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having them dangle off the end of the pole like the kid stuck on the church bell in The Sound of Music. Halfway through, girls gave up and watched TV. Stayed out in the dark alone and impotently smacked my gutters. Still can't find neighbors. 6:00 pm Took burning hot shower. So much pain. Stepped in dog poo getting out of shower. Caught sight of myself in mirror. Mistake. Look like a cross between Margaret Thatcher and Kramer. Are those sideburns? WINTER STORM NEPTUNE. FEBRUARY 14, 2015 Another blizzard. Three more leaks in basement. Don't care. Everywhere is sold out of calcium chloride. I'm sleeping with my bag of it…no one's getting their hands on this baby. I don't think this is snow anymore. Just soft hail-ball formations. The flakes are the size of small hamsters. Maybe they are hamsters… hamster flakes…is that a cereal? Body hurts… tired… everything is so white… Erica Ford originally started her blog Mommy Klatch in order to cope with trading her life as a Boston lawyer for life as a stay-at-home mom in rural California. Her book Scotch Tape is Cheaper than Botox is a collection of articles covering everything from Industrial Revolution baby names, to yoga pant underwear etiquette, to how to decorate with antelope heads. Erica's writing has been featured in The Huffington Post, the New York Times, Blogher.com, The South Shore Magazine, and several diaries with kittens on them. Erica writes for Happify. com and Bundoo.com, and is the co-host of South Shore Live! on Boston radio WATD. She returned to Boston because she missed the nautical decor. Erica completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Michigan and received her law degree from Boston College. The highlight of Erica's life besides her three children was when she read her writing onstage with Oprah Winfrey at the Life You Want Conference in 2014. 28