I’m a goner. I am so envious of those people who actually “finish” their laundry each week. I have no idea how they do it, and I have no idea what that looks like. I think I have some kind of enchanted laundry that multiplies [...]

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Road trips with kids (Plus win a vacation from Twizzlers)

May 16, 2011

We’re broke. I’m sure many of you can relate. But even though we can’t afford to take that trip to Jekyll Island that I so meticulously researched and planned last year and we likely won’t be able take the boys to Disney World until they have their own kids, I still want my boys to [...]

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My little computer geeks

May 16, 2011

My two youngest sons will either grow up to be the next Mark Zuckerberg and Eduardo Saverin (Mom, they created Facebook. You’re welcome.) — or they’ll be on the FBI’s most wanted list for their computer hacking skills. It could go either way. All I know is that I’m amazed at what they not only [...]

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