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thisfullhouse Patient Expert

Aberdeen, New Jersey
6 people living in a 7 room house? This Full House is a full-frontal encounter into my life as a SAHM, lover of multi-functional gadgets, slayer of ALL appliances proved slow and/or inefficient, with 4 children, 2 cats, 1 super hyper sock-eating chocolate lab and 2 damned much laundry. I make... Full Bio
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The Walking Dead-ish by thisfullhouse Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting I love a good old-fashioned ghost story:  stuff like The Sixth Sense, Woman in Black and Paranormal Activity can really get my adrenaline pumping and then I start holler ... Read on »
Let's Get Political, Or Not Just Yet by thisfullhouse Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting I did not watch the Biden/Ryan debate, last night.  Not for the lack of wanting, just didn't think about it until it was very nearly over.  I did, however, catch the la ... Read on »
Learning From Our Mistakes-101 by thisfullhouse Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting Learning to walk his hard, learning to fall is even harder. Please feel free to visit with me over at my Gone Shopping blog and read more about:  why I can't h ... Read on »
Growing Old, It's For the Birds by thisfullhouse Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting The kids and I took a ride to visit my folks on Sunday -- Holly was scheduled to work this weekend and my husband Garth (not his real name) stayed behind to try and g ... Read on »
Don't Worry, Be Dread-y and Perish the Thought While We're At It! by thisfullhouse Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting When it comes to parenting (because, really, raising 3 teens and 1 tween, there really isn't much else going on up in here...dammit!) my husband, Garth (not his real nam ... Read on »
Yet ANOTHER reason why no one would ever mistake me for a Food Network Star by thisfullhouse Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting My kids will tell you that I'm a pretty good cook -- pretty much because we really haven't been to many fancy-schmancy restaurants...as a family...like, as in all together ... Read on »
Working from home is not as easy as you may think by thisfullhouse Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting The great thing about being self-employed:  hiring myself out as a freelancer gives me the opportunity to work on several projects, while being available to my family (s ... Read on »
WoW, At Our House, We Take Electronic Entertainment Very Seriously by thisfullhouse Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting My brother and sister-in-law are big-time World of Warcraft fans and recently gifted my 13 year-old with 6 months of game time.  Considering my son has been BEHHHHHHHHHH ... Read on »
Nearly Wordless Wednesday: Just Me and My Shadows by thisfullhouse Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting Gathering my thoughts and enjoying the nothingness of a day off from school, before the kids wake up I mean. Aaaaaaand, yet another quiet moment is interru ... Read on »
Who Knew, Doofus Is a Designer Dawg? by thisfullhouse Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting I don't know what it is, exactly, but it happens to me every time the seasons change.  I get all fired-up about redecorating, reorganizing, renovating and re-re-ing the ... Read on »
So, I Wrote This Blog Post on Katie Couric's Website by thisfullhouse Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting Raise your hand if you NEVER thought you would EVER read THAT blog post title here at This Full House of crunchy floors and sticky socks [raises handed] me, either. ... Read on »
Cape Cod or Bust, Garth (not his real name) fuh-bid! by thisfullhouse Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting Yeah, I was thinking about stocking up...BIGTIME! I nearly tripped over this basket of sage sticks while in Provincetown this weekend (I know, like in Massac ... Read on »
I Need a Smartphone to Tell Me I Have a Smartphone by thisfullhouse Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting I've been trying to convince my husband, Garth (not his real name) that he really DOES need a smartphone and NOT just for updating your Facebook status, sharing in some ... Read on »
11 Years by thisfullhouse Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting September 11, 2012 It was 2001, soon after the World Trade Center attacks, when a momfriend and I both volunteered to help with the talent show and lead my mid ... Read on »
In Blog Years, I Should Be Friggin' Rich! by thisfullhouse Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting 9 years ago, I had a momfriend over for a playdate (remember those?!?) and, while we did share stories about our kids, fueled by tall glasses of spearmint iced t ... Read on »
See what I did? Notice how THAT didn't work out very well? Don't do it THAT way, okay? by thisfullhouse Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting As a blogger (or blog-guh, if you're from Jersey) I'm often times asked for my opinions on various family-related subjects and have even been allowed to share my thought ... Read on »
Summertime Blew(s) by thisfullhouse Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting It's the last week, before the first week, of the first day of school and dang if it doesn't feel like just yesterday when I was writing about the last week, before the ... Read on »
It's Official, Mom's a Dorkfish! by thisfullhouse Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting I took my kids to the beach for the first time the other day (yes, I know, it's the next to the last week in August) in a last ditch effort to have them be able t ... Read on »
Hey You Guys, Get Off My Kids' Lawn! by thisfullhouse Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting I remember walking home from school with my brother (uphill, both ways, bare feet, in the snow, etc...) and both of us running past the abattoir (exotic-like name for sl ... Read on »
Color Me 50 Shades of Surprised, In Katie's Green Room! by thisfullhouse Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting A week ago (today) my oldest daughter and I traveled into NYC to tape a segment of Katie Couric's new daytime television show (never thought I would say that OUT LOUD... ... Read on »