3 Mommies
Don't make me count to three, young man!

This week was difficult for us mommies. For some reason the 4th of July holiday, fattening food, alcoholic beverages and virtually no exercise didn’t help our cause. You think???…

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I discovered these in our local Asian market.  They are Pocky Men’s Bitter Chocolate sticks - pretzel sticks dipped in dark chocolate coating.    Pocky sticks come in many flavors, milk chocolate, strawberry, vanilla.   But I’ve never seen a “men’s” flavor before.

Why are these for men?  I think women can handle dark chocolate just fine, thank [...]

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I love my boys. Even the ones who are trying to kill me.

Wait… WHAT? Yes, my adorable little cherub of a baby has a lot in common with Stewie from Family Guy…

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All 3 mommies lost weight this week!…

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I’m not ashamed to admit it - I am a huge gadget freak.  I don’t know why there should be any shame involved in loving gadgets, except that women are always viewed as being completely clueless when it comes to anything with buttons.   That has never been the case for me.  I was the kid [...]

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I have road rage!  I’m  not talking about arms waving, angry gesturing, obscenity spouting, pull our cars over to the side of the road and beat you to a pulp kind of rage.  My rage is a milder, gentler, keep-it-all-inside while moving over by 2 lanes to pass your swerving car safely kind of rage.  [...]

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There are a few standard questions that people I have recently met ask me.  First, where are you from?  Russia.  Second (optional - only if they’re dumb), how do you like it in America?  It’s okay, I guess. :P  Next, inevitably, comes the dreaded question - are you teaching your children Russian? 
Why do I dread it [...]

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As previously mentioned, the 3 Mommies have started a new weight loss and lifestyle program. As part of this program, we took our blood pressure today with Mommy Melinda’s blood pressure machine. Here are our results:
Mommy Anna:

Systolic: 104
Diastolic: 72
Pulse: 66

Good job, Anna!
Mommy Melinda:

Systolic: 140
Diastolic: 92
Pulse: 92

Mommy Sophia:

Systolic: 144 (uh…that’s not a typo…I did it twice)
Diastolic: [...]

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he refers to his shoes as “the bronze flip-flops of truth.”

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The 3Mommies are going on a journey. It’s one we’ve all been on before, ladies. Losing weight and keeping it off! On Monday, June 23, 2008 we will begin our adventure into the land of eating right, exercising more, trying to lose weight, lowering our blood pressure and cholesterol, and then maintaining our weight once [...]

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