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The Walmart Surprise

By Solitary Mama On 2011/11/15 · 15 Comments · In GBE 2, I Don't Know Where Else to Put This, What I Do, You're Not Going to Believe This Ish

The good thing about shopping at Walmart is you are almost always guaranteed some sort of surprise. One time I grabbed a mushy cucumber from the cucumber bin. That kind of surprise is similar to the Halloween game where you put your hand in the bowl of peeled grapes and pretend they’re eyeballs. Except you [...]

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Dear Crazy Mommy Bloggers: Here are the Types of Bloggers I Adore

By Solitary Mama On 2011/11/06 · 32 Comments · In Solitary Mama, What I Do

If you’ve stopped by in the last few days, you probably noticed the shit storm I created in the last post. Yes, yes, I think I’m funny and sometimes I’m not. I do know why the mommy bloggers were angry and didn’t share in my cackling, but you know what? This is my blog. This [...]

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5 Types of Mommy Bloggers I Hate That Most Likely Hate Me Too

By Solitary Mama On 2011/11/04 · 96 Comments · In Solitary Mama, What I Do

Mommy Blogger: (Mom-ee Blawg-er) A maternal- type person that keeps an online journal, often referred to as their “J.O.B.” even if they don’t make any money. Because since it’s a J.O.B. it totally justifies sitting on the computer all day. The Mommy Blogger started out as a Farmville Fanatic on Facebook, but figured out they [...]

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And then I took my mustache to the beach...

It’s Movember 2011. Chicks Don’t Want Mustaches So Let’s Watch My Armpit Hair Grow

By Solitary Mama On 2011/11/01 · 20 Comments · In Do Good Stuff, Solitary Mama, What I Do

Those of you that know me, or at least have known me since last year, have probably seen me with a mustache on more than one occasion. It all started here for Movember exactly one year ago.

Ever since last Movember, the mustache thing has kind of stuck around. I don’t know and don’t [...]

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Halloween Costumes Through the Years: No One Wants to Be A Robot.

By Solitary Mama On 2011/10/28 · 10 Comments · In Holidays, I Don't Know Where Else to Put This, Solitary Mama, What I Do

My daughter wants to be a vampire this year for Halloween. She specifically said “a scary vampire. Not a cute one.” Last year, she wanted to be scary and I bought her a witch costume. After a handful of people told her “awww…you’re such a cute witch,” she didn’t want to be a witch anymore. [...]

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Ownership, What Owned Me, and How I Quit Smoking and Became a Cough Drop Junkie

By Solitary Mama On 2011/10/24 · 17 Comments · In GBE 2, I Don't Know Where Else to Put This, Solitary Mama, Wisdom You Won't Use Anywhere

I used to smoke. Looking at me now and how much the smell of smoke totally grosses me out, you’d probably never guess that though.

I quit pretty much for vanity. That’s what I tell people. I don’t have a great story of almost losing my life, having a heart attack, having a stroke, or [...]

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When Should Kids Have Cell Phones?

By Solitary Mama On 2011/10/15 · 16 Comments · In Boring Parenting Stuff

During a recent Twitter chat via #SingleParentsTalking, the question came up regarding kids and cell phones. When should a child have a cell phone? And how young is too young?

To be honest, I am one of those people that would get my daughter a cell phone right now if it weren’t [...]

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Guess Who Asked Me Out #2 and Why I Probably Said No

By Solitary Mama On 2011/10/07 · 12 Comments · In Guess Who Asked Me Out, Random Relationship Stuff, Single Mom Relationships, Solitary Mama, You're Not Going to Believe This Ish

I told you I had a Guess Who Asked Me Out Part 2. Did you really think no one ever asks me out? Pshhh…I’m hot. And I know I am, because she tells me all the time and she’s hot so she knows what she’s talking about. I get asked out so much…never mind, [...]

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Balance it Out, Single Parents. You Can Do It.

By Solitary Mama On 2011/10/03 · 12 Comments · In Single Mom Relationships, Single Parent Activities, Single Parenting Sucks, Solitary Mama

The GBE2 topic is “balance”. The members of the Side Effects of Single Parenting Tribe had a Tweet and Meet on Twitter and I noticed that in general, we have no balance. Not that we have issues or anything, just that things always seem either black or white, no gray.

One of [...]

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First Edition of “Guess Who Asked Me Out?”

By Solitary Mama On 2011/09/29 · 16 Comments · In Crazy Folder, Guess Who Asked Me Out, Random Relationship Stuff, Single Mom Relationships, You're Not Going to Believe This Ish

Decided I’m going to start a “Guess Who Asked Me Out” series because I have a ton of stories to share. Not really a ton but maybe a couple, which means this series may consist of two posts. Anyway on to Part 1 of possibly two editions…

The other day I’m sitting in my office [...]

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I’m Judging You and Sometimes I’m Right

By Solitary Mama On 2011/09/28 · 17 Comments · In I Don't Know Where Else to Put This, Kinda Weird, You're Not Going to Believe This Ish

I’m not particularly judgmental. I try not to be. I feel like I am temporarily allowed to judge since the GBE 2 prompt this week is “judgment” which I interpret as meaning “do what you want.”

1. You Are Bad At Dating

Jason Dean decided that the best way to get Rebecca to [...]

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What Is Triberr and Why Bloggers Should Go Tribal

By Solitary Mama On 2011/09/23 · 16 Comments · In I Don't Know Where Else to Put This, Triberr Stuff, What I Do

First of all, I’m not getting any kind of special tribal gear or anything for this post (although I should, right?) I thought it would be a good idea to try to explain it a little more in depth than I have in the two sentence messages I have been stalking everyone with.

Triberr is [...]

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Pretty sure I met you 5 years ago, Ronald. Stop calling me Ronald.

Photocopying Our Loyalties. Originals are Always Better

By Solitary Mama On 2011/09/19 · 18 Comments · In Do Good Stuff, GBE 2, I Don't Know Where Else to Put This, Wisdom You Won't Use Anywhere

I was thinking the other day about how so many people that I meet are actually duplicates of someone else I already met. I’ve lived in a slew of other states and a couple other countries (if you count the one in which I was born) and I’ve met a lot of people. Sometimes I [...]

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