Author: midlifemargaritas
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Carolina Strong & Have You Marked Yourself Safe?

Still getting through Hurricane Florence here in the Carolinas. While I live in central NC, we have had our share of flooding, trees down, power outages and yes, today we have had tornadoes! But as I mark myself “safe” on Facebook, I am thrilled with all the good works being done in the Carolinas by…
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The Day My Dad Killed The Maid’s Husband.

Disclaimer: I am by no means making fun of anyone dying. This is just one of those family stories of the “you can’t make this stuff up” folder. I realize that no family is “normal” and we all have our skeletons. In our family, crazy isn’t hidden, we dress it up and prop it…
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Midlife Margaritas Top 8 Funny as Hell Tweets about Parenthood

Well as usual everything in the news, media and world-wide communication is still saying the world is going to hell in a handbasket. So, since nothing else is really funny this past week, I’ve thrown together some pretty funny tweets from twitter world. You know, where people actually have fun sometimes. Is it just me…
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Surviving Empty Nest Syndrome

I am no authority on empty nesting yet. My oldest isn’t moving out till this weekend. And as long as he takes that nasty couch he bought in college off Craig’s List, I will be very happy. Meanwhile I’ve been planning on how to handle Empty Nest Syndrome. Medical Definition of empty-nest syndrome : a…
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Back To School/College Humor

It’s that time of year again. Or maybe your kids are already back in school. Whether you have a kindergartener, high schooler or even a college kid (like me), the first day can be terrifying for moms or maybe a big relief! Kids suffer anxiety or maybe they are just happy to be away from…