It takes a village...

Truth be told, I've been too slammed with Mom-dom lately to be a good "mom blogger". If you know me at all, you know I'm kind of hurling as I write that sentence, and I couldn't make myself write the "my" part at the end. (I have no beef with blogging or mommys, just the two together curdle for me.) It's not the only part of the spectrum I've been neglecting- one could also say I've been a remiss shower-er, a lackadaisical mascara applier, and a woefully inadequate car-cleaner out-er.

When you are the sole parent at home for five weeks to three kids and a puppy, things don't fall by the wayside, they are chucked with wanton abandon and vigor, in the hopes of keeping the wagon on the trail. On the up side, I've been a champion order-er of Chinese food, and our pizza delivery man asks me how the children are when he stops by.

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