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Apr 2Liked by Shelly Mazzanoble

You have witnessed my pain. Perfectly said.

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Mar 27Liked by Shelly Mazzanoble

Nice job working in Dez AND Showdown Sports references!

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Mar 26Liked by Shelly Mazzanoble

Love this!

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Mar 23Liked by Shelly Mazzanoble

This is amazing! You had me on the verge of cheering when you got the kids registered and I don’t feel anything so that’s really an accomplishment. Also, thanks for the shoutout!

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Mar 22Liked by Shelly Mazzanoble

Hilarious, and the double-dose of Goonies made my day. There's no way Mama Fratelli would have gone to these lengths for her boys.

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I am reading this in bed at about ungodly early hour (thanks perimenopause!) and am guffawing and snorting, nearly waking my husband up! 😂 You speak the truth! My take away is to add shots to camp registration - that is brilliant!

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Mar 21Liked by Shelly Mazzanoble

This was amazing to read and I'm not even part of the mom world. I need to know more. I had no idea there would be daytime shots involved. I mean it does sound like an amazing bonding experience? The inner Bad Bs thrived

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Mar 21Liked by Shelly Mazzanoble

Highly relatable. Also, when the mandatory upcoming middle school "transition" camp for incoming sixth graders is the same week you booked your dream vacation many moons ago. FFS.

"We're C-I-T's so pity us. The food is bad, the kids are hideous!"

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Hilarious. I’m so glad this era is in my parental past. My niece is preggers and there is a waiting list for day care. And I heard day care in LA is 4k per month!

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Mar 21Liked by Shelly Mazzanoble

Too real! My kids did a basketball camp last summer and I think that one of the highlights was that they got to go to the campus dining hall and eat whatever they wanted for lunch (which might have been mostly desserts?). Thank you for the shout out!

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Mar 21Liked by Shelly Mazzanoble

The “my eyes are down here” from the root touch up and the HOV lane metaphor were 🔥🤌. Great way to open up and the story DELIVERED!

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Yes! All of this. Snort laughing…and crying a little, too, remembering those excel spreadsheets.

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Mar 21Liked by Shelly Mazzanoble

Holy shit I am dying. I haven’t laughed this hard in a hot minute. As the mom of a middle and high schooler this laugh is the laugh of a hardened summer camp veteran slash survivor with the crazy laugh and eye twitch to prove it.

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