Category Archives: work

How do you say… YES!

Posted on 2012/10/05 by circuskitchen

Wouldn’t you know the very day I did that last post (one week ago), I actually couldn’t find my phone for most of the day, even as I waited for The Call.  Then stupidly I found it in a logical … Continue reading →

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A Smell That Bugs Won’t Understand

Posted on 2012/08/04 by circuskitchen

What do water, milk, lemon juice, anchovy paste and wasabi have in common? They are all the ingredients to Gavin’s latest invention: ANTI-BUG SMELL! This blog post could also be titled, “You Know Your House is A Total F*ing Mess … Continue reading →

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Vermont Memoratopia

Posted on 2012/07/29 by circuskitchen

Over the weekend, we (“O’s) drove up to visit my mom in Vermont for the weekend, to help and purge decades worth of old photographs.  As I helped my mom’s whole life flash before her eyes, what had for years seemed … Continue reading →

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Popcorn Picnic: New & Improved

Posted on 2012/05/11 by circuskitchen

Once in a while you just need to plop your kids down in front of The Hypnotist (TV). And then you get distracted by their rare mute, cute sweetness. Let’s zoom in a little, shall we? Pardon me while I … Continue reading →

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Mother’s Day from Gavin’s School

Posted on 2012/05/10 by circuskitchen

This is what came home from school with Gavin for Mother’s Day. I am so impressed with the teachers for taking, printing, cutting, assembling and laminating all the photos and paper into books for all the kids’ moms. They really … Continue reading →

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The Balanced Money Formula

Posted on 2012/03/05 by circuskitchen

Must share!  Check out this gem -a personal finance tool- I recently found in my personal Quest for Financial Health.  (What a concept.)  It is from the book “All Your Worth,” by Elizabeth Warren (as if I didn’t already have … Continue reading →

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Are You Kidding Lady?

Posted on 2011/12/05 by circuskitchen

“Are you KIDDING LADY?!”  The guy yells at me as his baggy pants graze the 12″ wheel of my 3-year-old son’s bicycle.  The bike, and my son, are perched atop my baby’s stroller which also holds our bags, and my … Continue reading →

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Juggler v. Bureaucrazy

Posted on 2011/11/05 by circuskitchen

WE’RE IN!  We’re in!  We’re in!  We did it!  We did it!  We’re IN! After TWO MONTHS of battling a Red Tape Bureaucracy (RTB), our application for Gavin to attend this state subsidized PRESCHOOL was FINALLY APPROVED.  So, it’s not … Continue reading →

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Better Than…

Posted on 2011/11/03 by circuskitchen

After relenting and putting on a video for our boy today, my mom mercifully assured me on the phone, “A video is better than fighting.”  Regrettably, “fighting” -with my 3 year old!- is one of the ways in which I … Continue reading →

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Office Baby, Can You Explain?

Posted on 2011/11/02 by circuskitchen

  PS:  This video features Fancy Gesign Baby Leg Warmers hand knitted with love by Bubble Wow.  (o:

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