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Cooking with whine
2009-02-04 06:08:00 For the last several months I’ve been thinking about spending one full day making meals to freeze. It seemed like a good idea. In one day I could make meals for two weeks. It would solve all my problems. I would no longer have to feed my family Helper meals (you know, Hamburger Helper, Tuna ... More About: Cooking , Whine
Performing acrobatics on the treadmill
2009-02-03 06:28:00 I’m finally back on the exercise track [well for the last two weeks at least]. I’ve been jumping on the treadmill a few times a week and getting my groove on at my Old Lady Hip Hop class. I really need to thank my friend Lindsay for my new exercise success because without her Hip ...
I am somebody
2009-02-01 07:22:00 As I “run in to” more friend on Facebook I have to admit some things I’m sort of ashamed of. No, ashamed isn’t the right word. I’m not ashamed. I just have to admit my life didn’t turn out the way I had meticulously planned it back when I was a teenager. Heck, back when ...
Laundry tips from the laundry-challended
2009-01-30 07:35:00 I’m what you would call laundry-challenged. It’s amazing I have a five kids. I’m so not the domestic type. I can’t cook. I can’t seem to remember the kids’ dentist appointments. [Sadly, I just forgot another dentist appointment earlier this month.] And I can’t do laundry. Lee has quite a few pairs of pink underwear ... More About: Laundry , Tips
One less thing to do before I die
2009-01-27 06:40:00 Saturday night I went out to dinner with some good friends. During the meal one of them mentioned Cheese Pizza was going to be playing at a local bar later that night. I am apparently completely out of touch with all things cool because I thought cheese pizza was a really boring flavor of Italian ... More About: Randomness , Thing
Sunday Linky Love
2009-01-26 06:59:00 Jessica had quite a postpartum scare this week. Thankfully she’s doing well now. Did you know aluminum foil has a tab to lock the roll in place? I’m not the only one having some trouble with companies not fulfilling their end of the bargain when it comes to marketing on blogs. An 11-year-old wrote this poem? Fantastic! Sarah has ... More About: Love , Sunday , Linky
This is why us old people are on Facebook
2009-01-24 07:38:00 A year or two ago I created a Facebook account so I could stalk spy keep tabs on my teens. I didn’t really think I’d use it that much. In fact I was a little overwhelmed in the beginning. I didn’t understand all those applications and groups and whatever else. So I pretty much ignored ... More About: People , Randomness , Blog
The treadmill can suck my kiss
2009-01-23 08:01:00 There once was a time when I exercised pretty regularly. I gave my treadmill a good solid workout a few times a week. Then I’d get knocked down with a stuffy nose and sinus pain (thank you chronic sinusitis) or have trouble breathing (thank you asthma) and use it as an excuse to stop exercising. ... More About: Kiss , Red Hot Chili Peppers , Suck
Is inauguration a dirty word?
2009-01-21 06:53:00 As you know, today was a momentous day as our first black President was sworn in to office. I’ve heard a lot of people (white people, of course) complain that too much emphasis was put on the fact that Obama is black (or half black as some pointed out). It doesn’t matter what color he ... More About: Word , Dirty
Rockin? with the old ladies
2009-01-20 06:09:00 Just after the holidays a friend from high school updated her Facebook status to state she was looking for fun, social ways to get moving and get rid of the holiday bulge. I was all in. I have a bulge I’d like to get rid of and I’m all about social. I love any excuse ... More About: Ladies
Sunday Linky Love
2009-01-19 04:17:00 I’m giving away a bundle of SIX workout DVDs over at Weary Parent. There’s lots of good news on the internet this week. I love good news. They removed Peyton’s port. She beat that cancer. Yeah Peyton! Kira is having a girl and we get to see her with that new fangled 3D ultrasound thing. They didn’t have ... More About: Love , Sunday , Linky
Mother Nature can bite me
2009-01-17 21:31:00 We’re 2 weeks in to the new year and I gotta tell ya, this year sucks big time. So far I’m not feeling too good about what the other 50 weeks might bring. Is it because it’s an odd year? You know those odd numbers get me every time. First it’s been bitterly cold. And actually ... More About: Nature , Mother Nature , Mother , Bite
Our cats live the Hilton lifestyle
2009-01-15 06:24:00 The kids don’t have school on Friday or Monday because it’s the end of the semester. I took the days off too thinking we might be able to go sledding or see a movie or something. Turns out we may be spending the entire long weekend huddled together at home. Because it’s damn cold out. It ... More About: Lifestyle , Cats , Winter , Hilton , Live
Who knew Caleb was such a know-it-all
2009-01-14 06:37:00 Caleb BEGGED us to let him go out for wrestling this year. After we spent Spencer’s first year in wrestling with him in tears basically the whole time, we were a little leary about going through that all over again. Spencer just didn’t love wrestling as much as he thought he would. But Caleb was ... More About: Nintendo Wii , Who Knew
She deserved it? Really?!?
2009-01-09 23:05:00 I was skimming TMZ earlier today (on my break, of course) when I came across a video of a woman who was beaten by a police officer while being detained for DUI back in 2007. [I'll warn you, while you don't see the worst of it because the cop presumably shut off the camera, the ...
Spreading my legs for the doctor
2009-01-09 07:23:00 We’re all friends here, right? So let’s get personal. Let’s talk gynecologists. A friend was recently diagnosed with cervical cancer and will be having a hysterectomy this month. We’re in our 30’s. We aren’t supposed to be worrying about cancer in our 30’s. It’s very scary. This friend sees her gyno religiously, every year. Me? I last ... More About: Legs , Doctor
Learning a new language
2009-01-08 08:14:00 I’ve been thinking about learning a new language. You know, because I don’t have enough going on in my life and I need to add something else to my plate. When I was in high school I took German for two years. But not because I wanted to. I took it because I was forced to. ... More About: Language , Learning
Failing miserably before I even started
2009-01-07 08:57:00 I’ve been thinking about creating one of those 101 things to do in 1001 days lists, but I ran in to a couple of snags. I’m struggling to come up with 101 things. How lame am I? I scoured other people’s lists and some of them have great ideas, but I know I wouldn’t do them. ...
Mondays suck big hairy donkey balls
2009-01-06 06:46:00 Between our Disney trip and the holidays, I worked very little in December. I worked about 10 days the whole month. It was so nice. I got a little spoiled on vacation. I slept in every day. I never showered before noon…if I showered at all. The kids and I saw four movies…in the movie theater ... More About: Balls , Hairy , Suck , Donkey , Mondays
Sunday Linky Love
2009-01-05 06:32:00 I’m a little ashamed to admit I spent a little too much time scouring my archives for my recrap, umm…I mean recap of 2008 post and I didn’t have a lot of time for blog surfing. So this week’s Linky Love is a little lean…like how we’ll all be in a few months after following ... More About: Sunday
Girl?s Night Out, the old lady edition
2009-01-04 03:57:00 Last night we got a glimpse at what girl’s night out may be like down the road. Girl ’s night out, the old lady edition where none of us can remember a damn thing. The night started out innocently enough. We met up at a local bar to celebrate Stephanie’s birthday. Like usual, I was running late ... More About: Night , Lady , Edition
Happy New Year Bean Style
2009-01-01 07:32:00 Here at casa Bean we celebrated the new year in style. With non-caffinated soda, tootsie rolls, and board games. We started with a couple of games of Apples to Apples (the Junior addition). Very fun game. If you don’t have it, get it. Then we switched over to Nick Scene It? Spencer was the winner. The kids clearly ... More About: New Year , American Idol , Ryan Seacrest , Style
Remembering 2008
2009-01-01 03:22:00 I was sitting here trying to reflect on 2008 and I realized I can’t remember a gosh darn thing that happened in 2008. Must of been a pretty exciting year. Thankfully I have a blog to remind me of all the crazy shenanigans we got ourselves in to this year. Let’s take a little stroll ... More About: Randomness , Remembering
Wii Fit is no longer my friend
2008-12-31 01:21:00 Santa (whose handwriting looks remarkably like Lee’s) brought me and Lee a Nintendo Wii for Christmas this year. Now we don’t need to fight the kids for a little Wii time. And we can get our Wii Fit freak on any time we want. We hooked up our new baby last night. Around midnight. Cause nothing ... More About: Friend
Nothing says ?I love you? like a push on to the treadmill
2008-12-30 05:18:00 You know I’m a huge sucker [insert sucker joke here] for these reader debate things some magazines include in their pages. Parenting magazine totally hooked me with their mom debate. And now I’ve discovered Shape magazine has a reader debate too. Imagine how giddy I was when I saw this a few months back. In the ... More About: Love , I Love You , Push
Sunday Linky Love
2008-12-28 21:00:00 My favorite Christmas card of the year easily goes to the Spohrs. Love it! Mitch isn’t exactly thrilled with his Wii and Wii Fit. Kelley posted a kick ass egg nog recipe. Cherie interviewed Stephen Viscusi, Author of Bulletproof Your Job. Black Hockey Jesus can now stop pretending every is ok because it finally is ok. Shelly met her teenage ... More About: Sunday , Linky
Proof that Santa is real
2008-12-26 20:05:00 As we tucked the kids in on Christmas Eve with thoughts of sugar plums dancing in their head, we very specifically told them not to wake us up until 10am the next morning. Yeah, right. At 7:28am they rammed our bedroom door and bombarded us with “GET UP! GET UP! GET UP NOW!” Lee told them to ... More About: Santa Claus , Santa , Proof , Real
Merry Christmas!
2008-12-25 07:01:00 Merry Christmas from The Bean Blog! ... More About: Merry Christmas , Merry
Dear Santa,
2008-12-24 19:34:00 It’s Christmas Eve and I haven’t written my letter to you yet. I’m really slacking this year. Thankfully you have that new super computer and can just read my list on the web this year. Thank goodness for technology, Santa . It’s been an exhausting year and I’m hoping you can help me out with that. Here ...
Scaring the neighborhood
More articles from this author:2008-12-24 01:34:00 As of 20 minutes ago, I am officially on vacation for the rest of the year. Now the fun begins. Finishing the shopping. Getting everything wrapped. And all the Christmas baking. In one day. [Yeah, fun my ass.] I’ve been so busy trying to get ready for the big day I’ve been a little scattered brained. ... More About: Neighborhood 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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