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The Self-Righteous Housewife: July 2013
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Monday, July 08, 2013. College orientation- for the parents- seems to vary greatly from school to school. After asking around I have heard everything from a parent who did not even know she was invited to orientation (her son's doing) to parents who go, stay in the dorm, attend a sample class, play quarter bounce with their underage kids and try to pledge a sorority. (All of that last one is true but the sorority). Somewhere between these extremes lies my own experience now with two very different schools.
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The Self-Righteous Housewife: March 2013
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Monday, March 18, 2013. TURNABOUT AND THE PHOTO SHOOT. Saturday Lilly went to the Turnabout Dance in Glenview. That is the dance where the girls ask the boys. We called it Sadie Hawkins where I grew up but it's just another reason to have a formal dance and that's all good. There are a lot of customs and rituals to follow for THE BIG DANCE and I realized that between our three kids and all the high school dances this was the 13th time around for Jeff and me which one might think makes us kind of experts.
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The Self-Righteous Housewife: June 2013
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Sunday, June 16, 2013. JUST FAKE THE DRIVING LOG. Lilly had her first drivers ed class on Monday and on the way home she asked if she could stop and drive for the first time. I said sure, and we went up to the high school parking lot which was empty and I let her practice accelerating and stopping. She is my third child so this is the third time I've had the honor of driving with a young person for THE VERY FIRST TIME! I mean, for god's sake, she kept saying "Is this the 'go pedal' or the 'stop pedal'?
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The Self-Righteous Housewife: MOMS AND JASON BOURNE SKILLS
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Sunday, August 11, 2013. MOMS AND JASON BOURNE SKILLS. Remember, special agent mom, never say yes to candy at the check-out counter. Jeff LOVES Matt Damon. Well, who doesn't love Matt Damon? But he has a total man-crush on him and and admires Matt's considerable on-screen skills at evading the bad guys when he is playing Jason Bourne. Real quick, in case you do not know, Jason Bourne is like James Bond only he has amnesia so he does not even KNOW who the bad guy is at any given moment! The next morning, ...
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The Self-Righteous Housewife: BE KIND ON THURSDAY
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Saturday, November 23, 2013. BE KIND ON THURSDAY. On Thursday, you may find yourself seated at a table next to someone who does not eat meat. Yes, that means, this person, may indeed say "no thank you" as the turkey is passed around the table. So extend her the same courtesy and don't try to discuss her food choice. Anyway, I just ask that you try to be courteous on Thursday and not comment on the whole thing. For some reason, this seems to be a fun pastime for some uncles and grandpas and even dads.
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The Self-Righteous Housewife: SHOPPING FOR BIG BROTHER
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Monday, April 01, 2013. SHOPPING FOR BIG BROTHER. My fashion plate. Notice, no winter coat but it was very cold that day. Yesterday Atticus (who was home for Easter) spent most of the day in his boxer shorts. He did put pants on when Grace's boyfriend, Billy came in. I said, "Hey maybe even a shirt? And he glanced down at the pile of clothing on the floor and said, "Oh, yeah, here's a shirt.". While they were gone I got a frantic text from Grace, "He has NO idea what he's doing. He does not even know...
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The Self-Righteous Housewife: THAT NEARLY EMPTY NEST
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Friday, April 12, 2013. THAT NEARLY EMPTY NEST. Text from my neighbor:. Just watching "The Middle". It was funny to get that text last night because I happened to be watching "The Middle" at the same time and it wasn't even on right then: both of us were watching it a day late on our DVR. I also happened to be thinking the same thing. In this episode, her character, Frankie, was trying to get a job and the employers kept asking her "So who IS Frankie? By Anne Morrow Lindbergh while on vacation last month...
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The Self-Righteous Housewife: May 2013
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Thursday, May 23, 2013. It's May, I have a senior in high school, and EVERYTHING happens this month. Concerts, end-of-year banquets, the award ceremony, Prom, Senior Ditch Day, Graduation, and for our family- both girls' birthdays. For me, my main job in all of this, appears to be lying. So I decided sure, why not. They can miss PE and make a memory for a lifetime. The only problem was I had to "call them out" by calling the school to excuse their late arrival. But tomorrow morning I have to come up with...
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The Self-Righteous Housewife: COLLEGE VISITS
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Friday, April 26, 2013. It is official, child number two, Grace, has decided to attend Valparaiso University. She will be studying Choral Music Education so she can be a high school choir teacher. Now to get in to a good Music Education program you have to audition- as in sing opera-y type songs in Italian and German and stuff. Luckily, Grace actually knows how to do that but I have to admit, until this year, I had NO idea our choir teachers were so gifted. Nail down a date for the visit. Good luck with ...
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The Self-Righteous Housewife: SEASON OF DECEIT
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Thursday, May 23, 2013. It's May, I have a senior in high school, and EVERYTHING happens this month. Concerts, end-of-year banquets, the award ceremony, Prom, Senior Ditch Day, Graduation, and for our family- both girls' birthdays. For me, my main job in all of this, appears to be lying. So I decided sure, why not. They can miss PE and make a memory for a lifetime. The only problem was I had to "call them out" by calling the school to excuse their late arrival. But tomorrow morning I have to come up with...
