DVD “extras”? Give me a break.

I’ve never ever ever watched a DVD ‘deleted scene’ which was wrongly cut out of the move — why do they include this crap??

Answer to: Who Stumbled me?

1666077667Ever get some traffic to your site via Stumbleupon and wish you could figure out who to thank?

I thought this was common knowledge, but apparently it isn’t, so I’ll share this sweet tip with you.

Let’s say that this is the URL to a post of yours which is getting traffic from Stumbleupon:
http://tryhandmade.com/passive-aggressive-lunch-notes/

Take off the ‘http://’ part and add it to the end of ‘http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/’ like this:
http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/tryhandmade.com/passive-aggressive-lunch-notes/

On the right side of the page you’ll see the name of the Stumbler who first discovered your page and you can thank them if you like.

So thanks Karen (Craftastophe), I’m glad you liked Lotta’s post. There will be another one next week!

And for the rest of you, have you seen that Lotta (Mom-O-Matic) has a column on my site Try Handmade? You really need to check out Crafting with Lotta, but be sure you’re not drinking anything that you don’t mind snorting all over your computer screen!

One hell of a long day

Got all three boys to the dentist at 7:30 this morning. Everybody got cleanings, Henry got Xrays, and Ed got sealants, they we took them all to school.

I went with Craig to his 11:40 appointment for a bone marrow biopsy. (Think medieval corkscrew into his hip bone.) They say it’s probably nothing, but you know… stressful anyway.

My mom picked up Charlie from school at 12:30, and took him on an adventure for an hour. (Thank you.)

Got Craig home by 1:15, and he went to buy Henry a new baseball mitt before the lidocaine in his hip wore off.

At 1:45 I picked Ed up from school. At 2:20 I picked up Henry.

3:30 I took the boys to their swim lessons.

At 5 Craig hobbled to Ed’s Tball game and watched from a chair while Charlie and I went to Henry’s baseball practice at 5:30.

Got home a little before 7 (now) and microwaved hot dogs for Charlie and Henry and hoped that Ed got pizza after his game.

I can forecast the future: I’ll be asleep by 9, and Craig will have beat me to it.

Hoping tomorrow is relentlessly boring.

How I have ruined my children

About every other week I’ll make pancakes for dinner. The kids love it! But there’s one problem. I’m not much of a June Cleaver making pancakes on weekend mornings, so the other day when I offered them pancakes for breakfast, they freaked out.

Pancakes for breakfast??? You should have seen the looks they gave me. You would have thought I offered to make them steak.

I’ve clearly corrupted their brains more than I thought.

I’m not Australian

I laughed so hard while I was making this that I thought Craig was going to put me in a home. Humor me for 18 seconds and watch my new masterwork?

(Click through to the site if you can’t see this in your feed reader or email — sorry.)

Thanks Jenny and Eden for getting me hooked…

Want
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Want

Come to me all you glorious Fluevogs…

Handmade Fashion Week
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It’s getting Mooshy over on Try Handmade. Check out Casey’s guest post about wearing handmade at Fashion Week and hear more about her exciting trip last month.

Hey, so speaking of X, let me tell you about Y…
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Anyone besides me wonder if the networking at this year’s BlogHer will consist largely of sponsored conversations? Is everyone going to be handing out their sponsor’s business cards instead of their own? Will everyone be …

My biggest problem with “Lost”
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My biggest problem with “Lost”

WHY won’t this guy take off his tie?? Seriously, he’s stranded on a hot island, traveling through time, having near-death experiences every day… and he’s concerned about the level of sartorial formality expected of him? …

What would it take to stimulate my economy?
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I can’t even come up with an amount of money the government could send me that I would choose to spend instead of save or pay down bills.
$750? Save. $7,500? Save.
And I don’t understand who …

I’ll never admit which ones…
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..but there are some blogs which I constantly confuse with other blogs, and now I know I’ll never sort out which babies / problems / issues belong to which blogger.
Erika is a bad blogger!

Let’s see, why have I been so quiet?
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Do you really want to hear me complain about the economy or my resentment towards Alan Greenspan? In one way, we don’t have anything to complain about because we have shelter, food, clothing and so …

We’ve got creatures stirring
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We’ve got creatures stirring

Merry Christmas from all of us here in Christmas-mania-land.

xoxoxo,
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Get your special breakfast ready now
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Get your special breakfast ready now

I just finished getting my Cream Cheese Coffeecakes ready to go for tomorrow morning, and if you’re looking for a great prepare-ahead pastry brunch, then look no further. This recipe is from my late mother-in-law …

Why I no longer use the Comment Luv plugin
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Why I no longer use the Comment Luv plugin

I used to really enjoy the Comment Luv Wordpress plugin which adds a link to your most recent post when you comment on one of my blogs, but it has been broken for me on …

Shhh, it’s just a hint…
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37 seconds of unadulterated awesome.

More news soon — I know you just can’t wait after this tasty tasty sample.
(…Clearing space on my mantel for my Emmy…)

My favorite time of the week
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My favorite time of the week

Friday afternoon after I’ve picked up all three boys, popped some popcorn and turned on a movie (today it’s A Charlie Brown Christmas)… This is my favorite time during the week.
We’ve almost all made it …

What is an affiliate program, and how to use it for good over the holidays
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What is an affiliate program, and how to use it for good over the holidays

I need to explain something boring first in order to tell you about something that I was having trouble with earlier today. Bear with me for just a paragraph or two ;)
Did you know that …

Where do you draw the blogging line?
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Where do you draw the blogging line?

So where do you draw the line between sharing something personal about your kid which might help other kids, and protecting their privacy? Personally, I err on the side of privacy. I know you would …

Lunchbox dilemma
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Lunchbox dilemma

At the last minute I’ve discovered that Henry needs a “disposable” lunch for his field trip, and that means I can’t send along his metal drink bottle.
So which is better for my 6 year old? …

Why I’ll never be a speech therapist
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Why I’ll never be a speech therapist

My oldest boy Henry is almost 7 and still has some funkiness in the way he pronounces words. Usually all it takes is a simple reminder, and he stops saying “lellow” and remembers to say …

Forgive me whilst I pimp myself to you   Forgive me whilst I pimp myself to you

Hey folks. Many of you probably don’t know about my other blog, Try Handmade. And that’s cool because that blog and this one have different audiences. But I’ve just started offering ads over there and …

Fuck
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Fuck

Get yourself over to Shannon’s. This shit isn’t fair.

Because everything reminds me of Seinfeld
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Because everything reminds me of Seinfeld

A fully-formed tarte on a doilly — so what did I do?

BlogHer 2009 will be in …
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BlogHer 2009 will be in …

Chicago!
But unlike 2 years ago, the conference will be all in one venue. No more shuttles, wasting time walking for blocks to get to events. Everything will be happening at the Chicago Sheraton & Towers.
Read …

We as a people will get there
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I try not to get caught up. I try not to think he’s going to be the one to solve many of our problems. I try to remember that he too is a politician, and …

Why must you make shopping so hard?
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Why must you make shopping so hard?

What kind of sick freak puts ZIPPERS on infant pants??

Halloween Horror Story: Where have I gone wrong?
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Halloween Horror Story: Where have I gone wrong?

My policy on Halloween candy is “Ohmygod, just eat it now so I don’t have to hear you whine about it.” In that spirit, the day after Halloween, my boys’ treat buckets were getting pretty …

Why my 5 year old is voting for McCain
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We thought it would be a good idea for the boys to watch some of the Presidential debate, but now I’m not so sure. They walked in right as Obama was saying this:
Parents are going …

My very humble but clearly impossible dream
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I would love one day to be able to walk into my own bathroom and not be greeted by the sight of my childrens’ poop in the toilet. That is all.

We went out on a school night. We’ve still got it.
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We went out on a school night. We’ve still got it.

Last Monday night, Craig and I did something unusual.

We went out on a weeknight! My wonderful mom stayed with the kids and Craig and I got to see David Byrne in concert in San Francisco …

“Aggregation without aggravation” Sounds great, right?
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Ever heard of Alltop? It’s the brainchild of Guy Kawasaki, Will Mayall, and Kathryn Henkens and is a huge strictly moderated compilation of top sites in, as of today, 213 topics. I can’t imagine the …