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10 Ways You Will Change When You Become a Parent

Sat, 10 May 2008 20:45:07 GMT

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clipper's remarks: or even parts of the house to using a totally inconvenient door just because it’s quieter than the closest one.

Using the above anecdote involving my brother, their front door sounds like bank vault door when someone closes it. I cringe every time this happens.
2. Keen Awareness of the Location of Potentially Dangerous Items - I swear

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10 Ways You Will Change When You Become a Parent

10 Ways You Will Change When You Become a Parent
Just about every Thursday of every week, I get together with my brother to roast coffee, drink beer and have a few laughs. We hang out his house, are accosted by his two Bassett hounds and just sorta chew the fat and hang out. We always have a good time, indeed.

But one thing I’ve recently noticed during our weekly hang-out period (as well as other social events at the homes of non-parents) is how differently I behave now that I am myself a parent. Some of them are terribly subtle, but they really shine through depending on where I am and what I’m doing. What kinds of things do I mean? Well, let’s just dive right into the list…

1. Sensitivity to Noise - When you’re spending a good deal of time trying to get a baby to go to sleep, you’re going to make damn sure that you do everything in your power to not wake that kid up. That could mean anything from avoiding certain rooms

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Hamster piano and pop corn

Sat, 10 May 2008 20:01:38 GMT

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clipper's remarks: ..This plumpilicious hammie will NOT be distracted from eating its tender morsel of popcorn!

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THE ORIGINAL Hamster piano and pop corn - Criceto e popcorn!

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Pop it or own it

Sat, 10 May 2008 17:02:32 GMT

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clipper's remarks: We own this anyway.This is MY fault as much as anyone else.Can I eat tonight?Probably not.By tomorrow I'll be hungry and busy with matters and once more forget.I am not a bad person,it's just that I forget.Images like this make me sad and angry at the same time and I don't want to ever forget.But I do.
Because of that,he will stay hungry and more than likely die young.What can I do?
I have got to find a way to remember every day.
If I can remember every day then I can do something,anything.
Thanks to this photo,today,I will stop by the Lighthouse mission on my way to Kroger's and DO Something.
It's Tomorrow I have to remember.

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Bush Math

Sat, 10 May 2008 16:30:47 GMT

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clipper's remarks: That about sums it up.

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Famous Mother’s Day Quotes

Sat, 10 May 2008 15:46:15 GMT

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clipper's remarks: “All I am or can be I owe to my angel Mother.”
-Abraham Lincoln, U.S. President

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Famous Mother’s Day Quotes

“All I am or can be I owe to my angel Mother.”
-Abraham Lincoln, U.S. President

“My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her.”
-George Washington, U.S. President

“There never was a woman like her. She was gentle as a dove and brave as a lioness… The memory of my mother and her teachings were, after all, the only capital I had to start life with, and on that capital I have made my way.”
- Andrew Jackson, U.S. President

“The mother’s heart is the child’s schoolroom.”
Henry Ward Beecher, US Congressional clergyman

“Who is getting more pleasure from this rocking, the baby or me?
-Nancy Thayer, author

“The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.”
-Honore de Balzac, author

“By and large, mothers and housewives are the only

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