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Recapping 2011 (31 days later)
2012-01-31 19:36:00 Every single year, since I started this blog in 2005, I’ve ended the year with a post recapping the previous year. Except this year. This year I needed some time to digest 2011. Some time to stop the screaming nightmares that was 2011. Oh I jest. Sort of. The fact is, 2011 kind of blowed. ... More About: Days , New Years
I?m a mean one, Mr. Grinch
2011-12-24 23:14:00 This year for Christmas Santa brought me…pink eye. And it wasn’t even on my list. That Santa. Always so generous. That fat bastard. If it’s not Santa’s fault, then I blame Lee. Yesterday when we went last minute shopping he was always trailing slowly behind so I had to open all the doors to the ...
Paging Dr. Internet STAT
2011-12-23 06:24:00 I had an appointment with my Immunologist this morning. Last time I saw him, four months ago, I went through allergy testing (for the third, possibly fourth, time), only to find out that I am not allergic to anything. I suspected this, but my Ear, Nose, Throat doc swore I must have allergies. Why else ... More About: Internet
He?s sexy and he knows it
2011-11-19 00:41:00 Yesterday we went to Skyler & Spencer’s school conferences. It was a lot like previous conferences. The kids showed us some of their school work. They introduced us to their new reading blogs. They showed us their science projects; their humdingers…which hum and ding (obviously). And the teachers told us how awesome they are. Skyler’s ... More About: Sexy
Dear Denver Broncos
2011-11-14 06:06:00 My boys played in a soccer tournament this weekend. In Overland Park, KS. And it just so happened that we ended up at the same hotel as you. Hotel staff told us that several NFL teams have stayed at their hotel in the past, but they have never seen a team interact with other hotel ... More About: Denver Broncos , Denver
Promotion
2011-11-01 18:20:00 On October 29, 1999, Keaton was a kindergartener getting ready for his very first Halloween party at school. I was on maternity leave having just given birth to Skyler & Spencer 25 days earlier. Keaton was a Dallas Cowboy football player. Skyler was an adorable pansy. And Spencer was an ever handsome peapod. That year, ... More About: Promotion
Happy Halloween 2011
2011-11-01 05:22:00 From Rosie the Riveter, Charlie Chaplin, Jim Rambo (who has much shorter hair than John), and a Ghost Pirate © 2004-2011 The Bean Blog - All Rights Reserved. Visit The Bean Blog for more great content. Follow me on Twitter @ thebeanblog.Find me on Facebook and LinkedIn. More About: Happy , Halloween
Sleepover dilemma
2011-10-23 20:09:00 As Skyler and Spencer get older, I’ve realized there is an issue I never even considered when I was (literally) busting my back, lugging the two of them around in my uterus. They are boy/girl twins (duh!). Who are the same age (double duh!). And have the same classmates (uh, duh, duh, duh!). And that ... More About: Dilemma
Happy 12th Birthday Skyler & Spencer
2011-10-05 06:09:00 Dear Skyler & Spencer, Twelve years ago today I met you for the very first time. Skyler was born first at 7:15pm. You had been ready to go for weeks. With your head wedged in to my pelvis. Impatiently waiting to burst in to the world. Which is kind of funny to think about now, ... More About: Happy , Birthday , Happy Birthday
And people wonder why I?m afraid of germs.
2011-09-09 16:50:00 Last week I had an appointment with an endocrinologist. Since I’ve been on and off Prednisone several times over the last decade, my ENT thought I should be checked just to be sure I wasn’t effected by that long-term steroid use. I guess prolonged steroid use can cause things like osteoporosis, diabetes, cataracts, glaucoma…lots of ... More About: People
Strep
2011-09-04 19:07:00 Thursday afternoon my cell phone rang while I was super busy at work (i.e. chatting with a co-worker). I immediately recognized the number. “Ruh-roh. The school’s calling me.” Caleb was in the nurse’s office complaining of a headache and he had a temperature of 102. She said, “At first I thought maybe it was because ...
Happy 17th Birthday Keaton
2011-08-06 05:56:00 Dear Keaton , Today you turn 17. Seventeen! One – Seven!! What? When? How? You are just days away from starting your senior year of high school. SENIOR! As in LAST year of school. Again. What? When? How? It’s been a trying couple of years for us. I’m having trouble letting go and letting you be ... More About: Happy , Birthday , Happy Birthday
Hide & Seek, 2011 Style
2011-07-29 04:05:00 I am sooo ready for school to start. The kids have been driving me crazy. The kids are either bored, fighting, or playing some game that involves running around like crazies screaming at the top of their lungs. If I hear myself say “If I have to tell you one more time…” one more time ... More About: Style , Order
The evolution of heels
2011-07-27 03:43:00 After a year hiatus, Skyler decided she misses dance class and wants to go back. So today she and I went to her old dance studio to sign her up. Like before, Skyler will be doing ballet, tap, lyrical, and funky jazz. But, at her instructors suggestion, Skyler is moving up to the Junior Select ... More About: Evolution
The decline of the large family
2011-07-09 05:42:00 According to a recent Gallup poll, 58% of Americans prefer to keep their families small; with no more than two children. Only 1/3 of US adults want 3 or more kids, the lowest percentage since 1996. When Gallup started this poll in 1936 the exact opposite was true; most people preferred families of 3 or ... More About: Family
Who knew rotating a video would be this much trouble?
2011-07-02 04:16:00 Last weekend Lee and I attended the event of a decade. Albeit not this decade. It was an 80′s roller skating party. Although I refused to put my feet in to some stinky ol’ roller skates (that I’m pretty sure were actually from the 80′s), I did tear the neck out of a shirt, rolled ... More About: Video
A funny thing happened at the pool
2011-06-30 06:17:00 When I was a teenager, like most teenagers, I thought I knew it all. I had my life all planned out. I was going to go to Johns Hopkins University and pursue a biology degree in hopes of becoming either a genetic engineer or a geriatrician. But when I applied, early admission, to Johns Hopkins ... More About: Funny , Pool
Feline identity crisis
2011-01-19 06:09:00 Back in November Lee and I were standing in the kitchen making dinner. Actually Lee was probably making dinner and I was probably watching. Nobody ever wants me to eat what I make these days since I always make some vegetarian meal that nobody likes but me. But that’s neither here nor there. The kitchen ...
Successful parenting
2011-01-18 02:56:00 I’m a pretty laid back mom. I expect my kids to take responsibility for themselves in a lot of situations. I want them to do their homework without me standing over them. I want them to do their chores without me nagging them. I want them to find their passions and explore their own interests. ... More About: Parenting
A resolution free (but apparently cliche full) year
2011-01-10 19:58:00 You know how April showers bring May flowers? Do New Year colds bring anything? Maybe hidden treasures? Or a winning lottery ticket? A new job? Maybe a buyer for my house? No? Well I hope colds bring something good because otherwise 2011 really blows. And I mean that literally. I’ve had a cold for almost ... More About: Free , Full , New Years
Remembering 2010
2011-01-01 06:55:00 I didn’t blog a lot in 2010. I hit a bit of a dry spell. A lapse in creativity. A blog freeze. But that doesn’t mean we weren’t busy. In January we froze our tushies off at Spencer’s soccer tournament. We were also busy rushing Spencer to soccer practice and basketball games. And getting Skyler ... More About: New Years Eve , New Years
We had a holly jolly Christmas
2010-12-27 06:29:00 Apparently Skyler woke up at 5:20am on Christmas morning. She then promptly hopped down the stairs to wake up Spencer. Who in turn woke up Caleb. Thankfully (?!?) they didn’t wake us up. Instead they spent the next hour trying to decide whether they should wake us up or not. When Lee got up to ... More About: Holly
A Christmas Eve miracle
2010-12-25 20:47:00 Remember my resident Scrooge? Well it turns out he has a big heart filled with Christmas cheer after all. Yesterday he ran up to the gas station to fill the van up. While he was pumping the gas a car with a young couple pulled in to the gas station. And then the car sputtered ... More About: Miracle
Merry Christmas!
2010-12-24 22:52:00 From our family to yours…we wish you a very Merry Christmas . Be safe this holiday season. © 2004-2011 The Bean Blog - All Rights Reserved. Visit The Bean Blog for more great content. Follow me on Twitter @ thebeanblog.Find me on Facebook and LinkedIn. More About: Christmas card
Even better than double coupon day
2010-12-22 00:59:00 I got a double bonus Christmas gift at Target last night. I had to get something to make for Caleb’s school Christmas party today. ['Cause you know me. Always waiting until the very last minute.] I decided to make Funfetti Christmas cupcakes. ‘Cause all I have to do is add an egg and some oil ... More About: Double , Coupon
Where are his 3 ghosts?
2010-12-21 04:20:00 I am living with a real live Scrooge . This is how our conversation went as we were leaving Target this evening: [A car pulled right up to the door at Target. Right in front of us. And *gasp* we had to shift our course a couple of feet to the left to get past it.] ... More About: Ghosts
Lighting up a doobie
2010-12-15 02:45:00 A few months ago we discovered our teen had smoked pot. Lee “accidentally” read a Facebook chat where a friend was asking the teen to “pay for the pot this time.” A discussion ensued. Followed by an extensive grounded. And then a random drug test. During the discussion, the teen told me “everybody does it.” ... More About: Lighting
Miley?s L-I-T
2010-12-14 05:43:00 Thank God I wasn’t famous when I was a teen. It would have been devastating to my fragile teenage psyche to pick up a gossip magazines (’cause way back in the old days we didn’t have internet like today) and read about all the stupid things I did. Like the time I “borrowed” my mom’s ...
October 2002 ? Caleb?s 1st Halloween
2010-10-22 21:45:00 Caleb suffers from last child syndrome. It’s a terrible, horrible, no good syndrome that I plagued him with. It’s where the last child suffer because the parents are too tired after four previous kids to do things like update baby books or take lots of pictures or video tape his/her every move. Keaton’s baby book is ... Related posts:October 1994 – Keaton’s First Halloween I’ve never been one of those moms who sews a... October 1999 – Skyler & Spencer’s First Halloween Skyler and Spencer were born on October 4th. So for... Hobos and ghouls and army men…oh my I’ve talked before about how Halloween is not my... Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.
Karma?s a bitch
More articles from this author:2010-10-21 06:30:00 When I picked the kids up from school today Skyler said, “Spencer, do you have something you want to tell mom?” She totally gets that from me. Whenever I am trying to get the kids to confess to something before I call them out I said, “Do you have something you need to share with me?” ... Related posts:And this is why I have gray hairs On my first day of kindergarten I was sitting on... Dear Skyler & Spencer (on your 11th birthday), When I found out I was carrying twins I was... Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin. More About: Karma , Bitch 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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