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Laurie Nigro Man-stink: the struggle is real

by May 14, 2017
Man-stink clearly spans generations, race, and class, leaving no one safe. Cornering the market on Febreeze wouldn't make a dent.

A mom’s guide to separation anxiety

by Apr 30, 2017
The five stages of letting my child go away. Far away. Like, multiple states away. Where I can't be there to console, rescue, and/or feed him in a reasonable amount of time.

Laurie Nigro Martha Stewart be damned — let’s just say ‘it is what it is’ and enjoy the holiday

by Apr 16, 2017
We may dream of perfection, something out of Martha Stewart magazine — then reality interferes.

Laurie NigroParadise found…ever so briefly…at the bottom of an empty laundry basket

by Apr 9, 2017
Nirvana: The moment you realize all the laundry is done. All of it. Oh what joy — and oh ... how fleeting.

Laurie NigroHe should just admit I’m always right

by Apr 2, 2017
His life would be so much easier if he'd just listen to me in the first place.

If I can’t see it, it’s not there: Why dirty socks, wet towels, boots and other things are left where they...

by Mar 26, 2017
For people who lack object permanence, once they walk out of the bedroom, the wet towel that they left on the bed ceases to exist. Same with the boots shed directly in front of the door. Or the dirty socks on the radiator.

Laurie NigroModern parenting brings plenty to worry about — and new ways to cope

by Feb 5, 2017
According to Laurie, parenting worries (even those really, really irrational ones) never go away - they just change and grow as our kids do.
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Laurie Nigro What’s worse than a man cold? A splinter in the eye

by Jan 29, 2017
Dealing with a husband in discomfort is like having a toddler throw a tantrum because he tried to rinse his potato chip and then insisting that you make it crispy again - there's no mollifying either of them.

Laurie NigroHow I won the Laundry Wars

by Jan 1, 2017
When being a shopaholic results in having too much laundry for her "old lady washing machine," Laurie has it out with the appliance repairman.
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Laurie Nigro ‘Fun Mom returns’, or ‘Why family game night can be a really, really bad idea’

by Dec 25, 2016
See what happens when Laurie suggests game night for some quality family time.