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Your Tummy is STILL Fat

by IzzyMom

on October 26, 2009 in Identity

My stepmom recently left a copy of US magazine at my house. I usually reserve my celebrity catch-up reading for the doctor’s office, but having recently given birth, I was very compelled to read about how celeb moms are under such pressure to lose their baby weight and of course, all about their personal dramas [...]

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This Line? Starts WAY THE EFF BACK THERE

by IzzyMom

on October 12, 2009 in Identity

You know, I may aim low in many parts of my life—okay, pretty much ALL of them—but one thing I aim NOT to do is take shortcuts that hurt other people. Or make their heads feel explode-y. I also aim to use less hyphens. And caps. And maybe ellipses, too. Anyway, it would appear that [...]

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Our Patron Saint of Awesome (or how to perk up your kids when they’re tired!)

by IzzyMom

on September 24, 2009 in Playing House

Sometimes, when I find myself in a difficult situation, I ask myself, “Self, what would Amy Lo do?” Amy, in case you don’t know, is the mascot AND patron saint of Aiming Low. She is truly the source of all unorthodox wisdom and crafty girl-knowledge and this is my story of how Amy came through [...]

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My Work Here Is Done

by IzzyMom

on September 9, 2009 in Parenting

My son and I are in the car line to pick up his sister from school. Him: Mama? Me: Yeah, buddy? Him: I gonna grow up? Me: You sure are Him: *pondering the idea*

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They’re HIS Cookies

by IzzyMom

on August 5, 2009 in Parenting

So my son is done with school for the summer (he’s four, his school offers a part time summer program and I got VERY spoiled for a while there) and now I have to find ways to entertain him every day, lest he become a video-gaming, TV-watching, Funbrain.com-addicted couch potato. You know, like me. Considering [...]

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