An Ode to Customer Service (or…How This Blog Got its Name)

Today this coffeehouse mom had a chance for her semi-regular retreat to the java shop. I was able to revise articles as well as work on some new writing, and it was a delight. Making myself comfortable, I basked in an environment of jazz music, the whirring of the espresso machine, and the pleasure of working-uninterrupted -for the better part of three [...]

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It’s That Time of Year

This week, over at the Schooldays blog, I am writing a little about the variety of advice found in commencement speeches. Advice each year ranges from inspirational to corny to oh-my-gosh-we’ve-so-heard-that-before type of thing.
I most enjoy reading or hearing advice that is novel, new, exciting, funny, and especially truthful. While I’ll include inspirations from others, [...]

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Boredom in the Waiting Room…

Ok, just a fair warning: I am not really into writing about celebrities. But a morning spent at the doctor’s office with celebrity news (or celebrity gossip as it is often referred to), in constant motion on the waiting room’s television screen was getting a bit hard to ignore, even though I probably should have tried [...]

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Ironman

 
Look out. Here comes an unofficial, totally subjective movie review.
My husband and I scored a date night last week (that’s parent-speak meaning we dropped our child like a bad habit with some good friends and went out, just the two of us). 
We went to see the movie Ironman and I must say it was a [...]

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Hit Me, Baby

I just got done reading through the latest ”Friday Funny” list over at Ian’s Messy Desk and it made me laugh, as usual. Today he posted Fun Things to Do During Boring Sermons. Of course I’ve seen this before. But I am still cracking up about it, maybe more now because I have my own child and what in the [...]

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