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Give Your Mom The Gift of Laughter For Mother’s Day

The phone rang at the crack of dawn.  On the other end, there was silence followed by a gasp of breath and high-pitched, hysterical laughter.  It was my mother and she was still laughing about the previous nights event in … Continue reading

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Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop – A Unique Chance To Study “Funny”

“You’re going to expose our personal lives to the public, exploit our children, and hold up our intimate moments together for the world to see?”   “I get three bucks a column,”  I said.   He smiled.  ”Why didn’t you … Continue reading

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The Laughing Mom Year In Review – Behind The Blog 2011

I have to admit that after I reviewed my 50 blog posts from 2011, I had to ask myself the question I hear from my husband everyday, “What in the hell do you do all day?” While I still can’t … Continue reading

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The Holiday Advent (As In Advent-ure) Posts: Day 19 – The Legend of the Christmas Fart

photo credit: fark.com Once upon a time, a fair maiden went on many blind dates and kissed a lot of frogs before she finally met her prince on a cold January afternoon. The courtship ran just short of a year … Continue reading

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The Holiday Advent (As In Advent-ure) Posts: Day 16 – Things Santa Would Trade For Cookies

It’s tradition.  Everyone knows Santa’s only demand in return for stuffing stockings and leaving toys under the tree is a tall glass of cow juice and plate of homemade cookies.   Rumor has it – via Buddy, our Troll Elf … Continue reading

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The Holiday Advent (As In Advent-ure) Posts: Day 15 – The White Elephant Party

Fa, la, la, la la…Christmas time is here again. The hustle and the bustle of wracking your brain trying to think of gifts to give loved ones who don’t really need anything. Gorging on seasonal cookies and sweets until you have … Continue reading

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The Holiday Advent (As In Advent-ure) Posts: Day 14 – Gifts That Kids Love And Parents Hate

Christmas is for kids.  Assembling, picking up and storing all the crap kids get for Christmas is for parents.  The 30 second thrill of seeing the excited looks on their faces as they open that Barbie Airplane tends to overshadow the fact that there … Continue reading

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The Holiday Advent (As In Advent-ure) Posts: Day 9 – Trios, The Best Christmas Cookie Ever

Every holiday season I struggle over which Christmas cookies to make. My grandmother had a petit four stand filled with dozens of varieties of cookies sitting out on her countertop throughout the holiday season.  I can’t imagine how long it must have taken … Continue reading

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Crock-Pot Luck

Crockery Cookery author, the late Mable Hoffman, must be rolling over in her heavenly slow-cooker.  If you have a Facebook account, chances are pretty good you noticed a majority of your friends liking a page titled, Crock Pot Girls over the last few days.  … Continue reading

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Save Our Handwritten Souls

As a kid, one of my favorite birthday gifts was a bike.  Not just any bike.  It had a red sparkly banana seat and tall handlebars flanked by a white plastic basket trimmed in tiny pink roses.  What I would … Continue reading

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