Basic Mom Week in Review - 05/31/15
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5 Things that Actually Happened This Week and the Lessons I Learned
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Basic Mom Week in Review - 02/01/15
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5 Things That Actually Happened This Week and the Lessons I Learned.
Read MoreA Mom's Twelve Days of Christmas
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According to Wikipedia, "The Twelve Days of Christmas" was originally published in 1780. Which means it's horribly outdated. Really the only items on the list that may be desirable in modern times are the five golden rings, and, I suppose, the nine ladies dancing (if you happen to have singles on you). It's also ridiculously unrealistic - how does one come into possession of so many birds?
Read MoreThings I Find in My Coat Pockets Vs. Things I Wish I Found in My Coat Pockets
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Like any basic mom living in Michigan, where it is stupidly frigid about half the year, I have several winter coats - a couple "nice" ones that I can wear to weddings or baby showers, a few pea coats I can throw on to go to the grocery store or a PTA meeting, and a super warm, unattractive one that I wear to play in the snow with my kids.
Read MoreAre You a Basic Mom?
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By now most of us have heard of the “basic bitch.” If you are like me you had to hear about it from your husband’s gay co-worker because you are elbow-deep in diapers and Bubble Guppies and making sure your daughter’s red folder is in her backpack so she doesn’t have a meltdown at school tomorrow, which means you are out of the loop. So out of the loop that you asked your childless friends on a rare night out what “turn down for what” means (like three months after it even mattered). But, I digress. Back to the basic bitch.
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