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Bats! meow... blog · 1W ago

Oh Canada

If you know us, have seen our Wife Swap episode, or have seen any of our Facebook pages, you know that dance [and the arts in general] play a huge role in our lives. All of the kids have studied ballet; most of them added tap; the boys studied modern and jazz. Jordan dropped classes [...]
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Bats! meow... blog · 1W ago

Say Yes to Carolyn’s Gypsy Living

My dear friend Carolyn is a gypsy.  She writes, “When I first started this blog I had some people raise the question as to whether or not I wanted to identify myself as a gypsy.  Apparently there are some negative thoughts wrapped around the word Gypsy.  I guess historically there has been some rath
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Bats! meow... blog · 1W ago

Happy Mothers Day!!

I was treated to a lovely breakfast – made especially for me by the two wee princesses – as well as a morning of lounging on the sofa and clearing out the DVR. Relaxation… ahh!  The afternoon will be a little more active – well, at least we have to leave the house.  Alek has [...]
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Bats! meow... blog · 9M ago

Familiar Faces

“Do I know you?” That question and other similar comments have been incredibly common this past year - at the park, the grocery, at the bank.  Ever since our family was featured on ABC’s “Wife Swap,” everyone in town seems to recognize us, which can be very interesting.  Most of the time, people are
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Bats! meow... blog · 9M ago

Heading out for the wee folks…

A new small business opened at our local mall today.  The Magick Skillet is now serving fair-style food at Mounds Mall.  It must be said that this is not our typical preference for dinner, but we always make an effort to support other small businesses.  As a vegetarian family, our options were limit
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Bats! meow... blog · 1Y ago

A Dark Future

Several years ago, I read the article “I have seen the future – and it’s goth,” written by Dave Simpson and published in the Guardian, 21 March 2006. With his impressive Googling skills, Alek helped me find it again a couple days ago. I’d mentionned the findings reported in it to a friend on Faceboo
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Bats! meow... blog · 1Y ago

Spiders and bats and ballerinas. Oh my!

Welcome back to the tour.  We had company yesterday afternoon, plus two kids needing transportation to and from birthday parties.  I was able to photograph the new areas of our home, but didn’t find the time to guide you through.     As Scarlett O’Hara said, “Tomorrow is another day,” and well, here
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Bats! meow... blog · 1Y ago

A Unique Marvel

Like many parents, we focus on report cards, conduct, manners, social skills, abilities… All the things we’ve learned make us good and successful people.  At the same time, we DO NOT judge the value of humans on their net worth or on the title attached to their profession [despite my fashion prefere
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Bats! meow... blog · 1Y ago

Spooky Mamas and Papas

I’ve been a ‘goth mama’ almost as long as I’ve been a mama.  My oldest son was born in April 1996 and my second son in March 1998.  My husband and I embraced the goth culture completely [after each having some flirtation with it throughout high school and college - he more than I] in the [...]
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Bats! meow... blog · 1Y ago

Welcome

Since our family appeared on the April 30, 2010 episide of Wife Swap, I’ve fielded many questions about our home – most focussing on ”What does it REALLY look like?” It seems the perception from the general public is that we gothed it up for the show. Not the case. If anything, it lost some of it’s
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