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Monthly Archives: August 2013

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BZZZZ Worthy Baby or, why I love free samples

Posted on August 30, 2013 by Abby • Leave a comment

Recently I was introduced to a website called BzzAgent. It is a website that will send you free samples of things (food and otherwise) to try and review. Well I got my first package and YAHOOOOOO it was food. I got a huge sample package of Quaker products (as seen in the picture) So here … Continue reading →

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Stay at home mom-for a day!

Posted on August 28, 2013 by Abby • 8 Comments

So today I am a stay at home mom. I am in charge of the house and the kids. It has been a long time since I have been away from my job for more that a day or two, and when I am gone I am usually running around to appointments or on errands. … Continue reading →

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Blogging while being cyber-bullied

Posted on August 24, 2013 by Abby • 12 Comments

I love to blog. I love to share my days with my online friends. I love to be able to connect with people that understand who I am, who are going through similar trials and tribulations, and it really helps me in my healing process. There is one small problem.  A very angry, and bitter … Continue reading →

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I made the FEATURED page!

Posted on August 22, 2013 by Abby • 9 Comments

About a month ago, I was introduced to a weborectory (I made that up-web directory) of Mommy blogs around the world by a wonderful blogger atlantamomofthree.  Its a wonderful place where you can find blogs written by Mommy’s from all necks of the woods. You can learn about other women’s  lives and journeys, get amazing … Continue reading →

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A Salute to the Veterans

Posted on August 19, 2013 by Abby • 3 Comments

Yesterday, at Patriot Stadium in Somerset, NJ there was a Veterans Appreciation Day. My father is a Navy veteran (submarine man) so we all went to pay tribute to the brave women and men who risk their lives for our freedom. I put together a small video of the images that I took. Enjoy Continue reading →

The kiddos

Ladybug Standout

Posted on August 15, 2013 by Abby • 12 Comments

http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/08/15/daily-prompt-standout/ This was taken on Mothers Day 2013 with the Fujifilm X10. Continue reading →

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In Which It Becomes Really Obvious We Need to Discuss DV

Posted on August 15, 2013 by Abby • Leave a comment

Originally posted on theradicalidea:
I’m just going to start you off with a list of things people I know were told about domestic violence this weekend: “People can just work through it in therapy” “Sometimes it’s better to be abused than to lose someone” “If it were really that bad, they would just make it…

The kiddos

Going Broke, I mean buying School supplies

Posted on August 14, 2013 by Abby • 5 Comments

I get it. Budgets are tight. Every year the schools get cuts and things get tight for the teachers. I get it. But in a town where the property taxes are about $8900.00 and $5000.00 of that goes to the school, I was pretty upset when I got my sons Kindergarten School supply list. I … Continue reading →

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An open letter to the jane q. public i wrote those tickets to…

Posted on August 13, 2013 by Abby • Leave a comment

Originally posted on don of all trades:
Dear Jane Q. Public: I recently became aware that you took a few minutes out of your life to send an online complaint to my Department’s Internal Affairs Division because you were upset that I would not listen to your excuses about why you drove through that red…

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I didn’t know it was abuse

Posted on August 13, 2013 by Abby • 2 Comments

Originally posted on Deliberate Donkey:
I didn’t know it was abuse. I thought when he left bruises on their bottoms it was just an accident. I’m sure he didn’t mean to hurt them. Owies and bruises and bumps because they hurt themselves in his care didn’t mean that he wasn’t watching them. Kids are clumsy…

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