7 quick takes with no pictures

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So, I tried to explain this really profound lyric to my teens and they totally didn't get it. I'm gonna try out the blogging world.  Jay Z (is that how you spell his name?) sings this song with coldplay, and in it, he says, 'It's tough being bobby brown, to be bobby then, you have to be bobby now'.  The point being that the 80s rockstar version of Bobby Brown is what created the 2013 version of Bobby Brown who is kind of drug addict with lots of problems.  Anyway, last week Chris of Kriss Kross died at 34 of an overdose. I found myself thinking of that lyric again. I mean, he could have just been an average dude, with a family, couple of kids, working a regular job.  Instead, he is dead at 34.  'To be bobby then, you have to be bobby now'.  Anyway, I think it's deep.

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Lil' Aaron sucks at sharing, which I know is okay, because we have to teach him.  Where we are at right now?  When he freaks out and rips something out of Joey's hand, he gets in trouble.  BUT, when he wants to make us proud, he gives joey the worst.toy.ever (like a piece of paper or something) and says, 'share', like we should be proud.  Sorry sucker, offer him your new monster truck from Auntie Annie and then I'll be impressed.

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The word sucks. I know I should stop saying it, and I know it really bothers lots of people.  But, 'stinks' just doesn't have the same effect (or is it affect, I actually have no idea what the difference is between those to words)...so, any suggestions?  Otherwise, I might just have to keep saying sucks and accept the judgment that comes from it.

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OM lowercase g...we hired a new youth minister.  He is, how you say, AWESOME! I am so so so pumped. During the interviews, I was starting to get a bit nervous because I thought he was perfect and was afraid that he wouldn't get hired and then I'd be sad.  But, alas, everything worked out.  His name is Chris, we will begin the transition soon.  I am so excited to be at home with the boys, but some twitches of sadness are starting to occur. Can you believe I have been at SJN for almost 10 freaking years.  That is a lot of freaking years.

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So, do you ever get frustrated and it isn't necessarily anyone's fault, but like, you have to blame someone?  That happened yesterday.  I was frustrated in this awful city (sorry Birmingham, you are not my favorite) and my friend Mario (shout out) ended up getting an ear full of not nice words about how I felt about the city.  Then, so did my husband.  I need to work on processing frustration.

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We have a play date today with some of our besties that we haven't play dated with since before Easter...We are pretty excited.

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And now, for your controversial moment.  I read this blog about food allergies that was circulating the interwebs and apparently ticked a lot of people off (for good reason).  The author was like, 'hey food allergies are clearly the parent's fault, just force your kid to eat things and forget about the consequences to work them thru their allergies'.  Clearly, a stupid thing to say, for a lot of reasons.  BUT, I do have to admit, I think a lot about the crazy increase in food allergies and why it is happening and how come it seems like some families are totally exempt from it.  Now, here's the thing, this isn't something I am emotionally invested in, so I can ask the next question pretty easily...but some people are, so answer gently (whether or not food allergies are a struggle in your family).  What do you think about the increase in food allergies?  Where is it coming from?  What are your conspiracy theories?  go!

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