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Happy Halloween!
2008-11-01 05:29:00 © 2004-2008 The Bean Blog - All ... More About: Happy , Halloween
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2008-10-31 03:17:00 Skyler has a little rash spot on her neck. I’m pretty sure it’s ringworm. It’s been there for about two days so this afternoon I consulted our doctor WebMD in search of a picture of ringworm and how to treat it. The picture on WebMD looks almost exactly like her rash so I’ve put on ... More About: Blogger
Breathing never felt so good
2008-10-29 05:15:00 It’s been an exciting couple of days for me. And by exciting I mean totally crappy and awful. I spent the last three days gasping for breath, hacking up a lung and sucking on to an inhaler. Good times. It was so bad on Sunday I almost went to the ER. But I decided against it ... More About: Felt
Starting new Halloween traditions
2008-10-27 05:45:00 We’ve really been slacking on our Halloween responsibilities this year. Halloween is only five days away and we were still pumpkinless. Every year we make a big deal out of the family trip to the pumpkin patch. We spend a couple of hours there going through the haunted barn, riding the go-karts, and petting the ... More About: Traditions
Wearing shoes to bed
2008-10-24 04:37:00 I have this thing about my feet. I don’t like people to touch them. I’m almost obsessive about it. I know. Me? Obsessive? Never. Normally it’s not a problem. I usually wear shoes so very few people ever actually have the opportunity to be near my feet. But there is one place where the foot issue ... More About: Shoes
Hatin? Halloween
2008-10-22 07:24:00 It’s no secret I’m no fan of Halloween . I don’t see the point. It’s no longer a religious holiday. Now it’s just a day where you spend ridiculous amounts of money on an outfit you’ll wear one day a year just so you can beg strangers for candy. Every year I say we will just make ...
Latest teen hair fashion
2008-10-20 07:27:00 Keaton and Justis got new hairdos. (Are they called hairdo’s on boys? Or is there some more manly term?) They are the latest in teen fashion. The Fro! And the Mullet! Oh, I kid. I got them these wigs for Halloween. I don’t buy them costumes anymore, but we were at the Halloween store buying costumes for ... More About: Fashion , Hair
Parenting magazine reads my mind
2008-10-19 00:37:00 My Parenting magazine came in the mail today. It is my final issue. I chose not to renew my subscription because I feel like I’ve outgrown it. My kids are no longer breastfeeding or potty training. I don’t need tips on how to soothe my infant or what food to introduce first. Instead I need ... More About: Magazine , Mind
Are some people too stupid to vote?
2008-10-16 03:38:00 Last week 20/20 had a segment on voting called Maybe It’s Your Civic Duty Not to Vote . The first half of the segment asked twenty-somethings some questions about American government. Things like “how many states are in the United States,” “how many senators are there,” and “what is Roe v. Wade?” Some of the ... More About: People , Stupid
This first grade classroom is going to the chapel
2008-10-15 06:50:00 Some first grade students in San Francisco went on a field trip. Ok? So what’s so exciting about that? First graders go on field trips all the time. Well this first grade class went on a field trip to city hall. To surprise their teacher at her wedding. Her wedding to her same-sex partner. As you can ... More About: Chapel
Just say no to sleepovers
2008-10-14 00:16:00 As you know Skyler & Spencer recently turned 9-years-old. I was really hoping to get out of the whole birthday party thing. I was hoping they would just be happy with a small party with family at home. We also went out to dinner with my mom, grandma and aunt and uncle. Plus Lee took ...
Like a hole in the head
2008-10-13 01:40:00 Do you notice anything different about Skyler? How about now? Or maybe now? She got her ears pierced today. It was completely unplanned. We were at the mall for a dinosaur presentation and Skyler had a gift certificate for Claires. She’s had this gift certificate for about a year and we’ve never used it. We hardly ever go ... More About: Head , Hole
Hiding from sex
2008-10-12 00:27:00 The kids and I were watching Forrest Gump earlier when it got to the part where Jenny and Forrest have sex. The scene is actually very tame. It just shows the two of them kissing really. Jokingly I said, “Close your eyes.” All three of the little kids plastered their hands over their eyes. Caleb took it ...
Politics at the age of six
2008-10-08 04:19:00 Just before Caleb went to bed I had the debate on television. Barack Obama was talking about something (it was on, but I wasn’t really listening) and Caleb said, “Is that Irock Obama?” I was shocked he recognized him (and almost said his name right). He’s only six-years-old after all. I’m pretty sure I had no ... More About: Politics , Cain
Exercise Kills
2008-10-07 19:54:00 I’ve been having some trouble sticking to a regular exercise program. I have good intentions. I get all excited and jump on to the treadmill three to four times a week and all is good. Then a few weeks down the road the couch starts too look a little more comfortable than the treadmill, but ... More About: Exercise
The last of the single digit birthdays
2008-10-06 05:32:00 Skyler & Spencer turned 9-years-old on Saturday. NINE! I say this every year, but it bears repeating. Time just flies by so fast. And I’m not the only one who thinks so. On Friday I was talking about my twins’ birthday coming up and a co-worker said, “It’s been nine years since you were THAT big?” ... More About: Birthdays , Single
Marriage is a nightmare
2008-10-01 04:13:00 Mere minutes ago I was giving Caleb hugs and kisses before bed. We have some of our best conversations at bedtime. The other night he was a little wild so I told him we better meditate. We sat on his bed cross legged, our thumb and middle fingers together in the shape of “o” and chanting, ... More About: Marriage , Nightmare
The great garage debate
2008-09-30 05:51:00 Lee and I have a great marriage. We spend time together. We laugh together. It’s almost perfect. Except for one thing. There is this nagging issue that we just can’t get past. A hurdle we just can’t get over. A hill we just can’t climb. And that is… Which side of the garage is the front and which side ... More About: Garage , Great , Debate
Another post with me droning on and on about how much I hate film photograp
2008-09-28 20:50:00 Thursday night we ended up back in the darkroom to learn how to make proof sheets and enlargements. When you make enlargements you don’t need to be in complete darkness like you do when developing your film. So there was no inappropriate touching or scary ghost stories this time. Instead we got to work in the ... More About: Film , Post , Hate
I?m almost famous
2008-09-23 21:37:00 I’m going to be on TV. Well not me, exactly. But my name will be in the credits. On the Big Ten Network. Who woulda thunk? Me on the Big Ten Network. Ok, ok. What the heck am I talking about? Well the University of Iowa has created a program about this summer’s flood here in Iowa; ... More About: Famous
The one where I admit I?m totally sexist
2008-09-23 20:37:00 I have a dilemma. Skyler wants to go out for wrestling this year. Wrestling! Where kids roll around on a mat and grope each other. Where kids twist limbs around until they practically snap. Where looney parents yell at small children. Call me sexist, but I’m not at all thrilled with the idea. But I have ...
Parenting and sleeping is like water and vinegar
2008-09-21 02:39:00 This morning I awoke to screaming from the living room. In fact it was the screaming that woke me up. At 9am. To many people, 9am is sleeping in. Not to me. To me 9am is early on a Saturday morning. I’m more of an 11am-on-a-Saturday kinda gal. So I was a little pissed. The screaming ... More About: Parenting , Sleeping , Water , Vinegar
Being naughty in the darkroom
2008-09-18 06:29:00 Last time we spoke of my photography class I was bitching and moaning about being forced to use a film camera. Cause, seriously? Who still uses a film camera? Well, thanks to a new contact on Flickr, I was able to get a very cheap film camera. The internet is such a wonderful place. After I loaded ...
Sunday Linky Love
2008-09-14 23:17:00 In this week’s political posts… Leah Peah shares why she’s voting for Obama /Biden. Mrs. Schmitty shares a hilarious SNL short. I’m really starting to think Tina Fey and Sarah Palin are the same person. This is exactly my point on Sarah Palin’s work/life balance. This week marked the 7th anniversary of the 9/11 tragedies. Jane Goodwin remembered not being ... More About: Politics , Love , Sunday , Election
Drag Queens and Memes
2008-09-14 00:05:00 Skyler and I are watching a Project Runway marathon. For this challenge they are making dresses for drag queens. This, of course, brought on a very interesting conversation where I had to explain what a drag queen is to Skyler. I told her they are guys dressed up like girls for entertainment. Kind of like ... More About: Memes , All About Me , Drag , Queens
Things that go bump in the night
2008-09-09 04:41:00 I’ve talked before about how darn clumsy I am; smacking myself in the face while trying to pull diapers out of the closet and slamming my chin against Caleb’s solid head. And you already know about my multiple broken toes. Well it hasn’t gotten any better. Earlier this evening I walked in to Spencer’s room to give ... More About: Night , Bump , Things
Football has gotten so risque
2008-09-08 00:41:00 Football has started. How do I know? Because usually I spend Sunday afternoons watching HGTV or movies (ever since we got every channel known to man). But today I got kicked off the couch during a perfectly good nap so Lee could invite people over to watch the Dallas Cowboys game. So I banished to ... More About: Football , Risque
Sunday Linky Love
2008-09-08 00:28:00 Scribbit offered her Alaskan view of Republican VP nominee Sarah Palin. And Gloria Steinam gave her feminist point of view of Palin. Here’s a list of things Dad Gone Mad will never understand. I’m with him on quite a few of them. Hilarous! The baby’s first crush is on Matt Lauer. You know you’re a grown up when… Did ... More About: Love , Sunday , Linky
I guess the joke is on me. But I don?t find it very funny.
2008-09-04 04:50:00 Caleb has his annual plastic surgeon appointment today. Or rather, was supposed to have his annual plastic surgeon appointment today. But apparently his doctor decided to take the day off and nobody was able to get a hold of me. Wait. Let’s step back to a half hour before I was standing at the window of ... More About: Funny , Joke , Find , Guess
I?m just a bill. Sitting here on Capitol Hill.
More articles from this author:2008-09-03 07:57:00 After my Mass Media Industry class this morning I have lost all faith in the American school system. In this class we are discussing the law, ethics and history of mass media. Today was our first law lecture. We started with the basics. What’s a plaintiff? What’s a defendant? What are the sources of law? ... More About: Congress , Tom Harkin , Senate , House of Representatives , Hill 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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