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How I know it’s Spring
2008-04-30 04:27:00 Remember the days when you would talk about the weather because you had nothing else to talk about. Weather was better than awkward silence. Well now we talk about weather because it’s insane. A week ago we were sweating in tank tops and shorts. It was 80 degrees out. Yesterday it was just a few degrees above freezing and we had snow flurries. Snow flurries, people. The calendar will say May in just two days and we’re back to freezing our butt off. But, even with freezing temps and snow flurries, I can still tell it’s Spring . There are always some tell tale signs. What are those signs, you ask? I’m running short on band-aids. Last week Spencer took a dive on the pavement and scraped up his leg pretty badly. That finally scabbed over and now the band-aids are moving on to Caleb. Tonight he was running outside and scrapped up his big toe. I have no clue why he was outside with no shoes in 50 degree weather. Clearly I’m not watching him close enough. But ...
Sunday Linky Love
2008-04-28 02:59:00 We are giving away a $150 gift certificate to Zappos over at Weary Parent. Do you need some new shoes (and honestly, who doesn’t?) head over and enter the contest. Lee has a ways to go before his mancave can compete with this man’s mancave, but at least Lee didn’t have to mow anybody’s lawn in ... More About: Love , Sunday , Linky , Bossy
What do a small alien phoning home, John Travolta in skimpy shorts and a bi
2008-04-26 06:34:00 This week’s Friday Flashback theme is movies. Her Bad Mother tells us to write about our first or most memorable early movie memory. I have a couple of early movie memories. When I was eight-years-old, I remember standing in a really, really, really, really long line to go see E.T. Did I mention the line was long? ... More About: John Travolta , Home , John , Small , Alien
Buying something just for me
2008-04-24 06:03:00 Justis needed poster board for a history project he’s working on. So after I picked Skyler up from dance and dropped her off at gymnastics and picked up Keaton’s friend and dropped him and Keaton off at church, I headed to Target . (I could have just said I went to Target to buy poster board, ... More About: Buying
Pour myself a cup of ambition
2008-04-23 21:59:00 What made you choose the career (or job) you have now? What was your criterion for the perfect (or at least perfect-for-now) job? Was it the money? The security? The flexibility? The first step to your dream job? The only place that responded to your resume? I already told you about my journey to where I ... More About: Ambition
Sweet 16 and never been kissed?right?
2008-04-23 06:20:00 Justis turned sixteen today. SIXTEEN, people! Hold me. His party isn’t until this weekend, but we had a little party at home tonight. He got everything he wanted; new tennis shoes and money. Teenagers are so easy to shop for. All they want is money. It’s always the right size. And it’s always the right color. I also ... More About: Sweet , Kissed
She loves me so
2008-04-22 06:45:00 My daughter is so sweet (or else a total suck up). Now that the weather is getting warmer and the kids have more activities going on we can’t seem to make the normal bedtime anymore. So the kids went to bed about 45 minutes late tonight. By the time Skyler got in bed she was pretty tired ...
Sunday Linky Love
2008-04-21 04:03:00 Are you looking for fun things to do this spring. Well here are 21 spring time activities. Congrats to K and her husband on their new baby boy; Adam Jacob. Sometimes kids can be a little too honest. It turns out Bossy’s son inherited Bossy’s sense of humor. Too funny. One school has banned tag (and flag football) from ... More About: Love , Sunday , Linky
How I met Bob, and other secrets I?ll never tell my kids
2008-04-19 05:57:00 Once again I’m participating in Friday Flashback created by the lovely Her Bad Mother and also the quite lovely Sweetney. And, as usual, I’m late to the party. What’s new? This week’s theme is “what story about yourself would you never tell you child?” Oh I have so many. It was hard to me to come ... More About: Kids , Secrets
Love Thursday April 17, 2008
2008-04-17 19:42:00 As many of you know, Keaton is a class clown. He keeps everybody in stitches with his humor and antics. Luckily he is also smart and a good student so I don’t worry about it too much. While Keaton was in Washington D.C. on his eighth grade American history field trip, all the kids got together ... More About: Love , April , Thursday , 2008
What has the world come to?
2008-04-16 20:28:00 It’s been three weeks since my last Working Wednesday. But, you know, a working mom gets busy. Today’s Working Wednesday has little to do with balancing kids and career and more to do with a little rant about my co-workers. I know, I know. Never blog about work. But I just never learn. So here we ... More About: World , The World
Cat fights at the soccer game
2008-04-16 06:37:00 It’s officially Spring. How do I know? Because soccer season has begun. With three boys in soccer and none of them on the same team we spend a great deal of time on the sidelines at soccer games during April and May. It’s interesting to watch the parents at these games. Somebof them take it so ... More About: Soccer , Fights , Game
Sunday Linky Love
2008-04-13 20:20:00 Their very own Chia Pet. What a great idea. I try to quit American Idol every year too, but I never quite succeed. Dad Gone Mad got all wild and crazy and got some new underwear. Miss Zoot is coming to term with the word “nipples.” K’s husband hijacked her blog to tell us why he loves his pregnant ... More About: Love , Sunday , Linky
Either I?m old or Old Navy needs to rethink their fashions
2008-04-11 22:05:00 Dear Old Navy , I’m a really busy girl. I have kids and work and school and supper and laundry and, well you get the point. With all this going on I prefer to shop at night. When all the kids are in bed. Usually around midnight. To shop at midnight I have to shop online because the ... More About: Fashions , Old Navy
Mrs. Reagen always said, ?Just Say No?
2008-04-11 03:19:00 We are in the middle of a tornado warning. So the news has taken over and we are missing Survivor. It’s not good enough to have the warning go across the bottom of the screen. No they like to break in to programming and go over and over how we need to go the basement ...
The Cure for Modern Life by Lisa Tucker
2008-04-09 20:41:00 As part of the Mother Talk book tour, I recently read The Cure for Modern Life by Lisa Tucker . The Cure for Modern Life is a “novel about what it means in the twenty-first century to be responsible, to care about other people, and to do the right thing.” The Cure for Modern Life has a ...
Mr. Blackwells Worst Parenting List
2008-04-09 05:05:00 Does Mr. Blackwell have a list for parenting? Instead of worst dressed it would be worst parenting. I would totally make that list after today. Skyler’s dance class is on Saturday mornings, but as we get closer to her recital they have combined with the Tuesday night class to get two practices in each week. This ... More About: Parenting , List
Sunday Linky Love
2008-04-06 19:05:00 Did you hear about what Justis’ girlfriend’s mom did the other night that totally pissed me off? The nerve of some people’s mothers. My friend Lori could use a cyber hug. Her mom has decided to stop dialysis. Melissa is starting a new website called Root and Sprout. “Root and Sprout is a place for moms and ... More About: Love , Sunday , Linky
The park is no place for children
2008-04-06 04:32:00 Thursday it snowed. Quite a bit actually. I could barely see as I was driving to the store to search for organic fruits and vegetables, it was snowing that hard. Luckily it was still fairly warm out (a few degrees above freezing) so the snow wasn’t really sticking to the ground. By Friday the snow had ... More About: Children , Park , Place
What Not to Say, the stepmom edition
2008-04-05 06:47:00 We interrupt this week of totally freaking out to bring you an interesting article I just read. If you’re dying to hear about the level of my anxiety (currently around a code orange) you can read about it at Weary Parent. So about that article… I’ve been a stepmom for a long time. Almost fifteen years (including ... More About: Oprah , Edition
Healthy Child Healthy World: Creating a cleaner, greener, safer home
2008-04-04 07:19:00 I’m a walking disaster. I have asthma, sinus problems and OCD. It’s amazing I can get out of bed some days. But recently I’ve been getting in to the green movement and it occurred to me that my house may very well be killing me. Of course it’s not the houses fault. It’s my fault for not taking better care of myself and for using products that are potential harmful, such as the cleaning supplies that practically burn the hairs right out of my nose. Recently I decided to stop bitching (ok, maybe not stop, but at least cut down) about my health and actually do something about it. I’ve started doing some research. I’m switching out all of our cleaning supplies including our dishwasher soap and laundry detergent. I’m reading labels (gasp) on the products I buy and the things that I eat. So when Mother Talk said they needed reviewers for Healthy Child Healthy World by Christopher Gavigan, I jumped at the chance. I need somebody to walk me th... More About: Home , Creating
Imagine how I?ll be when these kids go off to college
2008-03-31 18:20:00 This is going to be a very stressful week for me. Keaton is leaving to go to Washington D.C. All by himself. Well him and about 100 of his closest friends and a few teachers. You know how I am when the kids are traveling without me. At our school the 8th graders have the opportunity ... More About: Kids , College , Imagine
Sunday Linky Love
2008-03-30 22:34:00 I feel Swistle’s pain. I often hear people say, “I don’t know how you do it” in reference to my five kids. But too me it’s more difficult to have just one or two. I don’t know what to do with myself when I have all that free time. I’m with Matthew. A blogger has every ... More About: Love , Sunday , Linky
Love Thursday March 27, 2008
2008-03-27 18:35:00 Last night, after all the kids were in bed, Lee and I gave two of our cats a bath. The two cats that keep running outside the second we open the door (now that it’s finally nice outside…in the 50s). Then we went to bed. About an hour later Spencer came in to our room holding ... More About: Love , March , Thursday , 2008 , March 27
No job for you pregnant girl
2008-03-26 19:46:00 When I found out I was pregnant with Keaton I was working third shift as a Certified Nurses Aide in a nursing home specializing in Alzheimer’s patients. Much of the night was spent checking on residents and helping them to the bathroom if needed. But in the morning we had to help them up, get ... More About: Pregnant , Girl
One foot in my crazy world and one foot in the real world. It?s a start.
2008-03-26 04:52:00 Remember when I finally got up the courage to tell my doctor all about my crazy? And he diagnosed me with OCD? Well I think that medicine he prescribed (Citalopram) is actually helping. Imagine how good I’d be feeling if I actually took that medicine every day two years ago when he actually prescribed it ... More About: World , Crazy , Start , Real , The Real World
Everything I need to know I learned from the History channel
2008-03-25 05:13:00 I’m sitting here watching the History channel, like I do quite often (because I’m obsessed) and I’m learning tons about how Wonder makes their bread. Did you know there are 22 slices in every package of Wonder Bread? And you can tell what day the bread was made by the twist tie on the end. If it’s ... More About: History Channel , Channel , Learned , The History Channel
Finding humor in gas station signs
2008-03-24 05:09:00 On our road trip home from grandma’s house, we stopped at a gas station I’ve never heard of before. It was called Marshalls (or something like that) and it was off the beaten path somewhere in Illinois. As we were parked to pump the gas I looked over and saw this sign. Maybe it was my ... More About: Humor , Signs , Station , Note to Self
Sunday Linky Love
2008-03-23 18:38:00 This week’s Sunday Linky Love is brought to you by the Easter Bunny. Happy Easter! The ladies over at Blissfully Domestic have our weekly meal plan. There’s even a printable version with recipes. That Chicken and Bacon Sandwich is making my mouth water. And now I have a recipe for my organic asparagus. There is a very ...
The things we do for our kids?like stay up until 3am to hide Easter eggs
More articles from this author:2008-03-23 08:21:00 Today has been a very exhausting day. Since the kids are on Spring Break, I’ve been on vacation all week. But I have to say it hasn’t exactly been relaxing. We’ve been busy every day. We went to a movie and dinner one day. The next we went to a place called Enchanted Castle which ... More About: Kids , Eggs , Easter , Easter Eggs , Things 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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