Articles from August 2011
Posted by Martha on August 30, 2011
I know, I know, I’m so lame for not writing an update on Annika’s first week of preschool. Life has been busy. Good busy. But busy and I have a gazillion blogs posts roiling around in my brain that will in all likelihood, never get written. But I will try. Let me start by telling [...]
Categories: Austin, Failure, Motherhood
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Tags: Annika, School
Posted by Martha on August 16, 2011
So, I don’t normally write posts advocating any business, but when I got a message from one of the marketing peeps from Chuck E. Cheese asking me to write a post in exchange for free pizza and games, how could I resist? I mean, every kid should experience gorging cheesy goodness, along with an overstimulating [...]
Categories: Blogging, Texas, Travel, Uncategorized
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Tags: Annika
Posted by Martha on August 5, 2011
To know me very well is to scoff at the idea of me being crafty. Well, that is, pre-motherhood. And scoff is a harsh term because most of my friends don’t scoff, because they’re much nicer than I am. But since I scoff, I use the word scoff. But lately, I haven’t been scoffing so [...]
Categories: Failure, Life, Motherhood
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Tags: Annika
Posted by Martha on August 2, 2011
I’ve been reading about how it’s becoming more popular to have kid-free restaurants and kid-free flights. Is the old adage, “children should be seen and not heard” becoming popular again? Since they can’t literally silence them, they are now choosing to force them out. And with them, their parents. Let me back up. Before I [...]
Categories: Life, Motherhood, Parenting, Travel
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Tags: Annika, Stereotypes