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Alert the media, there?s a boy in blue nail polish
2008-11-29 17:40:00 I am not a football fan by any sense of the word. I tolerate the noise of football in the background while I’m doing homework on Sundays, but that’s about as far as I go. But I have heard of Brian Urlacher. However, until I read an article on him recently, I couldn’t even tell ... More About: Media , The Media , Blue , Alert , Nail
Overheard last night at Thanksgiving dinner
2008-11-28 20:35:00 Spencer was eating ham and he claimed he didn’t like it. Skyler: It’s the same thing that’s in hamburger. Spencer: No it’s not. Skyler: Yes it is. Spencer: No it’s not. Caleb: SPENCER! HAM…burger. Yes it is. Skyler: Mom, is ham in hamburger? Me: No, ham comes from a pig. Hamburger comes from a cow. Spencer: See. A hamburger has burger in it. Me: ... More About: Thanksgiving , Dinner , Night
Love Thursday: Kids
2008-11-27 07:02:00 Being that this Love Thursday falls on Thanksgiving , I think it’s only fitting that I show something that I both love and am thankful for. And that is my kids. I took this photo last weekend. It is for an assignment in my Photo I class. Caleb and Skyler will willing to help me out by ... More About: Kids
A dinosaur laid an egg on his face
2008-11-27 03:08:00 On my way in the office Monday my cell phone started to buzz. It was hooked to my hip so I tried to maneuver my way too it, pushing the seat belt aside, pulling up my jacket, yanking it off my pocket…all while driving 60 mph down the interstate. (I bet all of these driving ... More About: Face
Tuesday Tantrum: Television
2008-11-26 03:27:00 Biggest Loser: Last week it was like white versus black. Good versus evil. It was Coleen versus Vicky. And evil won. I had such high hopes. The week before Amy did the right thing and voted out Brady. Not only was it smart for her to vote out a guy who can put up numbers ... More About: Desperate Housewives , Television , Anatomy , Big Brother , Survivor
How to completely beat your employees down until they would rather stick ho
2008-11-25 04:53:00 IM them and tell them to call you. When they ask for your number refuse to give it to them and tell them “you should know that by now.” If they don’t answer your message, IM their co-workers to see where they’re at. God forbid they need to visit the restroom. Don’t try to fix errors. Instead point ... More About: Employees , Beat , Stick
Sunday Linky Love
2008-11-23 20:25:00 Lee and I aren’t the only ones celebrating our anniversary in November. Apparently November is a good month to get married. Y and the Pig Hunter celebrated 18 years. Megan of Velveteen Mind celebrated 7 years by telling her fabulous New Orleans wedding story. And Metalia is celebrating 5 years today. Congrats ladies! Sometime our kids ... More About: Love , Sunday , Linky
My toes are covered in rainbows
2008-11-23 05:03:00 One of my favorite pair of toe socks…even though they aren’t Christmas related. Thanks to Sock Dreams who provides me with all of my favorite toe socks. In case you’re new I should probably explain. During the first NaBloPoMo I was struggling to come up with an idea for a post so I took a picture ... More About: Covered , In Rainbows , Rainbows
Breaking up is hard to do
2008-11-22 05:48:00 You know the saying, “Boys come and go, but friends are forever?” Well what if they aren’t for forever? I’m not the same person I was in the third grade. Or even in high school. Somewhere along the way I grew up, stopped making fun of people, gossiping behind other’s backs and caring what I wore ... More About: Hard , Breaking
Love Thursday: Two of my favorite things
2008-11-20 23:56:00 I love, love, love my kids’ long eyelashes. They all have them. It’s something they got from their dad. And from me they got these super cute freckles. At least Keaton and Skyler got freckles. They are so adorable. Happy Love Thursday ! ... More About: Things , Favorite , My Favorite Things
This is why he?s my favorite*
2008-11-20 05:00:00 Look what Caleb did yesterday in computer lab. On a side note, I told you my arms were freakishly long. Even the kids notice. In other news, Caleb lost his second tooth yesterday. The other bottom front tooth. All he wants for Christmas is his two front teeth. *Of course, I’m only kidding. I love all my kids ... More About: Favorite
Tuesday Tantrum: Or what?s really ticking me off
2008-11-19 05:22:00 Between school, work, and the joy that is parenting a teen who outright refuses to do homework and therefore likely will not graduate high school plus dealing with my health issues (fuck you asthma), I’ve been a bit on edge the last couple of weeks. And by on edge I mean ready to rip your ... More About: Tantrum , Tuesday
Lots of ovulating at girl?s night out
2008-11-18 03:58:00 The girls and I had a little girl’s night out adventure on Saturday night. It was Lori’s birthday so some dinner and drinks were in order. There’s nothing like a night with your girlfriends to remind you how lucky you are to have such good friends. And there’s nothing like partying with your friends to ... More About: Night , Girl
Sunday Linky Love
2008-11-17 04:32:00 Finally, somebody is listening to frustrated parents. And doing something about it. Amazon introduced frustration-free packaging. Maggie is saving lives with her story on domestic violence. Mr. and Mrs. Flinger celebrated their anniversary this week too. It was their 7th. Happy Anniversary! Looky Daddy! had a perfectly normal day regardless of Prop 8. We miss out on so ... More About: Love , Sunday , Target , Linky
Celebrating the anniversary with a porno
2008-11-15 22:21:00 For our anniversary last night Lee and I did what we do every year. Not that, pervert. We went to dinner and a movie. And like every other year it didn’t go quite as planned. It wasn’t bad. Just not exactly how I envisioned it in my head. I was craving steak so we headed to ... More About: Anniversary , Ruby Tuesday
Do you think is what she meant by suffering?
2008-11-14 22:19:00 Nine years ago I was standing as Maid of Honor at my best friend’s [first] wedding when the preacher said something that almost made me burst out laughing. She was going on about suffering and how each partner had to suffer a little. I have no idea what she was babbling about but she asked ... More About: Suffering
A love story, part 4?and they lived happily ever after, or something like t
2008-11-14 03:16:00 After our first kiss Lee finally called me. In fact I think he called me that night, but I honestly can’t remember. (Aren’t these stories just riveting with me not being able to remember half the details. I know. I should win some kind of award for great storytelling.) In any event, we talked on ... More About: Love , Story , Happily Ever After , Part , Love story
A love story, part 3?Finally, a kiss
2008-11-13 02:15:00 I make it sound like months have gone by with no call from Lee when in reality it was actually only about a week. But when you’re young a week is a really long time. A lot can change in just one day so you need to act fast. The first weekend in June Andre had ... More About: Love , Kiss , Story , Finally , Part
A love story, part 2?He still didn?t call
2008-11-12 02:48:00 Days went by and I never heard from Lee. I was starting to think he just asked for my number because he felt obligated. The old “I’ll call you tomorrow” trick boys pull on girls in an attempt to be nice rather than honest. I wasn’t exactly heartbroken. It was a fun group date, but ... More About: Love , Story , Part , Call , Love story
A love story, part 1?I?m just his type
2008-11-11 04:44:00 This Friday Lee and I are going to celebrate our 11th wedding anniversary. So I figured I’d spend the week telling our sappy love story. Of course, I was only 18 and Lee was just 23 when we met so there was actually less sap and more beer. A couple of years ago I gave ... More About: Love , Story , Type , Part , Love story
Sunday Linky Love: Election Edition
2008-11-09 19:54:00 So, did you hear we had an election here in the States last week? Backerella reminded us to vote with patriotic cupcake pops. She makes the most amazing things in that kitchen of hers. I can’t even make chocolate chip cookies without burning the bottoms of at least a dozen of them. Before the election, Neil explains ... More About: Love , Sunday , Election , Linky , Edition
Take this homework and shove it
2008-11-09 06:08:00 Besides my photography class, I am also taking Introduction to Mass Media Industry this term. It is a class about, um, the mass media industry. Specifically we are learning about the laws that apply to mass media, the ethics in mass media, and the history of mass media. Therefore we have a law textbook, an ... More About: Homework
Showing off my mad Photoshop skillz
2008-11-07 23:07:00 One of the best things about being a college student is…being able to buy the Adobe Creative Suite for around $400 instead of the full $1200 price. Ok, sure there are other good things about school. There’s the learning. And sense of accomplishment. And the fact that a degree helps you get a good job. ... More About: Photoshop , Skillz
Love Thursday: Music
2008-11-07 05:17:00 There are so many things I love about Skyler, but one of those things is her creativity. Put her in a room with a pad of paper and some markers and you won’t hear from her all day. But when you check on her she will have filled that notebook with beautiful pictures and be ... More About: Music , Love , Thursday
On the path to change
2008-11-06 05:12:00 Yesterday we elected the 44th president of the United States. Elections are always exciting. Will your candidate win? How close will it be? What weird thing will CNN do? [Holograms? Who would've guessed?] But this election had even more historical importance than other elections in my lifetime. Up until yesterday we have always elected old, white ... More About: Barack Obama , Change , Path
Waking up tomorrow to a new?wad of cash
2008-11-05 03:40:00 While much of the nation will wake up to news of a new president (although it’s looking like we won’t need to wait until morning to find out who it is), Caleb couldn’t care less. He’ll be waking up to a one dollar bill. Under his pillow. FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME! Yep, Caleb lost his ... More About: Cash , Tomorrow
Tuesday Tantrum: Gay Marriage
2008-11-04 21:04:00 With my pledge to blog every single day in November I’m doing some brainstorming to come up with ideas to keep me on track. I’ve thought about participating in some memes or regular features again to get back in to the groove. For example, I brought back the Sunday Linky Love (which I found to ... More About: Marriage , Gay Marriage , Tantrum , Tuesday
Bring on the toe sock photos
2008-11-03 17:52:00 It’s November. And you know what happens in November, right? Well yeah, Thanksgiving. But you know what else? NaBloPoMo. Yep, this is my third year with NaBloPoMo and I intend to win a damn prize this year. Every year I post every day in November, but I never win a prize. But this will be my ... More About: Photos
Sundy Linky Love: The Halloween Edition
2008-11-02 20:23:00 You may have noticed the Sunday Linky Love disappeared a few weeks back. I have a list of excuses as long as my left arm as to why, but that’s neither here nor there. (How many clichés can we use in one post?) But don’t fret, ’cause it’s back. (At least for now.) So let’s ... More About: Halloween , Edition
Trick-or-Treat
More articles from this author:2008-11-01 17:04:00 Trick-or-treating went much better this year. You may recall I had to basically force the kids to beg for candy trick-or-treat last year. But this year was a totally different experience. First, it was beautiful out. I really expected snow this Halloween considering how flippin’ cold it was last Sunday. But it was so far from ... More About: Trick , Treat 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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