Mama's So Called LifeMama's So Called LifeRamblings of a wife, mother and part time state classified employee. Sometimes something might be said that will change the world....but probably not!
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The Santa Myth
2006-12-20 04:25:02 First off, I'd like to mention that I am this weeks "Tuesday Guess It" renter over at Her Majesty's Throne . Mosey on over there, take a guess and see if you could be this weeks "Tuesday Guess It" winner!!********************************* ***************************************** *****When I was a little girl, I didn't believe in Sant a Claus. I knew other kids who did, and I never told them that there was no such thing; but in our home, we never "did" Santa. We opened all of our presents on Christmas Eve by the light of the tree and the candles with Christmas music playing in the background. Inevitably every year, my brother and I got a new pair of pajames; usually flannel; and after the presents were opened, we would cozy up in our new pajames and sit in the recliner with my mom while she read us Christmas stories. It's a very warm and fuzzy memory for me. On Christmas morning, we would rush downstairs to see what "Santa" put in our stockings. While we didn't believe in Santa, i... More About: Myth
Christmas Tour Of Homes
2006-12-16 04:21:03 Welcome To Our Home !!Anakin, Care Bear, Feisty, Hubby and I are happy that you came! Hubby is behind the scenes taking the picture, but he sends his greetings as well!Take your shoes and coat off and help yourself to some Rice Krispy Treats or some home-made chocolate chip cookies! The hot water for the hot chocolate and cider is brewing. I apologize; my kids were anxious while we were waiting for you and dug into the rice krispy treats already. They helped make them so I couldn't say no!This is our Christ mas tree. It's an artificial one because we decided with so many little curious hands, the hassle of watering and trying to get it straight in the tree stand and pine needles ending up all over the floor that an artificial would be much easier (for a few years). I miss the smell of pine when I walk into my house, but I can sacrifice for awhile. I took this picture in the dark (unbelievably) with the lights on, but somehow it ended up looking like it's broad daylight and you can... More About: Tour , Homes
Optimistic Thinking
2006-12-14 16:20:01 This is perhaps thinking optimistically. I could potentially be setting myself up for failure.But I'll give it the good ole college try.Actually, maybe you should all be here on January 2nd since no one will probably be around in blog-land on New Year's Day and I won't be at work. Basically, just come by, give me encouragement, support and a swift kick in the butt to keep the momentum going. It's my New Year's Resolution; however I've never been good at those. So, keep this in the back of your mind if you want to be here on that day to kick-start the New Year! And if there are any other smokers out there who'd like to join me in this effort, I could use all the support I can get! :-) More About: Think , King , Mist , Thinking , Opti
Wordless Wednesday--Care Bear Drawing
2006-12-14 16:20:01 "Girl Marching"--by Care Bear More About: Drawing , Word , Wing , Less
Things That Make You Go "Hmmmm"...
2006-12-13 16:19:01 The other day in the mail, I received something from our medical clinic that looked suspiciously like a bill. I had no desire to open it, but when I did, I discovered much to my surprise that it was a check issued to me for $20. Hmmmm.....I owe this particular medical clinic money. How is it that they sent me money? I hate to look a gift horse in the mouth; but why on earth would they give me money when I owe them? This was obviously on my mind the other night when I went to bed and dreamed that Hubby and I were friends with Clay Aiken and Clay had decided to pay off our medical bills. He overpaid $20, which is why I was issued the check. Hmmmm....Do I cash the check and just be happy for a nice surprise in my mailbox? Or do I take the chance of calling the medical clinic and discover that it was a mistake and I have to give the money back? What a conundrum.Hmmmm......P.S. Thanks for all the great birthday wishes. I did end up getting to go out to dinner that evening with... More About: Hat , Make , Things , That , Thing
Christmas Tree Treasures
2006-12-10 16:18:05 It's my birthday today.32 Years oldMy daughter did a song and dance for meI have to work.FIL won't watch the kids tonight so I can go out to dinner.I'm alive.I have a husband and three beautiful children.Dear Lord, please slow down time. Ok? That's all I want for my birthday.....And now for....My aunt, the lovely Morning Glory is hosting "Chris t mas Tree Treasures" today. It hit me at 9:00 last night that I had forgotten to borrow my mom's digital camera to take pictures for this event so I hustled my 32 year old booty down to her house last night to take some pictures. Can't miss out on this bloggy Christmas fun!! So, here are my Christmas Tree Treasures. We are a "new" family....meaning we haven't collected a whole lot of ornaments yet. But there are several that are special to me so far. This was given to hubby and I from my aunt for our first Christmas together. This is another "Our First Christmas Ornament" that my mom gave to us on our first Christmas. These are Care Be... More About: Sure
Wordless Wednesday--Thanksgiving 2006
2006-12-07 04:15:04 Photo courtesy of Brooke More About: Thanksgiving , Word , Giving , Less , Thanks
"The Most Germiest Time Of The Year"
2006-12-07 04:15:04 My Wordless Wednesday is below this post...--Adapted from ?The Most Wonderful Time of the Year ? by Kristen P. December, 2006 (sung with the same tune)It?s the most germiest time of the yearWhen the kids are all coughingAnd Mommy is pukingOh please don?t come near!It?s the most germiest time of the Year!It?s the sick-sickiest season of allWhen the cold man is callingAnd Lysol is sprayingNo friends come to call!!It?s the sick-sickiest season of all!There?ll be Pepto a-plentyAnd stomachs are emptyAnd hacking is all you can hearThere?ll be foreheads a ?roastingNo time for blog postingIt?s not a good season I fear!It?s the Germ -Germiest time?..OF THE YEAR!!
Who Needs TV.....
2006-12-06 04:15:03 When I have these three monkeys to entertain me?? Last night, I had a very enjoyable evening with my children. Not that I don't usually have enjoyable evenings with my kids, but last night, they were in rare form. Hubby was out and about last night paying on his new drum set (yes, he got it), and helping my brother with his DVD player, so I was at home with the rugrats. (I say that in love). Care Bear (as usual) wanted mac n cheese for dinner. It has gotten to the point where whenever they want mac and cheese, I have to get two boxes so that each girl can put in their own noodles, their own butter, their own milk and their own cheese. Since each box is maybe an entire $.60, I don't typically have a problem with this; it saves me the pain of enduring a temper tantrum on either girls' part because the other got to put in the cheese this time. Anyhoo, those two little girls made their own mac and cheese last night from start to finish. All the way down to serving up their own bowls.... More About: Need , Needs
"Just Keep Swimmin' "
2006-12-02 16:12:04 "Hey Mr. Grumpy Gills! You know what you do when life gets you down? Just keep swimmin', swimmin', swimmin. What do we do? We swim, swim, swim". --Dory (spoken to the eternal pessimistic Marlin; Nemo's Dad)My daughters are huge fans of the Pixar movies. Every week, there is a different one that they choose to watch over and over and over until I want to rip that particular DVD out of the player and chuck it as far as I can away from our house as I can so that I never have to see it again. Except for "Finding Nemo". There is something about that movie that is so endearing to me. Somehow I don't tire of that one. This week, it is their movie of choice. I love Dory. Dory is the memory challenged, but forever optimistic fish that befriends Marlin in his search for his son, Nemo after he is captured by deep sea divers and fated to live with Darla, "the fish killer". Yesterday, while Care Bear was at pre-school and Feisty was in the bath-tub (which seems to be her routine every aftern... More About: Swim , Keep
New Blog Alert!!
2006-12-02 16:12:04 Attention one and all!! My sister-in-law (my brother, Kevin's wife) has launched a new blog. You can find her at Twenty Eight Celsius! Let's all show her the bloggy love! More About: Blog , Alert , Fakta , Doof , The Lover
Today Is The Day
2006-12-02 16:12:04 Micah is Counting on Us!http://www.pray4micah.com More About: Today , The D
Wordless Wednesday
2006-12-02 16:12:04 My Snow Angel The Abonminable GirlRelaxing More About: Word , Less , Wednesday
Unabashed Honesty
2006-12-02 16:12:04 The last week or so, I have struggled to figure out something to write about. Nothing seems to be coming to me that seems worth posting, or anything that you all would be interested in reading about. I've actually been feeling a little on the bummed out side the past week or so; motivation to do anything is minimal.--My garbage disposal has been giving me fits the past couple of weeks so dishes pile up--I've got clean clothes piled up all over the place that need to be put away--dirty clothes that need to be washed--the kids seem extra ornery these days--My husband and I haven't been out together in months--Money, to put it mildly, is tight...as tight as a drum.To use Karen's term, I'm in a funk.The money thing is what really has me down right now, and the huge weight of that is making the other things that much harder to deal with.--Care Bear needs to new glasses; her stem came off and they are being held together with tape right now. They are so scratched up I don't know how... More About: Honest , Nest , Honesty , Bash
The Funk Continues
2006-12-02 16:12:04 I'm not sure what is going on with me these past few days. Usually I'm a pretty content person. I'll have the occasional day now and then where I feel down in the dumps, but it typically doesn't last more than a day. I've felt this way all week and I can't pinpoint one certain thing that is making me feel so low. I feel like I'm crawling out of my skin, but I have no way to get out of my skin. The smoking cessation isn't going as smoothly as I had hoped. I set a plan in motion for myself to make next Tuesday my "put on the patch" day, but I don't know.I feel like I want a "getaway" but in picturing my getaway, I still feel "crawly". I feel like my whole body has "Restless Leg Syndrome".I'm not out of my anti-anxiety medication, which is often a question I get when I'm not feeling "quite right". It's not "that time of the month". I wish there was a plausible excuse for the way I'm feeling because then at least I would know that there's a time I can pinpoint when I may f... More About: Fun , Funk , Conti
Focus On The Positive
2006-12-02 16:12:04 I wrote a post earlier today that was extremely depressing. I even posted it and left it up for awhile, but then after reading it I was concerned that someone might call the suicide hotline or something so I decided to take it down. No worries; I'm not that depressed, but I couldn't stand to leave it up. Those of you who subscribe to me through bloglines may still be subjected to it and already have read it. If so, just keep me in your thoughts and prayers. In the meantime, I decided to focus on the positive things that are going on instead of all the negative. Try to be a "glass full" kinda gal. So, in the interest of maintaining my sanity, the positives in my so called life:I had Anakin's conference last week. The good news is that he has a fantastic teacher this year that he absolutely loves, which is always a plus. She is a kind, caring woman who has Anakin's best interests at heart and is committed to helping us with Anakin's ADHD sans drugs. We came up with some plans and... More About: Focus , Positive , Posi
Continuing on the Positive Trend
2006-12-02 16:12:04 The other day, I did a post focusing on the positive things in my life to keep my focus and combat the negative. In continuing this trend, I thought of some more. It seems to be helping a little, and despite the fact that I had the stomach flu all day yesterday and the hubby had to come home from work to take care of the kids, and despite the fact that our nice, expensive flat screen TV quit working yesterday for some unknown reason, I'm feeling a little better.Karen gave birth to Baby Boy Trade-Off yesterday afternoon at 4:47. He was 8 lbs 10 oz and 21 inches. I've seen pictures and let me tell you; there is no shortage of beauty in that family. Go on over there if you haven't already and congratulate the whole Trade-Off family!My best childhood friend gave birth to a baby boy a week and a half ago. 8 lbs 12 oz and 21 inches long. My cousin's wife, Sherry gave birth to an adorable little boy at the end of October. He's a doll baby as well.My other cousin's wife, Amanda, is pr... More About: Positive , Trend , Posi , Conti
TMI?? Perhaps.....
2006-12-02 16:12:04 Men (if any men read my blog) may want to stay clear of this post....fair warning.So, ladies, you know how it is pre-baby.....I mean how your body is pre-baby. And then there is post-baby. Let's just say that particularly pre-Feisty, I was a decent 34C. Now? I'm lucky if I'm a 34A. But I've been too lazy to go out and buy myself any new bras to fit my decreasing body.So, I've been wearing the 34C bras; basically might as well not be wearing one at all.I mentioned to my mom the other day that all I want for Christmas is a new bra. That's it. Just a new "over the shoulder boulder holder" (ten points if you know where that quote is from). Yesterday morning she presented me with two new bras. She and Feisty went shopping for me. Yes, my two year old daughter helped pick out my new bras. I'll just say one thing about my new bras that actually fit: I forgot how high up on my chest that my boobs go when I'm wearing a bra that actually fits. Go figure.
Thanksgiving Eve
2006-12-02 16:12:04 Here I sit at work; on the day before Thanks giving . Out of about 50 people who work in my office, I think about 10 are actually here. That seems like a pretty reasonable estimate. But it's alright. I purposely didn't take time this year because I am trying to save up some time in the hopes that my husband and I will get to take some time to go on a little trip to Arizona for our 5th anniversary in March.For fun today, I was in my site-meter going through the referrals to see how people found me. A lot came to me through really interesting google searches. Here's just a few of the google searches that led people to me this week:cocoon creaturestribute to a loving grandpahix contractionsspanking mamachild blinks a lot then stretchesmy embarrassing momentgrandmas goodnight prayersmy baby's eyes are blinking a lotappropriate punishment for spittingI want to quit to be full time mom recommend it or notchild's prayer for dinnerlittle prayer for someone frustratedToday, in light of th... More About: Giving , Ving , Hank
An Explanation and Some Randomness
2006-12-02 16:12:04 I thought I would give a little bit more of an explanation as to who Micah is (who I referred to in my last post) . A couple of people didn't know the situation or who he is, so I thought I'd help you out on that.Micah is a little boy who was recently diagnosed with eye cancer after his mother discovered a growth on his eye. She initially thought that it was a bump from a tussle with his older brother, but after it didn't go away for quite some time, she took him to the doctor where they discovered cancer. Micah's parents are friends of missionaries to the Church of the Nazarene (which is where I attend.) The prayer request for Micah came through a couple of months ago and they have established a website: http://pray4micah.com where you can go and read in more detail his story, as well as updates as to how he is doing.There hasn't been a whole lot of response to the "Pray For Micah" campaign that I posted about on Friday, but thanks to those that have responded and linked sayin... More About: Randomness , Random , Nation , Ness , Plan
Christmas Tree Treasures
2006-12-02 16:12:04 My Wordless Wednesday is below so go check that out, too.I just wanted to put a plug in for an event happening next Friday, December 8th over at Morning Glory's . She is hosting "Chris t mas Tree Treasures" on that fine day (which also happens to be my birthday....had to mention that). For the details, go here and join in on the fun! More About: Sure
I did it myself!
2006-12-02 16:12:04 See this template? See it? I did it all by myself!! Oh yeah! So tell me....the truth....is it too hard on the eyes? If so, I'll change it. I certainly do not want to blind anyone and make them not want to come visit. Let me know! More About: Self , Myself , I Did It
Christmas Tour of Homes
2006-12-02 16:12:04 Woo-hoo!! It's the Christ mas tour of homes, y'all! I am so excited. Go on over to BooMama for the details. Deck the halls, y'all! :-) More About: Home , Tour , Homes
Let's All PRAY FOR MICAH!!
More articles from this author:2006-12-02 16:12:04 Micah has been on my mind a lot lately. Particularly as the holiday seasons come upon us. As a mother, I can only imagine the pain this family is feeling watching their precious little boy fight for his life at such a young age.When I first became aware of Micah and his situation, I mentioned him to Care Bear and told her that we need to remember to pray for Micah because he is sick and he is even younger that her little sister, Feisty. Care Bear has remembered. Without fail. To pray for him at bed-time every night and at meals. She reminds me to pray for him. She has become Micah's little half-pint prayer warrior.After Care Bear said her bedtime prayer last night (which of course included Micah), I got to thinking about Micah and his family. I know that they have thousands, and maybe tens or hundreds of thousands of people praying for them. And I thought to myself; let's add some more. Let's spread the word. Let's get as many people we can through this great network of bloggers... More About: Micah , Pray 1, 2 |
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