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Mona

June 30, 2020

When my daughter (aged 13) doesn’t particularly like the behavior of someone from the male persuasion, she often refers to that person as a “DICK’s Sporting Goods.” An example of this would be: “Ugh. … [Read more...] about Mona

Filed Under: Camp Life, Friendship, Relationships Tagged With: camp, camp life, Camp Tanuga, Dealing With Loss, eminem, friends who are family, friendship, Hey Lady, losing a friend, loss of a friend, obie trice, seat filler

Find Your Tribe

June 2, 2016

Anything you do is more fun with the right people. A party? Yes. A concert? For sure. Dinner? Bon Appetit! Sometimes, though, we don’t get a choice. There are places we have to be, and we don’t get … [Read more...] about Find Your Tribe

Filed Under: Camp Life Tagged With: camp, camp blog, camp friends, camp memories, camp pictures, camper, camper life, find your tribe, forever friends, friends forever, growing up, life at an overnight camp, overnight camp, sleepover camp, squad, summer camp, tribe

Thank You Note

May 17, 2016

Dear You, On March 23, 2016 we came out with the post Lose Yourself. It was an announcement post of sorts: We decided as a family we were going to take a shot at branding Dim Sum and Doughnuts. … [Read more...] about Thank You Note

Filed Under: Sum Of This, Sum Of That Tagged With: adoption blog, camp, camp blog, chinese adoption, daughters, detroit, dog blog, friendship, fun, grateful, growing up, lessons, lessons learned, life lessons, lifestyle blog, making mistakes, parenting blog, passing something down to my daughters, thank you to our readers

Professionals Who Party

May 11, 2016

When I was in high school, I had an English teacher who wore sport coats and ties. It was the 80’s and a lot of the male faculty dressed that way. They dressed more formal than the students. This … [Read more...] about Professionals Who Party

Filed Under: Camp Life Tagged With: camp, camp blogger, camp counselors, camp life, camper, English Teacher, every moment counts, friendship, growing up, high school, in the trenches, lessons, life lessons, morning bugle, overnight camp, play, sleepaway camp, summer camp, teacher appreciation, teacher life, Teaching as a profession, time off, work hard, work hard play hard

The Thing About Play Dates…

April 21, 2016

(From The Archives: July 19, 2011) The term “play date” has always been of interest to me. There aren’t many like it in the English language. It's really the only term I can think of that is filled … [Read more...] about The Thing About Play Dates…

Filed Under: Camp Life, Parenthood & Parenting Tips Tagged With: camp, daughters, detroit, friends, friendship, funny, growing up, humor, kids, lessons, mean mommy, mommyblogger, mommyhood, motherhood, play dates, play time, playdate, rant

Being A Camp Director’s Wife

March 30, 2016

(From The Archives: May 5, 2014) My husband, Cody, is one of the directors of an overnight camp for kids in Northern Michigan. Every year, Cody moves up to camp at the end of April to start setting … [Read more...] about Being A Camp Director’s Wife

Filed Under: Camp Life, Marriage and Family, Parenthood & Parenting Tips Tagged With: 20's, 30's, 40's, aging, camp, camp visiting day, camper, coney island, detroit, feta cheese, friends, friendship, Greek food, growing up, job, kids, lucky, making mistakes, overnight camp, parenthood, parenting, parents, responsibility, role model, spinach pie, summer camp, swearing

6 Things I Learned From a 38 Special Concert

July 9, 2014

A few months ago one of my girlfriends (“Fly”) got a new car---one of those really cool new jeeps. The jeep had 38 miles on it so I started calling it “38 Special.” Right after Fly bought the car, she … [Read more...] about 6 Things I Learned From a 38 Special Concert

Filed Under: Camp Life, Friendship Tagged With: 38 special, 50 cent, aging, camp, camp life, casino concert, comerica park, concert, detroit, eddie money, eminem, flip phone, friends, friendship, fun, getting older, growing up, humor, jeep, leaders, music, northern michigan, obie trice, oldies, overnight camp, parenting, road trip, rock music, tension

Belly Hurts

July 26, 2011

My youngest daughter, Lovey, is currently due for her 2-year-old check up. The doctor’s office is in Petoskey, a cute little town in northern Michigan about 45 minutes away from camp, so I decided to … [Read more...] about Belly Hurts

Filed Under: Camp Life, Marriage and Family, Parenthood & Parenting Tips Tagged With: babies, bad dog, camp, dog, dog love, family, family love, first words, golden retriever, good dog, growing up, ho, humor, kids, lessons, love, michigan, momlife, mommy, mommy blogger, mommyhood, motherhood, nothern michigan, overnight camp, parenthood, parenting, parents, petoskey michigan, shots, up north, vaccinations, vet

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On Sat, March 28, 2020 our daughter’s dream came On Sat, March 28, 2020 our daughter’s dream came true ⭐️ •
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Instead of having her Bat Mitzvah service in the Rabbi’s Study, family only (which was still more people than she wanted) she got to have it at home with just us! 🎉 •
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Frankie will forever be the first person EVER from the congregation of #TempleBethEl to be Bat Mitzvah’d via #ZOOM in the comfort of her own home! Dress Code: #QuarantineCasual.👌🏻 •
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In the midst of the COVID-19 yuckiness and all the In the midst of the COVID-19 yuckiness and all the crap it has thrown at our family (and so many others), it’s still #GotchaDay and it needs to be celebrated! 🎉 12 years this diva has been with us and we love her more every day. ❤️ 🥘 🍩 @DimSumAndDoughnuts • @sumgirlsboutique #daughterlove #daughterlife #adoptionday
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Did not know about #NationalDaughtersDay until it Did not know about #NationalDaughtersDay until it was too late, but I did write a blog post for those divas and it took me a YEAR and I hope they appreciate it one day! 😜😜 #DontBeStupid #mothersanddaughters #growingup  #DimSumAndDoughnuts #sumgirlsboutique •
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One night only! We were all together, and now they One night only! We were all together, and now they’re all gone... 😢Cody and #BrunoMarshall came to get the divas, and now they’re #camptanuga bound! Bring on the magic • 2019 ❤️🌈⛺️#tanugamagic #tanuga #campwifelife
These two came home from NYC with two new loves: # These two came home from NYC with two new loves: #governorsisland and #pokernight - and the most love for their Uncle D 💛 @dstortion #BKgirls #DimSumAndDoughnuts / @sumgirlsboutique
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Late to the party, as usual. I missed #nationaldau Late to the party, as usual. I missed #nationaldaughtersday but these divas are getting a whole blog written for them one day so I don’t feel that guilty! @dimsumanddoughnuts #daughters #sisters #momlife #momblog #dimsumanddoughnuts
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