What kind of good doggy do you think Leah is? Best guess wins a prize!

What does a 10 year old do for her birthday? Eat bugs and make a sock puppet!

My little girl turned 10 this week. Her requests were simple: A trip to the lake and a chocolate covered ant. Rainy weather and a mixup at the candy shop meant she got neither. But we still had a good time! First on the agenda: Take her dad to a…

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We got a Guinea Pig!

Meet the newest addition to our family. No name yet since we do not know if it is a boy or a girl. I am thinking it looks like either a Larry or a Gina.   We recently decided to give away our parakeets, Justin and Feathers. My daughter did…

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9 yr old and mom's first attempt at making sushi

Would I really make my kid eat seaweed?

Would Unfair Mom really make her kid eat seaweed? You bet I would! Nori (roasted seaweed like used in sushi) is supposed to be fairly healthy. When I saw that our small-town grocery store had it and everything else needed to make sushi, I decided this is the perfect time…

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Thank you Sallie Mae!

When I started college almost 7 years ago, a portion of my student loans came from Sallie Mae. For the first year, my grandfather co-signed to get me a nice interest rate of 4.75%. For my second term, I was on my own with an interest rate of over 13%…

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Let the punishment fit the crime

I have always been big on letting the punishment fit the crime. Even when my daughter was 2 1/2 years old, if she acted too babyish I responded by treating her like a baby. If she whined instead of using her words, I would hold her in my lap. After…

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Farewell 28. Now I’m 29!

First in line to wish me a happy birthday this year: Progressive Auto Insurance. Thank you Progressive for programming your automated system to acknowledge my special day! Yep, I recently had a birthday. I guess that would make it Unfair Mom’s birthday too. … Do alter-egos share birthdays with their…

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About Kid

Cheyenne is pretty amazing. But for her privacy, I will spare you most of the details. When teamed with Unfair Mom, her name becomes short and simple: Kid.

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Teaching my kid to ride a bike!

I have decided that this is the year to teach my daughter how to ride a bike. I tried a few years ago when she was 4, but for some reason she just couldn’t understand the concept of peddling. Now my little girl is 8 1/2 years old … And…

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What happened to the MyBlueCrayon blog?

As a professional webmaster, I should be ashamed of myself! I recently stumbled upon a blog that I started years ago to collect some random thoughts. #1, I would like to say WOW! WordPress has come a long way over the last 10 years! (Yeah, it was that outdated) #2,…

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Make crafty pillow cases with sharpie markers and rubbing alcohol

I LOVE doing crafts at my daughter’s birthday parties! And since her 8th birthday was going to be her first slumber party, I thought something with a “sleep” theme would be appropriate. Each guest got to make his or her own personalized pillow case!

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