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Dawn Quyle Landau
Mother, Writer, treasure hunter, aging red head, and sushi lover. This is my view on life, "Straight up, with a twist––" because life is too short to be subtle! Featured blogger for Huffington Post, and followed on Twitter by LeBron James– for reasons beyond my comprehension.
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Tag Archives: Humor
Countdown to Holiday Spirit: Oh Baby, Call Me Ho, Ho, Ho!
Spoiler alert: Family members– Do not read this post until after Christmas. Or, do not read the last paragraph. I can’t stop you of course, but I for one still believe in Santa, and I think you’d rather be surprised. … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Christma-Hanukkah Mission, Christmas mission, Daily Observations, Death of parent, Holidays, Honest observations on many things, Humor, Life, Musings, My world, Uncategorized, Wonderful Things
Tagged baby food, blog, Christmas, Christmas spirit, Christmas/Hanukkah, donations, Giddy with excitement!, Giving back, Hanukkah, Hanukkah spirit, heart warming, homeless, hospice, Humor, Karma, meaning of Christmas, mission, Musings, Pay it Forward, Santa, shelters, shopping
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All Kinds of Mayhem at the U.N.
Life at the U.N. has been one hilarious, exhausting, outrageous ride lately… Chaos, mayhem, loads of humor, abound. Personally, I am absolutely convinced that reality TV could not make some of this stuff up; it would be a ratings bonanza. … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Daily Observations, Foreign exchange students, High School, Honest observations on many things, Humor, Life, Mothers, Musings, My world, Parenting, Sarcasm, Teens, The U.N.
Tagged blog, board games, China, Denmark, Foreign exchange students, Humor, Monopoly, Musings, parenting, Teens, The U.N., video games
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The Middle… On the Edge of Humor and Insanity.
About a week ago I snapped. I came home from Hospice to one more afternoon of three teens on three different screens and pretty much messes everywhere: backpacks, snack plates, cups (mountains of cups! Full, empty, used, just sitting there…), … Continue reading
Posted in Daily Observations, High School, Musings, My world, Sarcasm, The U.N., Women's issues, Writing
Tagged bad days, Cheezits, end of life, funky music, Granmaster Flash, Humor, Teens
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Oh my! It’s the Liebster Blog Awards!
Note: I take it back; I’m posting again. I got this amazing nomination yesterday for the Liebster Award. Part of the nomination includes posting the awards on your own blog site. So, I am passing along some good stuff here, … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Daily Observations, Humor, Musings, My world
Tagged blog, bloggers, find other bloggers, Humor, Liebster Award
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Whose Nest is Empty Anyway?
Warning: This may not be palatable for certain college age offspring, of say, mine. While not intended to be a lecture… it might have become one along the way. Read with caution, but know that I mean it. This year … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Daily Observations, High School, Honest observations on many things, Humor, Mothers, Musings, My world, Parenting, Teens
Tagged college age kids, college age kids returning home, empty nest, high school, Humor, life after kids, life after the kids leave, mothers, parenting, parenting roles, teen years, ungrateful, writing
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Homecoming… Seriously.
I am already tired of Homecoming and it hasn’t even happened yet. When I was young, as in high school, as in decades ago, as in the olden days, Homecoming was a very different gig than the one I’m facing … Continue reading
The Middle- Continued Negotiations at the U.N.
For new readers: This year we took in two foreign exchange students, known here as China (16, boy) and Denmark (16, girl), making our home the U.N. for ten months. Our youngest son, Little Man (15), represents the U.S. Our middle … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Daily Observations, High School, Musings, My world, Parenting, The U.N.
Tagged China, Denmark, exchange students, Humor, parenting, Puzzles, Teens, The U.N., U.S.
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Om, Om, Omygod! (Or, one crazy day on the mat!)
Note: Once again, I must warn my kids to not read this one. I just don’t think kids and their parents’ sexuality works. You’ll have the heebies for days! Frankly, some of my friends shouldn’t read this. Maybe, only my … Continue reading
Posted in Daily Observations, Humor, Musings, Parenting, Women's issues, Yoga
Tagged Google, Humor, melanoma, Musings, Om, sexy, Yoga
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Call Me Prissy, Butt…
(Note to reader: I sweat sarcasm. If it sounds like sarcasm, it is. Also, check out some of the links here, there are some kick ass articles about the sexualization of young girls and the history of underwear. I had … Continue reading
Posted in Beauty, Daily Observations, Honest observations on many things, Humor, Musings, My world, Parenting, Women's issues, Yoga
Tagged blog, Humor, media, Modesty, Musings, news, Sexuality, Teens, Thongs, Yoga
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