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Humor Updates inspired by but not limited to the trials and observations gathered via raising eight children. Updates on Sunday, Tuesday and Friday Guaranteed, plus extras when time allows. Why? Because fish and comedy start to smell after three days an

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• Mommy Feeling Energy

  Posted on Friday August 29th, 2008 at 12:26 in catholic mom blogs, cell phones, children, college tuition, Emotion, humor blogs, moms, Parents, pets, sherry antonetti, teens

  A friend of mine was stuck at a dinner where a woman espoused that she planned on purchasing a poodle so she could experience that “Mommy Feeling Energy.” Now I know that pets are members of the ...

• Game Masters of the House

  Posted on Tuesday July 1st, 2008 at 21:20 in battle, computer, humor blogs, Nintendo, parenting blog, Parents, sahms, sherry antonetti, summer, television, wii

  Summer unstructured time had gotten out of hand. Kids would get up and begin foraging immediately in the morning for ice cream, turn on the computer or the Nintendo and promptly become utterly inert ...

• A Few Easter Thoughts

  Posted on Sunday March 23rd, 2008 at 21:36 in easter, flamingos, flapping, happiness, mass, Parents, toddlers

  Every Sunday, we go to mass and some days, mass is easier than others. Knowing there were chocolate bunnies and eggs to find made some of our crew a bit squirrely for the 8:30. My oldest was in Florid...

• Relative Math

  Posted on Saturday March 1st, 2008 at 09:43 in catholic school, errands, jesuits, math, mom, Parents, purgatory, sahms, sherry antonetti, snow day

  God had proclaimed a snow day.The County had declared a two hour delay.The Jesuits apparently have a chronological system all unto themselves. A two hour delay means school starts at 9:20 a.m. So my s...

• Latin Class

  Posted on Thursday February 28th, 2008 at 07:43 in gaulic wars, high school, latin class, Parents, sherry antonetti, Students, studying, the aenied, translation

  This is an older piece I wrote and since this week has been demanding, I'm digging into my folder of unpublished pieces. Enjoy. My parents made me take Latin. They explained it would help with wri...

• The Lost Story of Meeting Tony

  Posted on Friday February 1st, 2008 at 09:11 in archives, child rearing, Church, memories, Parents, performance, playing, sherry antonetti, tolerance, tony melendez

  Names have been changed to protect the young –not necessarily the innocent, a true story, warts and all.Last week I took Jeane, Grace and Thomas to see Tony Melendez, the musician who plays guitar w...

• The Game Show

  Posted on Sunday November 25th, 2007 at 20:49 in competition, dads, fabulous prizes, game show, listening, moms, Parents, safety, silence, toddlers, winning

  And now it’s time for every parents’ favorite game show “Do You Hear What I Hear?”“Hello again and welcome back for another exciting round. Today’s contestants are Veteran Mom, New Dad a...

• Why Can't the Parents Teach Their Children How to Speak?

  Posted on Sunday November 11th, 2007 at 11:44 in communication, discipline, errands, imperfect parenting, language, orders, Parents, sherry antonetti

  I finally cracked the code. I can speak my five year old daughter’s language.Oh, I know we taught her English, but communication has always been an issue with her. I assumed it was part and parcel ...

• Pillow Talk

  Posted on Friday November 2nd, 2007 at 19:48 in alarms, bedtime, blankets, Clocks, Parents, pillows, schedule, sherry antonetti, sleep, snoozing, tired, toddlers

  Sometime after a child manages to climb out of the crib, he or she decides that Mom and Dad’s bed is the only place to hang out after dark. Consider our latest two-year-old, who views head butts as ...