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We might have to get rid of our television for awhile. The commercials are putting my kids in this frame of mind where they realize that you are actually supposed to clean your house. Recently I've heard, "Mom, our ground is dirty, we need 'Bam! The dirt is gone'." Today after...
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hello everyone.... we found these and thought we'd share. The Hipwaders are one of my favorite kindie-rock bands, who knows.. they may become yours too.... and they're giving away their recordings of three disney songs; heffalumps and woozles (my fave), (the work song) cinderella, and...
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I started Sunday thinking, wow, next year I'll be an actual mom on Mother's Day. I ended the day thinking, wow, I already am a mom, in a way.
My love and I spent the afternoon with his family, where we got to surprise his parents with the news that we are pregnant. James made a very cute T-shirt...
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My Mother's Day
-Woke up with same ear ache and hearing loss I'd had a for a few days, so I put more drops in my ear.
-We went to church. Each mom was given a flower. The kiddo took mine. At the end of church the kiddo gave me a small gift full of candy. A few...
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Oh happy day! Two and a half months after his birth, Aidan has reached his first milestone...the eight hour stretch at night. I must say, though, it is more a milestone for me. I can actually sleep six hours without interruption. Well, as long as I don't count the four...
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How did you get pampered for Mother's Day? For me, Mother's Day is one of the most special days of the year. A place when I can sit back, eat what I want, have my husband pamper me. This Mother's Day was Phat and Fat.
<u>Phat </u>because it was truly a day...
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Just signed the contract for my third official book, fourth total! And the feeling of receiving a contract offer doesn't diminish with each book. God's Garden, will be available late this year, published by Paulist Press in New Jersey. I'm excited about this book because it...
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Happy Mother's Day!! Enjoy Raising Bakersfield!
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My Mom is the epitome of nurturing. Not only did she nurture her own children, she was a wonderful step Mom to two and foster Mom to over 25 children. To me that is remarkable. To love not only the children that came from you, but also those who came to you. She has an incredible strength...
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Some heartfelt quotes for the occasion:
"A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie." - Tenneva Jordan
"I hope my children look back on today and see a mother who had time to play! Children...
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Have a wonderful day. You deserve it.
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On Mother's Day, we celebrate all the mothers in our lives. But for us, Mother's Day is much more than a single holiday on the calendar that comes once a year. Here at RaisingBakersfield.com, we celebrate mothers and mothering, and parents and parenting, every single day, through all...
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try Flicks again? I saw them at Bed, Bath and Beyond today. I was very tempted to buy a tube.
You see, I loved Flicks when I was a kid. They disappeared off the face of the earth mid or late 80's. In the early 70's, when I'd go to the Fox to see a movie (yep, it was a...
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Here’s a list of 5 things I can’t stand:
1. Those annoying commercials for allergies, asthma, and arthritis that list every side effect (diarrhea, dizziness, kidney failure, anal leakage, erratic heart beat, high blood pressure, sexual dysfunction, suicidal...
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It's said that you can't really appreciate or understand your parents until you are a parent yourself. I've been thinking about this a lot lately with all of my work on Raising Bakersfield and Mother's Day this weekend. I am not a parent yet, so I wonder what kind of new...
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I'm getting totally stoked as one week from today is Mile 124- a superchill night of expression & reflection I am coordinating!
This is seriously the perfect night for parents because they can enjoy coffee, do art, get lost in the music and their kids are being cared for just feet away! I...
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There have been several posts about how crazy busy we get, including posts from me. I came across MemoToMe.com, and it's pretty useful for my type, and maybe yours too. Being a writer, I spend mucho time in front of my computer. I have two screens running and one is pretty much...
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When I look in my daughter's eyes, I see my own (they look much better on her). When I look at her, I see a bright future that can be anything she wants. My goal from day one of fatherhood is that when she looks at me, she can also see a bright future for her that can be anything she...
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It was a tough day. One calamity after another, begot one breakdown after another. Near the end of the day, I walked in the door to our house and saw a note left by my husband: I haven’t collected the sample yet. You’ll have to do it.
What...
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I've been joking lately that I have "pregnancy brain." I forget stuff. Mostly words. I'll be mid-sentence, and for the life of me, I can't remember a certain word. I have to be really diligent with my lists at work, or else things just get away from me. I've been misplacing things at...
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to this website. I'm supposed to be studying for my real estate exam, but I'm on here reading posts instead. I studied for awhile, took one practice exam, changed two loads of laundry, finally ate some lunch at 2:30, and now I'm back here because I don't want to do anything else. My mom has my...
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So, I've thought about what I'd like for Mother's Day. I know all this won't happen. It's just my my brainstorm list.
-a house keeper
-manicure & pedicure sans preschooler in tow
-see a movie with girlfriends - chick flick, of course!
-a night out with the hubby
-a full body...
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Split N Two provides emotional support and mentors to non-custodial parents. Our goal is to raise awareness for parental alienation, high conflict divorce issues, visitation/custody and access problems that the non-custodial parent faces.
Split N Two
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Call us at 587-1300 to schedule service. We are a locally owned repair service for all major brands of appliances. *Valid only with first visit. Valid until 7/31/08.
Appliance Repair Specialist
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I went with my son's kindergarten class on their field trip to CALM today. I realized that there are some times we need to just watch the kids from a step back. With his friends, he is in his world, and it is really cool to watch him be who he wants to be. So I didn't say much...
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This is only a sample advertisement. To advertise a discount to your business, contact Jillian Weaver at 661-395-7613 or via email at sales@raisingbakersfield.com Rates start as low as $99 for 6 months.
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This was email to me several times this week. In my opinion you can replace the word Mom with Parent. So dads are included! But I didn't write it, just sharing it.
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Before I was a Mom -
I never tripped over...
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Back in August, my eldest son had a series of allergy tests done. His allergist had mentioned that his food allergies should start going away soon, but that he'd probably pick up more seasonal allergies, and I wanted to have his peanut allergy test re-done to see where we stand with that one. I...
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Ugh. I hate when the kids are sick. They're cranky and unhappy, and it never fails that once one is sick, the other inevitably comes down with it too. I am a little surprised that they have a cold right now--it's not really cold and flu season anymore.
Neither of them napped enough today, and...
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I've been here long enough now to know that we don't exactly have great air here. In fact, isn't it like the 2nd smoggiest city in the nation?
I am wondering how much this really affects us. I mean, our bedroom is likely much less clean than yours, but it also isn't at a level that...
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I've never considered myself a "Dummy". I may not be the brightest on all subjects. However, I am an educated woman, I've traveled nationally and internationally, an honor student (after I applied myself) and can figure things out. Well, today that all...
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I'm not sure it's possible to add one more event to our current schedule. Andrew is in Kindergarten 5 days a week and Kaitlynn attends preschool 2 half days a week. We have gymnastics for her on Monday, Awanas for both kids on Wednesdays, one baseball game on a weeknight, one baseball...
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Does anyone have their child enrolled in the Bakersfield Brigade soccer league, specifically the Mini Brigades? We start soccer this coming Saturday at Liberty Park, but I'm beginning to have second thoughts about the program. The uniforms were supposed to be ready for pick up between 5/7...
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Never had much use for them. In fact, I've never even opened one, including all the ones given to me by well-meaning friends or relatives who put their creativity aside when shopping for father's day gifts. I firmly (maybe "stubbornly" is a better word?) believe that no two...
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The first time The Pumpkin busted out with the Pledge of Allegiance, we were totally surprised. Apparently, a different kid in her class is chosen every day to be “the leader,” and one of the duties of the leader is to lead the class in the pledge. When she first...
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I completely understand how precious and how fragile life is. Being a nurse for many many years, I've seen the delicate balance between life and death. And how quick that balance can shift. I think that at times, I/we forget that delicate balance.
I'm ever so reminded to count...
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The following is an article I posted in the Northwest Voice about our Spring Break trip to Mexico, so some of you may have read it.
Let me tell you about my house. It's 1,350 square feet, including the garage and it is much too small. The paint is chipping, the trim is rotting,...
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I am so thankful for this great website! I have a five year old son and we are looking for a new pediatrician. I was hoping that someone would be able to recommend someone fabulous! Thank you for any feedback you can provide.
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When you become a parent your whole entire world and thought process changes. At a certain age your child really starts to mimick everything you do and say. My son now loves to walk around and do two lunges and a squat. He also loves to do leg lifts for his abs and pretend like...
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There are temper tantrums and then there are full-blown, to-the-extreme, the-neighbors-must-think-I'm-abusing-my-child tantrums. You know what I'm talking about. And yeah, we had one of those days yesterday.
I always feel like I'm such an awful mother when that happens. ...
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Today my two kiddoes and I took a trip to Borders for their "Little Book-A-Roo" storytime. We learned about it from the RaisingBakersfield.com flyer I got in the mail recently (which also was what brought me to this site). It was a really well-designed storytime! We got there about 5...
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Today I feel joy and relief. I finally heard my baby's heartbeat for the first time. Now I know it's a real. As if the nausea, throwing up, constipation, missed periods and positive blood and urine tests weren't enough evidence.
I'm due Nov. 21. If all goes well, Thanksgiving will be a VERY...
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Eight years ago today my life changed forever, for the better. My sweet Sequoia was born, 4 weeks early and feet first. She has been a light in my life ever since. She is beautiful inside and out. A singer and dancer. An artist and animal lover. Compassionate, kind and a wonderful friend. I can't...
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I take the bus to work every morning. I work in Rexland Park - not really the best area in town. So, I usually have my book along, stay to myself, and just read. Today, however, was a different morning.
A former gang member, Renee, started up a conversation with me! ...
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Do any of you cook like I do? Open the pantry, the fridge, the freezer and just start grabbing stuff to creatively throw together? Here were the contestants from last night. From the freezer, frozen Tilapia. From the Fridge, Italian dressing (the cheap "Sunny...
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My mother recently suffered a loss. She had to quit her job because of misconduct on her employer’s part. The loss, therefore, had not only to do with losing her income, but also losing hope in a person she had previously trusted. The circumstances surrounding her loss...
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Too much stuff going on, and I'm behind on all of it. You'd think being behind would be a good motivator. Not for me. Some day, I'll write a book on procrastination. So why do I take on so much? I'm not leading to an answer with that question. I really don't...
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This morning was unique in that I was cooking. Cooking is generally my husbands responsibility. However, today I was cooking to bring tacos to my moms group Potluck. My daughter was hanging out in the kitchen doing her thing. Playing, drinking talking (babbling). I...
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I'm sure many here have been injured before, and taken the steps to having to attend the doctors office, and then being sent out to get x-rays or MRIs or something along those lines. Thing that sucks the most is, after you get those pictures or whatever done, you have that little waiting period...
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