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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
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
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
More articles from this author: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 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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