My Mommy's PlaceMy Mommy's PlaceThis blog offers a glimpse into the life of a sock monkey-loving, buckeye-making air guitar hero and stay-at-home wife and mother of two. 
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To You And Yours
2007-12-25 12:00:00 Advertisement: Hey Cool Kids! Get your My Mommy ’s Place Gear here. More About: Photos , Stuff , Julia
In Math, Random Is A Pattern
2007-12-24 18:08:00 My bloggy pals Suz and Jan each tagged me for a Random Things About Me Meme; Suz asked for 7 and Jan asked for 8. Since I’m a full-service blogger, I’ll fulfill both requests. That means, I’ll share 15 things. You may feel free to debate their randomness in the comments. Here we ... More About: Mommy , Stuff , Lists , Math
I Ain?t That Average Groupie
2007-12-24 01:04:00 About a month ago, Sam over at Temporarily Me handed out The Nap Warden award to some “great blogs” she’d been reading. And, guess what? I was on the list! When it happened, I was all, “Holy Frick! Sam is like a real blogger. Like, a good one. And she’s been reading my ... More About: Mommy , Stuff , Lists , Average
Oh, The Things That End Up In The Bed
2007-12-22 04:23:00 Last night, it was puke. Puke in the bed. Courtesy of a sick Julia. More than a few nights before that, I had a different bedtime suprise. I had been sleeping soundly until I rolled onto my side and felt that my hip was wet. I thought, “Man, I must ... More About: Mommy , Stuff , Things
It?s What?s Going Around
2007-12-21 02:59:00 After the Super-Duper Ultra-Fantastic Playgroup Christmas Party, Julia fell asleep… …with some sock monkey friends. And I fell sick. I am still sick. I think that today, I am even worse. I have spent at least fourteen of the last twenty four hours sleeping. And now, I’m going to go and sleep a little more. I’ll dream of ... More About: Mommy , Stuff , Goin
Your Skeletons May Fit In The Closet, But Mine Require Their Own Room
2007-12-20 01:30:00 There was only one thing that went wrong during yesterday’s now famous Playgroup Christmas Party. It was really just a little something, in terms of the time it took to happen. But. It was so embarrassing and traumatic; it has become the reference point by which I will measure my life from ... More About: Mommy , Stuff , Mine , Room , Closet
The Playgroup Christmas Party (a.k.a. My Husband Is A Rock Star)
2007-12-18 21:49:00 After a month of planning and anticipation, the day finally arrived. The Playgroup Chrstmas Party . Julia and I have been so excited about hosting this event. And I’m telling you people, it was AWESOME. We have the best playgroup in all the land. Seriously. You so want to be ... More About: Videos , Christmas , Photos , Rock Star
The Gingerbread House
2007-12-17 00:50:00 Julia and I have been getting ready for our big playgroup Christmas party coming up this week. We’ve been busy decorating, baking, cleaning and present-making all weekend. Today, we made this from a Gingerbread House kit to put out for the big event. I did the icing and Julia applied most of the candy ... More About: Photos , Mommy , Stuff
Whatcha been doin?
2007-12-15 06:44:00 I’ve been making all kinds of Christmas goodies. Here’s what I made for the kids in Julia’s Kindergym class. They’re cute little boxes of Candy Cane Sugar Cookies that are oh, so simple to make. Just use your regular sugar cookie recipe (be sure to add some peppermint extract - just 1/2 teaspoon) divided; color one ... More About: Photos , Mommy , Stuff
Drumroll Please!
2007-12-14 02:48:00 Ladies and Gentlemen, Baby Grimmett is a girl! Meet Lucy. (If ultrasound pictures look like Doppler Radar to you, just click on them for some help distinguishing what’s what.) We had to wait a little extra time for the ultrasound to begin today. That twenty minutes felt like twenty years. I just sat there in the ... More About: Mommy , Stuff
The Day I?ve Been Waiting For
2007-12-13 03:05:00 Tomorrow is the big day: my 20 week ultrasound. I’ve kept myself from blogging about it until now, because I didn’t think you’d care to read, “I cannot wait for my ultrasound! It’s on December 13th. I can’t wait! Do you think it’s a boy or a girl? Oh, I can’t ... More About: Mommy , Stuff , Waiting
Getting Ready For Bed
2007-12-12 04:48:00 “I don’t know how you can stay up this late. I’m exhausted.” “This never used to be late for us. Remember?” “….” “Did you hear what I just said?” “Huh?” “You weren’t listening.” “No, I was listening. I just didn’t hear you because I am seriously losing my hearing. Leslie, I’m getting old.” “Well, so am I. ... More About: Mommy , Stuff , David , Ready
Julia?s Christmas Misnomers
2007-12-11 05:18:00 We were driving past a house with a giant inflatable Grinch standing in the front yard. Julia spotted him first and became very excited. “Look Mom! It’s The Crunch! Oh, I love The Crunch!” “The Crunch?” “Yeah, The Crunch! See him? He’s green!” *** As we dug into the boxes of Christmas decorations from ...
An Offer You Can?t Refuse
2007-12-10 05:10:00 Did you know there is more to My Mommy ’s Place than this blog? Yes! There is! My Mommy’s Place was launched in April of 2006. (The blog was added to it a few months later.) My dream for this website has been to create a place for moms to come together to ... More About: Stuff , Offer
By Request
2007-12-09 05:49:00 My t-shirt arrived in the mail today. (I made Dave wear it for the picture because I feel ugly today.) If you haven’t ordered yours yet, I regret to inform you that time has run out. This t-shirt is no longer for sale in my store. There is, however, an alternate version, that is just ... More About: Mommy , Stuff , Request
Nothing?s Gonna Change My World*
2007-12-07 20:52:00 Music, when it’s really good, can move you - sometimes, to another place or time. Across The Universe* by The Beatles is one of those songs for me. It takes me to a nursery rocking chair before a brown acrylic tree trunk that reaches up the wall to lush green painted leaves that burst out, ... More About: World , Change , Mommy , Stuff , Julia
?Round Here, People Call Snow Hats ?Toboggans? But That?s What I Call A Sle
2007-12-06 03:04:00 The snow has come. We woke this morning to a world wrapped in white. I’m not sure who was more excited to get out and play in it - Dave, Julia or me. We couldn’t dive in right away, though. First, we had piano class. Then, we had to stop at the ... More About: Videos , People , Photos , Mommy , Stuff
A Religious Experience Or Pregnancy Hormones?
2007-12-05 05:44:00 The Christmas Canon by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. Does it reduce you to tears, too? It is truly the most beautiful Christmas music ever played. (Well, that and Traditions of Christmas by Manheim Steamroller.) It is probably what angels were playing from the heavens when the Baby Jesus was born. I ... More About: Videos , Pregnancy , Experience , Mommy , Stuff
A Bloggy Blog About The Blog By The Blogger Formerly Known As Mommy
2007-12-04 05:02:00 Most of the time, I find myself surrounded by intelligent and kind people who exist for a purpose. I make an effort to spend my time with people like that, on and off-line. But now and then, some jacknut gets all up in my face with their ignorance and stupidity. I’m beginning to think ... More About: Blogger , Blog , Mommy , Stuff
Sock Monkeys! Those Funky Monkeys.
2007-12-03 05:28:00 My friend SusieJ posted recently about making sock monkeys and suggested them as just one of her thirteen alternatives to toxic toys for Christmas. And I thought, “Sock monkeys! Brilliant!” So, my mother and I have been all about making sock monkeys. Actually, my mom has been all about the making part. ... More About: Photos , Mommy , Stuff , Monkeys , Funky
Oooo, You Make Me Live*
2007-12-02 04:46:00 “When we talked, I felt brilliant, fascinating; she brought out the version of myself I liked most, a person self-consciousness normally held down.” - Nuar Alsadir I had the pleasure of spending my day with not just one but two women like that: my good friends Wendy and Amy. Dave, Julia and I traveled back ... More About: Mommy , Stuff , Live , Make
Bad Mama In The Hizzouse!
2007-11-30 20:40:00 Julia has been a real Mini-Mom, lately. This morning, after getting out of the bath, I dried off, put a towel on the toilet lid and sat down. (Morning sickness, ugh.) Then, Julia got out of the tub, dried herself off, put a towel on the lid of her potty and sat ... More About: Mommy , Stuff , Mama
Something I?d Like To Get Off My Chest (And I?m Not Talking About That Stai
2007-11-30 01:43:00 Have you ever had some little thing on your mind, slowly eating away at your heart until you think you might not be able to love anymore if you don’t let it go? I have one of those things. It’s a little thing, really. An itty bitty teensy tiny thing that is ... More About: Mommy , Stuff , Chest , Talking , Some
My Fallback Job: Bearded Lady
2007-11-29 05:39:00 Julia likes to draw in my ‘To Do List’ notebook. This is a drawing she did of me. With a beard. She gave me a beard. She was certain to point it out. The beard. Mommy with a beard. Hilarious. And while we’re talking about excess hair, my eyebrows ... More About: Stuff , Lady , Bear
The Only Song-Worthy Footwear I Know Of Are Boogie Shoes
2007-11-28 03:42:00 This is what you get when you take a tired mom whose been reading a lot of Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss and force her to listen to “Christmas Shoes ” by Bob Carlisle one too many times. That Bob Carlisle! That Bob Carlisle! I do not like that Bob Carlisle! Bob Carlisle: Listen to my song awhile? I ... More About: Footwear , Song , Mommy , Stuff
Today?s The Greatest Day I?ve Ever Known*
2007-11-27 05:26:00 Not really. Today has kind of sucked. I got a stain on my new maternity shirt. On the chest, dead center. I don’t know exactly when I got it. Sometime between putting it on and now. It appears to be some kind of food item. It is possible that I ... More About: Mommy , Stuff , The G , Greatest
Who Has The Sweetest Husband In The World?
2007-11-26 03:32:00 I DO. Advertisement: Got opinions? Take an online survey today for a chance to win $5,000. More About: World , Mommy , Stuff , David , The World
O Christmas Branch
2007-11-26 03:16:00 We decorated our Christmas tree yesterday. Rather, my mother and I decorated the tree and Julia decorated a branch. She put every ornament on the same branch. Some of them didn’t have hooks on them yet. No matter. She gently placed them on top of the branch. Once she ... More About: Photos , Mommy , Stuff
Inside The Blogger?s Studio
2007-11-25 05:15:00 My witty and wordy friend Jen was offering up personal interviews to all of her blog readers and I asked to be included. Below are her questions and my answers. (Please note: Everything in bold should be read in the style of James Lipton.) 1. How did you and Dave meet? I’ve blogged ... More About: Blogger , Mommy , Stuff , Studio , Inside
A Little Light On Black Friday
More articles from this author:2007-11-23 19:16:00 The internet is eerily quiet today. My e-mail inbox gave me a half-hearted greeting this morning - only three new messages. So, I tip-toed over to my blog. Silence. I sent an instant message or two and could almost hear them echo back at me. Where is everyone? You’re out shopping, aren’t you? ... More About: Black , Mommy , Stuff , Friday , Light 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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