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    Blog Posts by Dena Blizzard

    • My Mom's Milkshake

      By Dena Blizzard | Author Blog Posts – Mon, Oct 1, 2012 11:41 AM EDT

      ewMy mom's cell phone finally fell apart and died the other day. She was dedicated to using her 1982 flip phone with the long antenna and was refusing to enter the age of data plans.

      Since she refused to pay for anything extra other than the ability to make calls, I thought I would give her one of my old phones that has a side flip keyboard in case she decided to text someone. (long shot)

      I thought there was a way for the phone company to wipe out all my old data such as pics/video, contacts and ringers but apparently that didn't happen. She seemed fine with looking at my old pics and kept talking about how she might reach out to some of my old friends. (creepy)

      Soon after activating my phone my mom headed down to Virginia to visit my sister.
      When she arrived my sister heard a weird song playing at the house and was wondering where it was coming from. My mom told her "You know, I don't know what that is…but that song's been playing everywhere I go!"

      My 65 year-old

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    • Do You Have a "Break My Leg" Plan?

      By Dena Blizzard | Author Blog Posts – Fri, Sep 14, 2012 11:35 AM EDT

      It's Monday and I'm tired. I already feel "Friday Tired" and it's only Monday. I know I'm supposed to love running around, taking care of my kids, being in my prime and all that sh*t. But frankly, I'm just tired.

      I've actually formulated my "Break my Leg" plan. It's my plan for complete relaxation as soon as I break my leg. I'm sure I'll go through all that "Oh, gosh, I'm going to die…and I can't believe my leg is broken" crap. But right after that, and a lot of codeine, complete relaxation. I won't shower or change my clothes. I'll just watch Dexter and Boardwalk Empire and my house will be a mess. But you know what?! No one could say a thing@!!

      People would feel sorry for me; and say things like "Dena, can we help with anything?" or "Can we send a casserole over?" "Hell, yeah!" I would say. "That would be great! My kids love casserole…but you know what they love more? Chicken Parm with a side of angel hair pasta and maybe some of those Crescent Rolls. The low fat ones, I

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    • Sheltered Kids

      By Dena Blizzard | Parenting – Mon, Jul 30, 2012 1:11 PM EDT

      boys fightingDo you ever wonder if in your attempt to keep your kids safe from the world, they are too sheltered? I didn't until a few weeks ago.
      It was the last week of school and a couple boys from my son's Catholic School class came over to play. There were about nine boys at the house and they wanted to go down to the baseball fields in town to play kickball. Usually I don't let my son go to the field alone but I figured that with 9 boys together they officially made a "posse", so it would be fine. One of the other moms gave them a cell phone and a 45-minute time frame and off they went. It was their first taste of freedom away from the watchful eyes of their moms.
      They were back on time and the kids and moms soon made a swift retreat. It wasn't until a few minutes after they left that I realized that Dean looked a little, "roughed up." He said they started to play kickball and he threw the ball too hard at one of the boys…the boy got mad and punched Dean in the throat. Dean attempted to hold

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