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We recently replaced our toilet seat.  There wasn’t much wrong with the old one, to be honest.  It was sturdy.  It did the job required of it.

Except for one thing: the hinges.  Oh dear God, the hinges.  There were metal screws holding the hinges together.  It got to the point where I didn’t know what was rusty water and what was, well, pee.  Or a combination of the two.  Being the only woman in the house, I knew the aim problem was not mine.  JD still uses a potty shaped like a frog.  So somehow, these screws and pieces were getting damp and nasty.

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There should be a support group for mothers of picky eaters.  Heck, maybe there is.  They probably meet at a fast food joint with a play area and bemoan how their child will eat that processed dreck and turn up their nose at food that actually contains something besides fat and sodium.  I just avoid those play areas because it means my kids will ooze green mucus for six weeks straight.

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We have taken to having our dinner outdoors.  It’s nice to eat under the shade tree, and whatever JD drops, the chickens clean up for me, so it’s rather win-win.  Plus dinner tends to coincide with what I call the “witching hour”.

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Being a mother is hard, and that is an understatement.  There is an ever-present anxiety that goes with being responsible for these little things you gave life to, a life which they seem on a constant mission to END.

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My final round of trashy magazines hit my mailbox last week.  The special price had ended, and let’s face it: without the Stephen King column in the one, I really had no reason to get it.  We get to see a movie on the big screen maybe once a year, not counting free kids movies or “must see” kids movies.

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