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I Don't Always Talk To My Teen, But When I Do, We Text by thisfullhouse Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting Some parenting-type experts will agree: most teens have no idea how to have real conversations, because they are too busy texting on their cell phones. I am NOT one of these ... Read on »

Another Vlog Tutorial: How NOT to Talk to Teenagers by thisfullhouse Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting Working in social media, I get to watch a lot of "how to" videos (YES, it's a job!) and I have learned some really interesting stuff along the way: like, how some parenting ... Read on »

Sinceriously Yours, I.M. Deluded by thisfullhouse Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting Our youngest daughter is turning 12, next month -- pausing to allow for the "OH, BUT HOW?!?" and the "MY BAYBEEEEEE?!?" to come through, okay, I'm good now, thanks!!! -- and ... Read on »

Share Your Life List & Give Cancer A Virtual Bitchslap! by thisfullhouse Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting You like? I made this life list, myself, with many thanks to the American Cancer Society for sponsoring and compensating my writing about ways in which we can help give canc ... Read on »

Do You Know This (or That) Mom? by thisfullhouse Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting Not unlike most days, her morning does not start out very well: in fact, she cannot remember the last time she did not have to holler at someone: GET UP!!! GET READY!!! HURR ... Read on »

Tell Them About My Name by thisfullhouse Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting My kids love hearing the stories behind their namesakes and each still pretty much like their given names, except for our youngest: while playing a name game at a friend's b ... Read on »

Our Mother/Daughter Weekend, Gone Ugly Cry by thisfullhouse Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting I feel extremely lucky to have experienced (what I consider to be) once-in-a-lifetime type moments, via my little corner of the internets and feel very blessed to have a str ... Read on »

Wordless Wednesday: More Than a Feeling by thisfullhouse Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting Song: "More Than A Feeling" by Boston Runners Unite to Remember: we walked 3 miles, in 40 minutes on our high school's track, last night. #prayingforboston. © 2003 - 2013 Th ... Read on »

How To Do Make Up Wrong, In 5 Minutes or Less by thisfullhouse Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting Working in social media, I get to watch a lot of "how to" videos (YES, it's a job!) and I have learned some really interesting stuff along the way: like, how some beauty blo ... Read on »

Middle School Drop-Off, Dropout by thisfullhouse Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting Get thee to the bus ON TIME!!! With multiple kids in school for the last thirteen years, we are at that point in our lives when -- rather than referring to pregnancies as a ... Read on »

Tell Us Which City's Shelter Dogs to Feed Next by thisfullhouse Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting PEDIGREE CTNC Blog Post: This post is sponsored by PEDIGREE Brand, which compensated me to develop this content and reader giveaway. I wanted to share a quick update with yo ... Read on »

Who Knew Flashcards Could Be Soooo Funny?!? by thisfullhouse Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting The 50 nifty, funny states. With all the technology available at their fingertips (even our school district started going paperless, two years ago) it is sort of refreshing ... Read on »

A Clean House Is a Sign of a Cluttered Mind by thisfullhouse Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting Artwork currently displayed in our library (a.k.a. bathroom) If I had to describe our house to you, in one word, and focusing on the positive, rather than ALL of the other a ... Read on »

Social Media for Good: Blood, Sweat & Brinner! by thisfullhouse Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting I started blogging back in 2003 and, thinking back on it now, there weren't many people in my real life who knew or understood why in the heck I would even consider sharing ... Read on »

Some of Them Are Revisiting Their Childhood, Already? by thisfullhouse Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting She insisted on going "back to childhood" because, you know, it was sooooooo long ago (snort!) The kids are on their spring break from school, which is sort of funny conside ... Read on »

New York's Finger Lakes: The Canandaigua Wine Trail by thisfullhouse Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting I had the extreme pleasure of being invited by new friends at the Finger Lakes Visitors Connection in Ontario County, NY for a girlfriends weekend getaway and join them as g ... Read on »

Sleeping Quadruple in a Sofa Bed by thisfullhouse Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting CONFESSION: I have this thing about sleeping, in the dark. I know, considering humans are not generally classified as being nocturnal, sucks for me, right?!? It's like my in ... Read on »

S.O.S. The Jersey Shore is Open! by thisfullhouse Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting National news crews were very good at bringing the rest of the country (if not, the world) to our doorsteps, when broadcasting heart-breaking images of devistation along our ... Read on »

Parenting Tip #45,371,381: Don't Sweat the Small Stuff - Shove a Slushy Snowball Down Someone's... by thisfullhouse Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting My husband, Garth (not his real name) is really good at not panicking, especially dealing with an emergency situation; when, considering I took to Twitter when my middle gir ... Read on »

Share Breakfast with a Child During National Breakfast Week by thisfullhouse Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting My sincerest thanks to our friends at Kelloggs for sponsoring my writing about helping to give childhood hunger the virtual bitch-slap it deserves. Growing up, my family is ... Read on »

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