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Next year everybody gets gift cards. That I buy online.
2008-12-23 05:45:00 Why do I do this to myself every. single. year? Do what? Procrastinate on my Christmas shopping. I always start out early; picking up the first gift somewhere in October. And then I completely lose it and end up at the mall on Christmas Eve with all the husbands. I usually order the kids clothes from ... More About: Gift Cards , Gift , Online , Cards , Year
Sunday Linky Love
2008-12-22 06:25:00 Jennster’s not really a cold weather person. Some schools cancel classes because of the “threat” of snow. Aimee was reminded of a very scary accident she was in while pregnant. Matthew reminds us that the holiday season isn’t about buying stuff. The Queen of Shake Shake began a little Twitiquette Handbook. They’re having a little plumbing issue [which is a ... More About: Love , Sunday , Linky
Keeping the Santa secret
2008-12-21 07:20:00 Do your kids still believe in Santa ? Skyler started to doubt his existence last year. She asked me very pressing questions about him, trying to get to the bottom of the very important “real or fake” question. And then she asked me outright, “Mom is Santa real?” You know what how I responded? I lied right to ... More About: Santa Claus , Secret
Top 10 Threats Parents Use During The Christmas Season
2008-12-19 04:17:00 Isn’t the Christmas season grand? When else do you get to scare your kids in to submission with the threat of no Santa Claus? 10. Santa’s watching. 9. Eat your peas or Santa will skip our house this year. 8. Santa won’t come if you keep hitting your brother. 7. Don’t make me take back all your presents. 6. Do ... More About: Season , Parents , Threats , Christmas season
Buy a tree, save a forest
2008-12-17 02:55:00 I’m one of those people who like to have a real Christmas tree. There’s just something about a real tree that makes Christmas seem more joyful. The fake plastic tree just feels so commercialized and depressing. As opposed to chopping down a perfectly fine living tree for the sole purpose of planting it in plastic ... More About: Tree , Save , Forest
Who knew seeing would be so expensive?
2008-12-16 05:39:00 Like many moms, I don’t always take very good care of myself. The kids go to the pediatric dentist every 6 months. Me? It’s been a couple years. And I’m a little ashamed to admit how long it’s been since I visited by gynecologist. And I haven’t been to the eye doctor since 2004. Yeah, ... More About: Who Knew
Sunday Linky Love
2008-12-14 20:39:00 Looking for some Christmas crafts to do with the kids? BlogHer has you covered. Average Jane celebrated her 14th wedding anniversary this week. Happy Anniversary! Angela is giving away a copy of her book “When I was 13.” I’ve read it. It’s a very good book about Angela’s own experience with teen pregnancy and domestic abuse. You ... More About: Love , Sunday , Linky
Then and now
2008-12-11 06:56:00 It’s been a crazy week for me. We got back from vacation. Our beloved Jasper passed away. And it’s finals week for both me and Lee. For my Photo I class I need to turn in my portfolio. It was technically due today, but since school was cancelled yesterday due to weather we have an extension ...
RIP Jasper
2008-12-09 03:26:00 Last night we had to say goodbye to a beloved family member; our cat Jasper . Jasper has been a part of our life for more than 11 years. Lee got Jasper for my birthday in June 1997 when Keaton was almost 3-years-old. He was just a small ball of white fur when we got him. ...
Disney Day 5: Seeing the world
2008-12-08 06:54:00 If you couldn’t guess by the title, we spent day 5 (our last day at Disney ) at Epcot. The first thing we did was head to Space ship Earth (or the big golf ball, as Lee likes to refer to it). Spaceship Earth takes you back in time to the cavemen and shows you how communication has ... More About: World , Nation , The World
Disney Day 4: I feel like I?ve been here before
2008-12-05 06:58:00 We went back to Hollywood Studios today. We just couldn’t get enough on Tuesday and had to come back for more. Actually I didn’t get to the Incredibles on Tuesday and I will not leave Disney until I see them. I mean what’s not to love about a man with a big ‘ol head who ... More About: Aerosmith , Disney World , Pixar , Feel
Disney Day 3: Reporting from the jungle
2008-12-04 04:49:00 Today we went to Animal Kingdom. Animal Kingdom was brand new when we visited 10 years ago. And a lot has changed. But a lot stayed the same too. [What?!? I'm a little loopy from being couped up with five kids, one husband and one mother for almost a week.] The first thing we did when ... More About: Disney , Disney World , Jungle , The Jungle , Dino
Disney Day 2: A scaredy cat in Hollywood
2008-12-03 05:54:00 This morning we were going to get up early to head to Disney Hollywood Studios because, unlike Magic Kingdom the night before, Hollywood Studios wasn’t open late. Instead it closed at 8pm. So we left the suite around noon. Hey, that was still earlier than the 12:30 start we had the previous day. Maybe by ... More About: Aerosmith , Disney World
Disney Day 1: Magic Kingdom?and Wal-Mart
2008-12-02 17:14:00 Yesterday began with the kids in the heated pool. It is good that it is heated because it’s not exactly warm here. There’s no snow on the ground like back home, but it’s unseasonably cold for Florida. In the 50’s and 60’s. Ick. I wanted to wear shorts and tank tops. But noooo…Mother Nature had ... More About: Kingdom , Disney , Magic , Mart , Wal-Mart
The road to Disney
2008-12-01 05:35:00 Right now I’m sitting in front of my laptop waiting for the washing machine to finish so I can put the next load in. Sounds like a pretty typical Sunday for me. Except this Sunday I’m in Florida. In a hotel at the Disney World resort. Where it is raining, but still better than the ... More About: Disney World , Road , The Road
Saying good-bye to NaBloPoMo
2008-11-30 19:30:00 I did it! Again. That’s three years in a row I blogged every. single. day in November. There ought to be some consolation prize for completing it three years in a row. Maybe a cheap, plastic spider ring or something. Oddly, I didn’t find it that difficult this year. I’m not going to lie and stay ... More About: Randomness , Good
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
More articles from this author: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 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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