One stroller to rule them all One stroller to jog them One stroller to hold them both and through the city walk them.

I have been a mom for three years. I have two children. In this time I have purchased 5 strollers and accompanying accessories. Each stroller was carefully researched and selected so that I thought it would be the one and only and the last. I have spent over $1100 on strollers alone, another probably $400 on accessories. To be fair, I did sell one of the strollers for...

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So you know how we had grand plans to do the flooring first? We had every intention of doing that, I promise, but darn life got in the way. Stopping us from continuing with the floors is:

1. the front windows have some pretty bad drafts, so we are replacing the front windows (~$2800).
2. our dishwasher didn't actually wash dishes, so we replaced that with a nice Bosch.
3. there is no sound proofing between the suite and upstairs, so we need to rip out the ceiling tiles, put in acoustic batting...

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I can't take credit for writing this - it was in a magazine - but it rang true so I wanted to share:

"That he was able to calm me so well shows that the men we love, who love us, just seem to fit, filling in the attributes we lack and carrying our hopes for life on their shoulders"

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We've decided to do black appliances in our kitchen. The only appliance that is already black and would therefore not have to be replaced immediately is the dishwasher. Unfortunately, you can put a clean glass in it and it will come out dirty so....it's the first appliance to go. sigh.

We've settled on a Bosch.

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