Imperfect Mommy http://imperfectmommy.com ...bringing sanity back to motherhood. Sun, 12 May 2013 02:18:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 No More Babies http://imperfectmommy.com/blog/2013/05/11/no-more-babies/ http://imperfectmommy.com/blog/2013/05/11/no-more-babies/#comments Sun, 12 May 2013 02:18:53 +0000 Imperfect Mommies http://imperfectmommy.com/?p=6993 Me to Mark: “Honey, I read an article today that said that parents of three children are more stressed than parents of two or four kids. I think we should have another baby.” Mark: *looks at me like I’ve lost my mind* Me: “….or, I suppose we could kill one of the ones we already have.” Mark: [...]

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]]> http://imperfectmommy.com/blog/2013/05/02/missing-my-babies/feed/ 4 How Blogging Gave Me My Sanity Back http://imperfectmommy.com/blog/2013/04/30/how-blogging-gave-me-my-sanity-back/ http://imperfectmommy.com/blog/2013/04/30/how-blogging-gave-me-my-sanity-back/#comments Tue, 30 Apr 2013 21:29:02 +0000 Marie http://imperfectmommy.com/?p=6888 In celebration of Mother’s Day, Books Make a Difference is exploring how blogs have become a part of the modern-day mommy experience.  Meagan Frank, Senior Writer at Books Make a Difference, kindly invited Jenny and me to share how being a blogger has made a difference in our own experience as a mom.  For some reason, Meagan thought we [...]

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]]> http://imperfectmommy.com/blog/2013/04/30/how-blogging-gave-me-my-sanity-back/feed/ 9 Why We Blog http://imperfectmommy.com/blog/2013/04/30/my-experience-of-blogging/ http://imperfectmommy.com/blog/2013/04/30/my-experience-of-blogging/#comments Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:27:14 +0000 Imperfect Mommies http://imperfectmommy.com/?p=6764 This post was written for the “Books Make a Difference” bloghop. You know those websites you go to when you want an answer to a parenting question? Yeah, well, clearly this site isn’t one of them. Most of the time, the only thing Marie and I are certain of is that we don’t know what we’re doing. Motherhood is [...]

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]]> http://imperfectmommy.com/blog/2013/04/27/maybe-they-should-have-spelled-it-all-out/feed/ 2 THIS IS SPARTA! http://imperfectmommy.com/blog/2013/04/25/this-is-sparta/ http://imperfectmommy.com/blog/2013/04/25/this-is-sparta/#comments Thu, 25 Apr 2013 19:02:27 +0000 Jennifer http://imperfectmommy.com/?p=6778 So, the kids and I just finished building a trebuchet and we’re now working on a ballista. Because, SIEGE WEAPONS!!! This is our trebuchet. We store it with the swinging arm in the “UP” position so that I no one accidentally deploys it and gets hurt. It is only about 12 inches tall from base to [...]

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]]> http://imperfectmommy.com/blog/2013/04/23/back-to-nature/feed/ 0 I Need to Enter a Witless Protection Program http://imperfectmommy.com/blog/2013/04/20/i-need-to-enter-a-witless-protection-program/ http://imperfectmommy.com/blog/2013/04/20/i-need-to-enter-a-witless-protection-program/#comments Sun, 21 Apr 2013 03:34:02 +0000 Imperfect Mommies http://imperfectmommy.com/?p=6722 Ok, so we just got home last night from a trip to Ontario to see Niagara Falls (which was way cool). Anyway, there was a note taped to our door from a lady in the neighborhood asking if we were missing a rooster. Apparently, she had found one. Although how she caught it (or why) I’ll never [...]

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