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Dear Snarky by snarkyinthesuburbsMay 26, 20221:38 pm

Dear Snarky – My Sister Stole My Identity

Dear Snarky,  I’m in shock over what my sister has done to my life. Six months ago I found out that someone had opened a bunch of credit cards (14 to be exact) in my […]

dreading summer by snarkyinthesuburbsMay 18, 202210:31 amMay 18, 2022

I’m a Hot Mess

I hate summer. There I said it and I don’t feel ashamed for admitting it. Yes, I’m fully aware that it’s not officially summer yet but we’ve certainly had a couple of days that felt […]

Dear Snarky by snarkyinthesuburbsMay 12, 202212:32 pmMay 18, 2022
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Dear Snarky – The Case of the Teacher Appreciation Gift from Hell

Dear Snarky, I’m the room parent for my son’s class and the teacher appreciation gift has turned into a fiasco. As the mother of five kids, I’ve been doing teacher gifts for a very long […]

summer reading logs by snarkyinthesuburbsMay 10, 20221:21 pmMay 18, 2022
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How to Suck the Joy Out of Reading

I have a love/hate relationship with social media but one thing it’s definitely good at is mining old memories. Recently when I was scrolling through my news feed I saw something about school reading logs and […]

Dear Snarky by snarkyinthesuburbsMay 5, 202212:32 pmMay 10, 2022
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Dear Snarky – I’m Not a Crazy Cheer Mom!

Dear Snarky, I’m in a power struggle with my daughter’s high school. My seventeen-year-old is a gifted gymnast and cheerleader and she’s been on her high school cheer team since her freshman year. Since my […]

body shaming by snarkyinthesuburbsMay 3, 202210:03 amMay 5, 2022
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The Ritual of Female Body Shaming

Why do women hate themselves? I’ve asked myself this question many times over the years. This is because it doesn’t seem to matter how old I am I still find myself enduring what I’m going […]

Dear Snarky by snarkyinthesuburbsApr 28, 20222:21 pmMay 3, 2022
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Dear Snarky – My Mother-In-Law Subjected Me to a “Fat Intervention”

Dear Snarky, I’ve just had the most disturbing experience with my mother-in-law and sister-in-law. I was in town for my sister-in-law’s baby shower and after the shower the three of us went back to my […]

pandemic by snarkyinthesuburbsApr 26, 202211:44 amApril 28, 2022
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Refusing to Get Agitated 

Something unprecedented has happened to me. I actually have an element of Zen in my life. Okay, Zen might be overstating it just a tad, but I do find myself possessing more patience that’s topped […]

Dear Snarky by snarkyinthesuburbsApr 21, 202212:44 pmApril 28, 2022
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Dear Snarky – How Do I Get Out of a Family Vacation Tradition That Sucks

Dear Snarky, I’m ashamed to admit this but the pandemic had a serious upside for my husband and I and it was that we didn’t have to see his extended family. For some reason my […]

High School graduation by snarkyinthesuburbsApr 19, 20222:31 pmApril 28, 2022
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The Joy of No Longer Having a Child in High School

Currently my social media news feeds are resplendent with something called “Senior Sunday.” Just to be clear this is not a salute to grandparents or anyone eligible for Medicare. So, if you’re 65 and older […]

Dear Snarky by snarkyinthesuburbsApr 13, 20221:07 pmApril 16, 2022
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Dear Snarky – Our Toxic Mom Wants Us to Take Care of Her

Dear Snarky, I’m the youngest of three (I’m 40) and our mother has recently attempted to worm her way back into our lives. Since our dad divorced our mom when I was six all of […]

Snackwell cookies by snarkyinthesuburbsApr 12, 202212:45 pmApril 16, 2022
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I Pity My Brain

 Do you ever feel sorry for your brain? I do. Just think about all the worthless stuff you ponder that your brain has to process. Granted, if I was brilliant my brain would probably be […]

Birthday Party by snarkyinthesuburbsApr 5, 202210:10 amApril 12, 2022
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The Best Birthday Starts with Buttercream

 I’ve just had a birthday and it was no big deal, which is exactly how I like my birthdays. A little shopping and a classic white cake with buttercream frosting that has ginormous icing roses […]

Dear Snarky by snarkyinthesuburbsMar 31, 202211:47 amApril 6, 2022
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Dear Snarky – My DIL Wants My Husband & I To Pay For a Wedding “Do Over”

Dear Snarky, I need you to tell me I was within my rights as a mother-in-law about how I reacted when my daughter-in-law of almost a year reached out to my husband and I and […]

Spring by snarkyinthesuburbsMar 29, 202211:38 amMarch 31, 2022
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Getting Down and Dirty With Spring

It’s spring. I would say “yay spring” but all this means is that we’re in for some very special mood swings from Mother Nature. You know the drill – ski jackets one day and shorts […]

Dear Snarky by snarkyinthesuburbsMar 24, 202210:28 amMarch 29, 2022
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Dear Snarky – Why Duct Tape Shouldn’t Be Used for Estate Planning

Dear Snarky, My mother recently died and over the years she told us what pieces of furniture, silver etc that she would like for each of her three daughters to have. My mother was an […]

Spring Break by snarkyinthesuburbsMar 22, 202212:19 pmMarch 23, 2022
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I Could Teach a Master Class in Worrying

I’m a world class worrier. That doesn’t mean I’m a half glass empty kind of gal. I consider myself an optimistic person who also believes that if you don’t plan for the worst while hoping […]

libraries by snarkyinthesuburbsMar 16, 202212:31 pmMarch 23, 2022
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Library Love

If I want to take a deep dive into my emotional state during any time period all I need to do is look at what I was reading. For instance, during the first year of […]

Dear Snarky by snarkyinthesuburbsMar 10, 202211:32 amMarch 16, 2022
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Dear Snarky – Post Wedding Bridesmaid Dress Drama

Dear Snarky, My greedy bridesmaids have really hurt my feelings. I had a beautiful wedding on February 12 and because I didn’t want to be a bridezilla I paid for each bridesmaid’s dress. It was […]

Marriage happiness by snarkyinthesuburbsMar 8, 20229:58 amMarch 16, 2022
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Tandem Bike Trip = Marriage Buster

I’ve been married a long-ish time. I guess I could take pride in that fact if my mother hadn’t tarnished my brain with her belief that a long marriage doesn’t always equal a good marriage. […]

Dear Snarky by snarkyinthesuburbsMar 2, 202211:03 amMarch 8, 2022
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Dear Snarky – Is this Baby’s Name “Two” Much?

Dear Snarky, My sister just had a baby and when she told me what she wanted to name her brand-new son I offered some advice based on my years as an elementary school teacher. Their […]

Aging by snarkyinthesuburbsMar 1, 202211:28 amMarch 8, 2022
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How Old Am I? I’m So Old I’ve Used Traveler’s Checks 😱

I usually don’t feel old. Am I getting old? Of course, because that’s part of the human experience. But I’ve reached the point in my, ahem, life journey where I sometimes get figuratively slapped in […]

DIY by snarkyinthesuburbsFeb 22, 202211:26 amMarch 1, 2022
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Help Me Before I DIY Again

I don’t know what you’re doing today but I’m bracing for impending doom. This is because I’m about to embark on another round of home improvement. And I’m not even doing anything that major like […]

Dear Snarky by snarkyinthesuburbsFeb 17, 20221:03 pmMarch 1, 2022
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Dear Snarky – Office Desk Drama

Dear Snarky, I think I have been the victim of wrongful disciplinary action at work. In fact, the person who was in the wrong didn’t get in trouble at all. This has left me very […]

Dogs by snarkyinthesuburbsFeb 15, 202211:04 amFebruary 17, 2022
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Being “Dog Free” Sounds Like the Worst Idea Ever

I’ve always assumed that my life would include the companionship of at least one dog. That’s been the status quo for five decades so I feel like it’s a pretty safe bet. Then the other day I […]

Dear Snarky by snarkyinthesuburbsFeb 10, 202212:02 pmFebruary 15, 2022
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Dear Snarky – My In-Laws Want to Live With Us

Dear Snarky, My husband has “tentatively” given his parents’ permission to move in with us. We don’t live in a large home. It’s just three bedrooms, two baths and we have two kids, two dogs, […]

Thin Mint Girl Scout Cookies by snarkyinthesuburbsFeb 9, 20229:16 amFebruary 15, 2022
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Friendship With This Cookie Never Crumbles

So far 2022 hasn’t lived up to my expectations of being the best year ever. Just kidding on that whole best year thing. I’d be thrilled if 2022 was the most normal year ever or […]

Dear Snarky by snarkyinthesuburbsFeb 4, 20222:36 pmFebruary 15, 2022
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Dear Snarky – I’m Scared About a Valentine’s Day Proposal

I’m scared to death that my boyfriend is going to propose on Valentine’s Day. I heard from a friend that he’s going to do it at halftime at a basketball game at our alma mater. […]

Snow shoveling by snarkyinthesuburbsJan 27, 202210:11 amFebruary 15, 2022
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Shovel Ready

Well, it happened. It snowed and I didn’t shovel my driveway. As alert readers may remember, last week I shared that a recent study from a consortium of cardiologists cautioned anyone over the age of […]

Dear Snarky by snarkyinthesuburbsJan 25, 202212:24 pmJanuary 27, 2022
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Dear Snarky – I Got a Fake Engagement Ring

Dear Snarky,  I just found out my fiancée bought me a fake engagement ring. Technically it’s not a fake diamond but it’s definitely not a real mined diamond.  After hearing Lala Kent from “Vanderpump Rules” […]

Snow shoveling by snarkyinthesuburbsJan 20, 202211:25 amJanuary 25, 2022
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Random January Thoughts

Help me. My brain is stuck in a loop of random thoughts.  I blame the myriad of mindless tasks I’ve been doing from putting up Christmas decorations to organizing my basement. It’s allowed my mind […]

Dear Snarky by snarkyinthesuburbsJan 18, 202210:40 amJanuary 20, 2022
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Dear Snarky – My Husband Wants to Give Our Daughter the Same Name as His Ex-Fiancée 🤯

Dear Snarky, I’m pregnant with my first baby and it’s going to be a girl. I’m very excited but I’m in the middle of a baby naming nightmare with my husband. He wants to name […]

Dear Snarky by snarkyinthesuburbsJan 10, 20221:50 pmJanuary 20, 2022
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Dear Snarky – My Sister is Blackmailing my Parents

Dear Snarky, There’s some major shit going down in our family. My sister is blackmailing my parents into giving her money for a down payment on a home. It started on New Year’s Eve where […]

COVID-19 by snarkyinthesuburbsJan 4, 202210:53 amJanuary 10, 2022
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Sharpening My Resolutions

New Year’s resolutions make me nervous. I think it’s the whole setting yourself up for failure issue once you make that resolution list. It’s not that I’m against personal self-improvement or list making. I love […]

holiday drama by snarkyinthesuburbsDec 28, 202111:15 amJanuary 4, 2022
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Dear Snarky – My Parents Ruined the Holidays Forever

Dear Snarky, I can’t believe I’m writing to you and I can’t believe what just happened to me and my sisters over the holidays. The cluster f*%k started at Thanksgiving when my parents announced after […]

Christmas by snarkyinthesuburbsDec 22, 202110:29 amDecember 23, 2021
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Repressed Memories of an Elf-less Christmas 

I hate the “Elf on the Shelf.” Not dislike or harboring some discreet loathing but all out hate. Now with my youngest child being a sort of adult at 21 one would assume that my […]

Aging by snarkyinthesuburbsDec 14, 202111:37 amDecember 22, 2021
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Elderly Adjacent – Say What?

I’ve recently had some unsettling truths come my way and they were delivered in a one-two-punch.  The first salvo was fired while I was in my self designated “safe space” – Target. There I was at […]

Christmas Decorations by snarkyinthesuburbsDec 9, 202111:49 amDecember 9, 2021
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Holiday Guilt – The Gift that Keeps on Giving

Traditions are the glue that keep the holidays intact. They provide a road map for how each family celebrates. Traditions even dictate timelines like when you put your tree up and whether you open presents on […]

Thanksgiving by snarkyinthesuburbsNov 23, 202110:48 amDecember 9, 2021
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Stuffed With Supply Chain Snafus

I’ve learned so much about supply chains these last few months that I feel like I’ve just completed an upper-level business school course and expanded my vocabulary. For instance, I have recently discovered that a chassis […]

Lake Tahoe by snarkyinthesuburbsNov 18, 202110:25 amDecember 9, 2021
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Plagues and Bears, Oh my!

I’m currently recovering from a near death experience. Well, to be honest it’s more like a close call that brought me near death adjacent or maybe it would be more accurate to say that I […]

American Buttercream by snarkyinthesuburbsNov 16, 202111:22 amNovember 18, 2021
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American Buttercream for the Win

Right now, I have five different kinds of flour in my pantry – cake, almond, pastry, bread and all purpose. I’m seriously trying to up my game in the baking department. Blame it on the […]

Dear Snarky by snarkyinthesuburbsNov 12, 20211:07 pmNovember 18, 2021
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Dear Snarky – Jerk Alert! An Almost Family Member is Planning on Using Supply Chain Issues as an Excuse to Not Buy Christmas Gifts

Dear Snarky, My brother-in-law’s fiancée “Taylor” is shady AF. We had a family dinner last week and she made a big deal of asking all her future nieces and nephews what they wanted for Christmas […]

swimming by snarkyinthesuburbsNov 9, 202110:44 amNovember 12, 2021
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Diss-Armed

I’m doing something I’ve never done before and it’s swimming laps when it’s not summer. I’ve never pegged myself as an indoor pool person but now I’m flutter kicking my way through the fall.  To […]

Halloween by snarkyinthesuburbsOct 27, 20211:17 pmNovember 12, 2021
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Dissecting My Halloween Addiction 🎃👻☠️

I thought my love affair with Halloween would taper off once my kids stopped trick-or-treating. It didn’t. Then I told myself when I had full-fledged adult children I would release my death grip on my […]

Football by snarkyinthesuburbsOct 20, 20211:05 pmNovember 12, 2021
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All Aboard the Football Agony Express

I don’t like emotional rollercoasters. Throughout my life I have tried to studiously avoid anything and anyone that makes my life resemble riding the Mamba (a hyper coaster) at Worlds of Fun. For the life […]

Dear Snarky by snarkyinthesuburbsOct 15, 202112:37 pmOctober 20, 2021
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Help Snarky – My Twin is Dating My Ex-Husband

Dear Snarky, I’ve got a big problem with my (not identical) twin sister. She’s dating my ex-husband and we’ve only been officially divorced for six months. My whole family is WTF about this but my […]

rude humans by snarkyinthesuburbsOct 13, 20211:53 pmOctober 20, 2021
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What Happened to Nice? 🥴

Umm, is everyone okay? Because I’m starting to think that society as a whole is losing their grip. There are signs everywhere, like literal signs in my Kansas hometown, the bastion of Midwest friendly, asking/pleading […]

Dear Snarky by snarkyinthesuburbsSep 30, 20212:41 pm
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Dear Snarky – Should I Go to H.R. About my creepy boss?

Dear Snarky, I feel like I have a devil on one shoulder and an angel on the other. My problem is that my married boss is fooling around with a very young co-worker (also one […]

beards by snarkyinthesuburbsSep 23, 202112:25 pmOctober 13, 2021
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Bearded Wonder

I thought I had mercifully escaped all the pandemic grooming issues. In the early days when salons were shut down, I had to do my own gray hair color remediation. While it wasn’t a complete […]

Dear Snarky by snarkyinthesuburbsSep 20, 202111:59 amSeptember 23, 2021
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Dear Snarky – A Friend used my Pre-Schooler to Boost her TIKTOK VIews

Dear Snarky, I’m really mad about something and when I told some friends what I was mad about they said I was overreacting and should take what happened as a compliment. I have a four-year-old […]

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