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<\/a><\/div>\nWhat are you up to this weekend? The boys and I are going to our friends\u2019 house tonight to play Blank Slate<\/a>, a board game they\u2019ve raved about. We\u2019ll report back! Also, check your voter registration status and find your poll site here<\/a>, if you haven\u2019t already. Hope you have a good one, and here are a few fun links from around the web\u2026<\/p>\n LOVE the cool shape of this sweater<\/a>, and I want to borrow this one<\/a> from the guys.<\/p>\n This! A thousand times this!!!<\/a><\/p>\n We made broccoli cheddar soup<\/a> this week, and it was delicious.<\/p>\n Can you believe this is ice cream<\/a>?<\/p>\n Perfume recommendations from New Yorkers<\/a>, including yours truly. What would you add?<\/p>\n Pretty hair accessory<\/a>.<\/p>\n Abortion bans have made miscarriage more dangerous<\/a>. Great comic.<\/p>\n Daaaaaang, this Gladiator poster<\/a>. There are children here!<\/p>\n What a gorgeous colorful house in England<\/a>.<\/p>\n How cool is McSweeney\u2019s advent calendar<\/a>?!<\/p>\n Advice from teachers who are also parents<\/a>: \u201cIt\u2019s really easy to get on the nag train \u2014 if you can point out something good<\/em> kids did, they\u2019re much more likely to do it the next time\u2026 When we get into a bad cycle, we start a \u2018Noodle Jar.\u2019 A dry noodle goes in the jar each time my kid does something remotely good, and we say, \u2018Thank you for\u2026\u2019 That\u2019s it. No punishments, no big deal, just a thank you for something simple. Once the jar is full he gets to pick an outing with a parent. It\u2019s effective for parents, too \u2014 it forces you to notice the good things too, even while you say, \u2018Thank you for not hitting your brother with that bat,\u2019 through gritted teeth.\u201d<\/p>\n Mom spends 15 minutes hearting every message from last five days of family group chat<\/a>, lollll.<\/p>\n Plus, two reader comments:<\/p>\n Says Rebecca on 10 reader comments on friendship<\/a>: \u201cMy husband\u2019s stepsister recently flew across the country and stayed with us because her best friend was starting chemo near us. I asked about their friendship, and she told me about her friend and then just said \u2018besides my husband, she\u2019s the love of my life.\u2019 I thought it was so beautiful and fitting to use that usually romantic phrase to describe a best friend.\u201d<\/p>\n Says Karen T. on I like the word moist<\/a>: \u201cI\u2019m drinking my coffee (alone, before the household awakes and storms my space), and I cannot stop laughing. The CoJ comments section truly brings me life. So much gratitude for this online community that feels like real-life friends.\u201d<\/p>\n (Photo by Boris Jovanovic\/Stocksy. Abortion bans link via Kottke<\/a>.)<\/p>\n Note: If you buy something through our links, we may earn an affiliate commission or have a sponsored relationship with the brand, at no cost to you. We recommend only products we genuinely like. Thank you so much.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n