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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.
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
Sunday Linky Love
2008-09-01 07:14:00 Go vote for the best lookalike in Sonia’s Blogger/Celebrity lookalike contest. Does your family have any -isms? We have a few, like “trees” which is what my kids called broccoli for years. Is John McCain’s VP choice, Sarah Palin, the ultimate working mom or is she biting off more than she can chew? New York is considering math ... More About: Love , Sunday , Linky
First day of college?again
2008-08-29 05:46:00 Today was my first day back to school. I switched schools this year leaving behind the state university that hates doesn’t really accommodate non-traditional students and went back to the very expensive small college I was attending when I was pregnant with Caleb. (In fact I missed my final because I was in the hospital ... More About: College
Turning in my Super mom uniform
2008-08-28 06:15:00 My work/life balance has been a little off kilter recently. Rather than a well balanced scale it’s more of a roller coaster ride. One of those coasters with steep hills and big loopty loops that send you flying upside down. It’s starting to make me a little nauseous. At the beginning of every school year I ... More About: Super , Uniform
The wind on my scallop
2008-08-26 06:01:00 Caleb and Spencer have been walking around with big ol’ mops on their heads for several weeks now. I’ve been nagging Lee to buzz their hair since before school started. Finally, he got the clippers out yesterday to cut their hair. And here’s Spencer’s new haircut. Kidding. I’m just kidding. Although doesn’t that cut totally rock? If ... More About: Wind , Dude
Sunday Linky Love (double edition)
2008-08-25 07:18:00 Sadly, my friend Lori’s mom passed away very recently. She could really use some cyber-hugs. Speaking of cyber-hugs, Jenn just found out her not-even-four-year-old doberman has cancer. How do you punish a kid for defending God? What are your favorite sounds? Angela has become one us. One of us non-traditional students. As she goes back to school. With her son. White Trash Mom has some tips for new kindergarten moms. From birth to 11 in an hour, but already mouthy as a 16-year-old. Love it. Letters from camp make mom a happy girl. Mourning the loss of the mall Dippin’ Dots. This whole internet thing is really changing parenting as we know it, or as Matthew says “Parenting 2.0.” If she doesn’t get a Flip Video after this letter than those Flip Video people have absolutely no sense of humor. I love it when companies (or restaurants in this case) do the right thing. Yeah, Red Robin. And Crystal’s paying it forward. In fact it’s turned in to an a... More About: Double , Sunday , Linky , Edition
How I spent my back-to-school vacation
2008-08-23 06:15:00 The kids went back to school on Wednesday, but I was in the office. Yesterday was my first day working from home in complete silence. And i mean complete silence. I sent Lee to the store so I was home all by myself. I could hardly work because I was just giddy about all the ... More About: Vacation , School , Back , Back to School
Why do organizations need to be such drama queens?
2008-08-22 07:09:00 Speaking of organizations that clearly need to hire better PR people… Planned Parenthood of Eastern Iowa opened a clinic in Dubuque, Iowa today. As expected there were several Right to Life protesters picketing out front. But Planned Parenthood of Eastern Iowa doesn’t provide abortions. They don’t provide abortions at any of their three clinics in Eastern ... More About: Drama , Organizations , Queens
MADD makes me so mad
2008-08-21 06:04:00 Have you heard that more than 100 college presidents are asking for a debate on the drinking age? They believe lowering the drinking age to 18 will help curb college student’s from binge drinking. As expected, Mother Against Drunk Driving is against lowering the drinking age. Personally, I think both sides have pretty good arguments. ...
What?d you do at work today? Nothing.
2008-08-20 06:38:00 Keaton had freshman orientation today. It was almost like a full day of school. Lucky him. He got to go to school one day early. I can’t tell you how thrilled he was by that. At Parent Night last night, the associate principal told us they do basically a full day of orientation so the freshman ... More About: Work , Today
Back-to-school can be so exhausting
2008-08-19 07:00:00 Tonight was Open House / Parent Info Night at school. I don’t know when they started combining the two in the same night, but clearly they didn’t ask me if that was ok. If they had I would have told them, “Absolutely not!” For one, it starts at 5pm. I don’t get off work until 5:30pm. ... More About: School , Back , Back to School
Can?t blog. Too busy channel surfing.
2008-08-17 06:13:00 Yesterday Lee called DirecTV to sign up for what he considers the deal of a lifetime. With the purchase of the NFL Sunday Ticket we get four months of their premium package for free. For four month we will not only have every single football game being played anywhere in the U.S., but we also ... More About: Surfing , Blog , Channel , Busy
Today?s public service announcement is brought to you by US Cellular
2008-08-15 05:55:00 Lee drove home from the waterpark yesterday. On the way home he got a phone call on his cell phone. He flipped his phone open and started yapping away. Next thing I know he got off on the next exit. Before we left the waterpark I mentioned that I was thirsty so I thought maybe ... More About: Public Service , Public , Service , Announcement , Today
Random thoughts from the waterpark
2008-08-14 05:35:00 School starts a week from today. It blows me away that summer vacation is already over. It seems like it just started. But here we are. Today we decided to have one last family “vacation” before we all have to put our thinking caps back on and listen to teachers. We piled in to the van ... More About: Random Thoughts , Random , Thoughts
You know you?re a child of the 80?s when?
More articles from this author:2008-08-13 06:25:00 You see an article about Tiffany filing a lawsuit against eBay and you think it’s this Tiffany instead of this Tiffany. Either that or I’m not getting nearly enough jewelry. ... More About: Child 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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