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This is how old people party
2008-01-02 06:01:00 We’re party animals over here in the Bean household. We really know how ring in the new year right. We spent New Year s like we spend it every year for the last several years. At home. With the kids. I told you. We’re party animals. We told the kids they could each have ONE friend spend the ... More About: People , Party
Recapping 2007
2008-01-01 03:09:00 It’s been a busy year. And I have a couple hundred posts to prove it. You know how some people send out those Christmas letters racapping the year for their long lost family and friends? Well I don’t have to do that. I can just point people to my blog. So here is what we were up ... More About: Randomness
Adding a little texture to our lives
2007-12-31 06:36:00 It’s been a really busy day. There is a Law & Order : SVU marathon on the USA network and I’ve had my butt parked on the couch watching every episode. Clearly I need to get a life. We have been doing something productive though. And by “we” I mean mostly Lee. We decided to let Keaton pick ... More About: Lives , Texture
I?m such an old lady I almost broke a hip sledding
2007-12-30 06:10:00 Last year I was begging for snow, but we didn’t get any until well in to January. And that was just a pathetic dusting of snow. This year we definitely had a white Christmas. In fact it’s been snowing about every three days ever since the last ice storm. I love the snow. But I ... More About: Lady
You know your a blogger when?
2007-12-29 04:20:00 You discover your son is stuck in the snow all the way up to his waist and instead of pulling him out right away you run back inside to grab your camera. Don’t worry. He’s fine. He survived the ordeal. And even laughed about it. As soon as Lee pulled him out. This will be quite a ... More About: Blogger
Wii are having so much fun
2007-12-27 20:45:00 My mom got us a Wii for Christmas. We got it on Christmas Eve. So when we got home from Grandma’s house, we put the kids to bed and I unpacked the Wii. You know, because we needed something to keep up busy while we waited for the kids to fall asleep so we could ...
Merry Christmas!
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And our toe socks were hung from our feet with care
2007-12-24 21:21:00 You thought I was kidding about the toe socks for everyone, didn’t you? Fortunately for us, Sock Dreams was able to make my Christmas sock wish come true. ... More About: Care , Feet , Socks
I still believe
2007-12-24 19:02:00 As you know, I’m a huge procrastinator. I’m the one buying a birthday present on my way to the party. I’m the one studying for the final the night before class. And I’m usually the one shopping with all the men on Christmas Eve. But not this year. This year I’m done. I’m so done, I ...
Do you ever find that the conversation goes differently in your head?
2007-12-23 05:15:00 Being in the middle of yet another winter weather storm, I had the matches out in the kitchen. We haven’t lost power yet this year, but, like a Boy Scout, I’m always prepared. Caleb saw the matches and asked me how you make the matches light. I took that as another opportunity to stress that matches ... More About: Find , Head , Conversation , The Con , Diff
We?re having a redneck Christmas
2007-12-21 06:49:00 I told you how we took Christmas photos in front of the Christmas tree and the fireplace. What I didn’t tell you was how sad our tree and fireplace are? Thankfully the kids are blocking them in all of the photos. I’m going to let you in on a little secret. That fireplace? It’s not real. ... More About: Redneck , Neck
Sharing Christmas
2007-12-20 06:54:00 We’ve spent the last several days squeezing in as many family Christmas traditions as we could. We bought our tree on Saturday. We decorated it on Monday. Followed by our first eggnog toast in the kitchen. And we made our gingerbread houses and baked some cookies last night. There’s still six days until Christmas, but the ... More About: Sharing
Taking the perfect Christmas card photo
2007-12-19 05:58:00 Yesterday I took around 65 pictures of the kids. Sixty-five. And I probably should have taken more. Have you ever tried to take photos of five kids? It’s impossible. I consider it a victory if they all have their eyes open and nobody’s crying. We got shots in front of the Christmas tree. We also got shots ... More About: Photo , Card , Perfect , Taking
The Middle Name Meme
2007-12-18 06:33:00 Wow! Did you know Christmas is only eight days away. EIGHT DAYS. When did that happen? How did Christmas just sneak all up on me like that? We just bought our tree on Saturday. And just decorated it tonight. We have yet to make our annual gingerbread house. I’m not yet done with my Christmas ... More About: Meme , Middle
And the winner is?.
2007-12-14 04:56:00 I took a very scientific approach to picking the winner of the Fab Girls Guide Book Series Giveaway. I scribbled everybody’s name on a piece of paper, folded them and threw them in a cup. No stinkin’ computer randomizer thing for me. I’m an old fashioned girl. [Hey, I said old fashioned. Not old.] So I ... More About: Randomness , Winner , Discovery Girls
What did I do before the internet?
2007-12-13 04:55:00 I’m supposed to be done with school for the semester. I’m supposed to have the remainder of December to prepare for Christmas, not worry about studying. I was supposed to take my last final yesterday. Supposed to. Instead I got this… A big snow ice storm. It rained ice all day long. Everything shut down. Even the ... More About: Internet , The Internet
Love notes
2007-12-12 06:08:00 Caleb was writing me love notes early today. Of course, he’s in kindergarten and doesn’t really know how to write many words yet, so his love notes were more like scribbles. But love notes nonetheless. He read each note to me as he handed them to to me. The first note said, “I love you.” The second note ... More About: Love , Notes , Skittles
Creating a buzz
2007-12-11 06:57:00 This is finals week and I’m knee deep in final papers and studying for tests. In tonight’s Direct Marketing class, we gave our final presentations. The presentation on the direct marketing campaign we’ve been working on all semester. We had to come up with a campaign for a world music performance in March of next ... More About: Buzz , Creating
One more reason I love my husband
2007-12-10 01:57:00 Yesterday was Lee’s turn with the big bad stomach flu. Dontcha just love it when a man gets sick? When the kids were sick I hardly heard from them. They laid in bed, hugging their puke buckets and the only time they spoke to me was when I went in to check on them. Lee, ... More About: Love , Reason , Husband
Christine and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad two days in a row
2007-12-07 20:17:00 When we last left our story Skyler was still puking and I was dry heaving. [Oh this blog has just turned in to a barrel of fun.] When I went to bed last night I decided to call the school to leave a message letting them know Skyler would not be at school today. They start ... More About: Days , Good , Christine , No Good
Christine and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day
2007-12-07 05:34:00 Today has been fun. And I say that with all the sarcasm I can muster. Last night I decided to read a book. Just for fun. It was a weird concept. I haven’t read a book for fun in a long, long time. I’ve read books for school. I’ve read books to review. But seldom to ... More About: Good , Christine , No Good
Fab Girls Book Giveaway
2007-12-06 04:59:00 This is a sticky post and will stay here at the top until the contest ends on Wednesday Christmas has come early here at The Bean Blog. I’m having a contest to give away the Fab Girls Book Series to one of my lucky readers. That special tween girl in your life will love these books. ...
Thankfully Dad didn?t teach me how to swim
2007-12-05 07:07:00 I’ve spent the last week reading More About: Swim
I might love it even more than I love my kids*
2007-12-04 05:54:00 If there was any doubt about how much I love my laptop [although how could there be?] I put those thoughts to rest tonight. Next week is finals week for me. In my Direct Marketing class we aren’t having a final. Instead we are giving presentations over the project we’ve been working on all semester. We ... More About: Kids , Love , Love it
Do you want her autograph?
2007-12-03 05:41:00 With her performance as an Angel in The Nutcracker , Skyler is now officially a star [but she’s always been a star to us]. She has a real theater credit to add to her resume. You know, if a normal eight year old had a resume. Skyler spent the entire day cool as a cucumber. I, on ... More About: Autograph
I did it
2007-11-30 23:46:00 Well it’s been a wild 30 days, but I survived NaBloPoMo. There were some sketchy moments like the day I had to quickly post embarrassing pictures of myself as I scrambled out the door to meet my friends for a Girl’s Night Out. Of course, there was [what has now become] the traditional toe sock post. There was ... More About: Randomness
Scoring a touchdown in the last four seconds of the basketball game
2007-11-30 04:54:00 I’m slightly sports challenged. And by slightly I mean I do know a touchdown is something that happens in football and a home run is something that happens in baseball. But aside from that I’m pretty clueless. Lee just loves it when I watch football with him [which, lucky for him, is rare]. Every other play ... More About: Basketball , Game , Touchdown , The Last , Bask
Do stay-at-home moms need a full-time nanny?
2007-11-29 06:25:00 I’m having a stressful week. First there was Skyler’s new do, that she cut herself. Then I got some sort of stomach virus yesterday that was really no fun. And today I got in to a screaming match with Justis. Yes I know screaming at your teenager gets you nowhere. But sometimes it’s just so ... More About: Nanny , Time , Home , Full , Moms
Fighting eight year old style
2007-11-28 05:03:00 Earlier this evening I was listening to a fight between Skyler & Spencer. It went something like this: Spencer: Give me my truck. Skyler: I had it first. Spencer: But it’s mine. Skyler: But I had it first. Spencer: BUT IT’S MINE! Skyler: SO? I HAD IT FIRST! Spencer: BUT. IT’S. MINE. Skyler: SO. I. HAD. IT. FIRST! Silence, then… Skyler: AAAAaaaahhhhhh! GIVE IT BACK. ... More About: Style , Fighting , Year
Toe socks for everyone
More articles from this author:2007-11-27 05:32:00 As of half an hour ago I have officially started my Christmas shopping. I know some of you are already done with your shopping, but this is early for me. I am usually at the mall on Christmas Eve with all the men, buying whatever is left on the shelves. Not that I have to ... More About: Socks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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