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Tropic of Mom: Life at Latitude 26

• How the Disney Princess Half Marathon saved my life

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  Because I haven't blogged here in, oh, half a year, I should post something fresh.

  But instead here is my sweat-soaked, bedraggled and stinky self after running a half-marathon at Disney a few weeks ago.

  If you're a longtime reader, you might remember I posted that playing the blogging game since [...]

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• Now would be a perfect time for a breakdown

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  First, this happened:
  
  
  
  
  Then my BABY turned THREE. (As in three whole years old.)
  
  
  
  We took a little break at SeaWorld....
  
  
  
  And had fun all summer long.
  
  To my complete shock, suddenly it was time for KINDERGARTEN.
  [...]
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• Mothers Day ups and downs

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  So, Mothers Day. I had to make breakfast for everyone. The boys couldn't get along and kept bonking each other on the head. My husband took us to the mall to have me pick out a gift for his mother. Lunch was rushed, we were late to meet' [...]
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• I went to Mom 2.0 and all I got was a Dove T-shirt ... but really so much more

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  This past weekend I experienced the best blogging conference I've attended yet -- the Mom 2.0 Summit. It was an hour's drive away from my home, so like a nerd I drove there each day instead of shelling out big bucks to stay at the Ritz-Carlton. (Which was [...]
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• You didn't think I could let World Penguin Day just slip by...?

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  You know my boys love penguins. Scratch that, they are obsessed with penguins. Plush penguins come out of the bedrooms with the boys when they wake up in the morning, most days the penguins go to school or on errands, and the boys play with them all [...]
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• How to avoid cooking

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  My stepmother had me cooking from the time I was six years old. Oh sure, at that time she just gave me an Easy Bake Oven, but I know her designs from the beginning were to pretend cooking was fun so I would eventually take over and [...]
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• An appeal

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  Dear James Farr, Creative Genius Master of Everything Cool,
  Your Trains-formers videos are more awesome than a robot fighting machine that also makes cotton candy riding a mag-lev train to a space station in a galaxy far, far away.
  It's a sad day in Sodor because my two-year-old' [...]
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• Weekend by numbers: Tag-team parenting, and trains

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  1: Afternoon spent hanging with my Junebug, while....
  
  
  
  1: Afternoon the Man-cub tried out the dadster's prototype bicycle-pedal-powered train.
  
  
  
  2: Arms and shoulders that got tired (much needed for still-developing fine motor skills).
  
  
  
  1: Birthday party I took' [...]
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• I say blah blah blah

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  The so-called blogging experts say you shouldn't write "why I haven't blogged" posts, but I figure you deserve an explanation.
  
  If you are coming here in your free time to read my silly drivel and even check in on me (which I didn't realize until 10 minutes ago ...' [...]
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• Weekend by numbers: Rain, rain and more rain

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  1: Flash flood warning.
  
  1: Closed street.
  
  1: Day without Internet access.
  
  1: Neighbor's birthday party that was postponed due to the weather.
  
  1: Friend's birthday party that carried on ... but was flooded.
  
  
  
  3: Days of rain. Hard rain.
  
  5: [...]
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