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Guest Napper #174: Stand! Sleep! Stand!

Depending on where you live, you’re a couple of weeks or a few days into a new back-to-school schedule. I’m all for enriching, engaging activities for the kids. I really am. There’s just ONE drawback. Early wake-up. Not even the exciting rainbow shoes could keep this girl moving. Whether your wee one is off to …

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Nappers Galore: Happy Dad’s Day!

With all the excitement over crazy weather and the beginning of summer vacation, let’s not forget that this weekend is Father’s Day! I’m willing to bet that most dads out there would rank a nap right up there with most fervent wishes for their big day. Forget brunch. Well, I’m not one to let people …

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Guest Napper #149: Sleeping Snackmeister

I have heard about this new phenomenon that’s troubling the younger generation. It’s called “sleep texting” and I doubt I have to explain what that is all about. How horrifying. I mean, I can’t even text when I’m wide awake and in desperate need of sending an urgent message, so doing it in my sleep …

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Guest Napper #102 – Olympic Dreams

I know this makes me a freak, but I was raised in a non-sports household. By that, I mean that despite the fact that my Dad was a manly military guy, we never, ever turned on a professional sporting event the entire time I was growing up. One time my parents accepted an invitation to …

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