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Just Humor Me
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No hockey mom here. Diane Laney Fitzpatrick is a former journalist turned mom turned blogger who has moved enough to claim House #9 and an occasionally bad attitude.
Recent Posts
My Key West Souvenir
You know when you go on vacation to a popular destination and everyone you talk to, before you leave, says, “Oh my god, I love it there! You’ve GOT to go to _________ and get the ____________”, and you go and end up feeling some measure of anxi...
Christmas Tree: A 3-Day Event
I’m guessing it’s going to take me the better part of three days to get my Christmas tree up and I think that’s just one of the more ridiculous things about this holiday and its tendency to go over the top. Christmas has become a complete drama...
What Happens in Key West is Too Uneventful to Go Anywhere Else Anyway
I am reporting live from Key West, where I'm on a Thanksgiving vacation. You know, the traditional all-American island, tropical, step-over-the-drunks-in-the-street, Key West vacation.This is a nice vacation for a middle-aged woman, her husband, daug...
Made in China, But Don\'t Even Think About Sending It Back
You know my oldest son lives in China now. Well, I am all but freaking out over the fact that he’s going to be spending his first Christmas away from us, in a country that doesn’t celebrate the birth of Christ with any tinsel, paid days off work,...
Yard Sale Suckiness
Every Saturday I take my daughter to a music lesson, which takes me into a neighborhood that has a chronic yard sale condition. I can’t understand this neighborhood and their need to sell their crap in their front yards, driveways and garages every...
Driving Miss Crazy
I start my day by driving my daughter into the high school. Why doesn’t she take the bus, you ask? Because I made the grave mistake last year of driving my kids to school once and in the Language of Teenagers, that translated to: I never have to ri...

