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Do You Remember Life Before the Internet?
“What was life without internet?” my son asked me the other day. This question caught me off guard, you see even though I’m in my 40s, it’s hard for me to remember exactly what my life was like in the pre-internet era. Let me see, I spent the first 19 years of my life without internet. No cell phone. No laptop. No email. No social media. No iPads. No Netflix. You YouTube. No Waze. No Amazon Prime. My goodness! How did I get things done back then and what did I do with myself? I had to sit down for this one and really think it through. And I’m glad…
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10 Smells from Your Childhood You Forgot You Loved
How often do you come across a scent that automatically transports you back to your youth? Here are 10 smells from your childhood that you forgot you loved.
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Middle School In The ’80s Versus Today – (As featured on Scary Mommy)
You need twice the tough skin to make it through 8th grade today than when we were in 8th grade.
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Throwback References Our Kids Will Never Understand…Sadly
The other day I was sitting at the dining room table with my sons. We were each doing our thing – they were doing homework, and I was working on my laptop. Suddenly, the light went off (we have a timer on it) and I instinctively clapped twice in hopes it would turn on again. Of course, it didn’t because we don’t have the Clapper. Nonetheless, they looked at me with a bewildered look on their face. “Mom, why did you just clap like that?” my 7-year old asked. So, I sang: Clap on! (clap, clap) Clap off! (clap, clap) Clap on, clap off, the clapper! All I get are…
