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Just stumbled upon a multitude of unmated socks. Apparently, my DH let our brood wear 13 pairs. Each. At once. #omfg #strangebuttrue about 6 hours ago via web
@BeMissH IMHO, Dora the Explorer (and her cussed map) are inherently evil. #Ifeelyourpain #parenting about 18 hours ago via web
Just received one of the most endearing bits of fan mail: A letter not only addressed to me, but to Thing One & Thing Two (my brood). #awwww about 18 hours ago via web
Thing Two asked for a gnome for her 11th birthday. Sadly, Thing One obliged. Oy. #gnomesaresofuckingcreepy #parenting 5:48 AM May 28th via web
The laundry room: Where joy, apparently, goes to die. 6:45 AM May 27th via web
Apparently there is a disturbing fascination with bubble butts around here. #omg #parenting twitter.com/PlanetMom/stat… 2:52 PM May 26th via web
IMHO a boy who unfriends a girl on Facebook lacks maturity, decency & a good measure of couth. Also, cohunes. #thisisSOnotintheparentingbook 1:50 PM May 25th via web
@GoonSquadSarah Only if you carry an umbrella. ;-D #itwillsurelyrain 11:35 AM May 25th via web in reply to GoonSquadSarah
@RebeccAgent Is your Al Zuckerman on Twitter, by chance? Met him at a Pennwriters conference once. Cool guy. :-D 10:57 AM May 25th via web
Have yet to hear from Thing Two's teacher (who is probably snorting her soda by now) in reference to the aforementioned "THIS DUDE" phrase. 10:47 AM May 25th via web
Just discovered that Thing Two apparently employed the phrase, "THIS DUDE" on her 5-grade Inventors Poster. Oh my hell. #Ishityounot 9:50 AM May 24th via web
Reading @thebloggess' memoir at an embarrassingly slow pace, because I simply don't want the madness to end. #omfg 11:30 AM May 23rd via web
@TheWeek Nope. It's my way of controlling the universe. ;-D #Ineverclickonfacebookads 7:02 AM May 23rd via web in reply to TheWeek
Wondering whether I should move into the monstrosity-of-a-couch-fort Thing One & Thing Two built or annihilate it. #soconflicted #parenting 6:06 AM May 23rd via web
A t-shirt for the nerds in your life... zazzle.com/talk_nerdy_to_… 3:07 PM May 22nd via web
Call your mother. Right now. And thank her for cleaning your damned toothpaste out of the sink. #ohmyhell #parenting 6:53 PM May 21st via web
Thing Two, who is learning about Bette Nesmith (inventor of Liquid Paper), wants to COVER AN ENTIRE POSTER w/ the stuff. #brilliant #orlazy 6:23 PM May 21st via web
@penguinusa The Hunger Games. Partly b/c it's wicked good & partly b/c my kids have threatened to tell me what happens. #SOcruel #parenting 9:03 AM May 21st via web
Picked up a tennis racquet for the first time in nearly a decade. Of course, my brood suggested that only "a bad mom" would refuse. #demons 8:55 AM May 21st via web
"God forbid we PAINT." Read: The Color of Bizarre: melindawentzel.com/2012/05/21/the… #parenting 6:40 AM May 21st via web

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