Yesterday Miller and I showed up for the Amazing Race casting call held in Portland, Oregon. As you can imagine, this took a fair bit of engineering at the Miller-Mangiacotti household. We had to drive four hours each way, stay in a hotel, and arrange childcare for our little ones who are not at all […]
Alright, it is funny. The name is funny. In the Jr. High school boy part of my brain where I still giggle every time I drive by a BJ’s, I also hear Aspergers and think of the classic hamburger symbol with a bun that is every bit the double entendre the name naturally inspires. Aspergers […]
I don’t schedule a lot of time for a nervous breakdown. It simply does not fit into my day. I have 7 kids, an entire house to keep in order, I home school, and I have a husband who is, although amazing and adorable, more high-maintenance than a neurotic bulimic supermodel with a penchant for […]
It is not a trinket or a good luck charm. It is not a small animal. It is not a baby toy. It is not a novelty food item. These are things we give cute little nick names to, but that part of a woman we have so much trouble with – it is called […]
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