I remember looking out the window of my childhood home, around 5 o'clock in the evening. A Fond Valentine's Day Memory My dad would climb out of his truck wearing his telephone-man uniform. I remember in his hands he carried 3 vases as he walked to the front door......
3 kids. 3 times the sugar-rush. Preschool, 1st grade and 3rd grade... Who is ready for Valentine's Day? MOM IS! Valentine hair... Valentine accessory... Valentine shirt, but that's not all......
I found Bob alive and well this morning and coaxed him back up to the house. I'm glad I didn't tell the kids their cat was dead. Barring actually having a cat corpse to prove it - I had enough circumstantial evidence to make my case: I found a blood-droplet trail a...
I am thinking I may have enough material to make this a regular feature. *sigh* Dear Tooth Fairy, I have been waiting a very long time. Here's the skinny. My 6 year old daughter, Olivia lost a tooth last Saturday. As of last night (Thursday), the Tooth Fairy...
I nearly glued myself to death, but I lived to tell the tale... My DIY Advent Calendar: You can make one too! Let me show you how! You'll need do-dads and numbers and pockety-envelopes and glue-stuff and ribbon and glitterfication product, and a canvas and a big...
I started a "cleanse" yesterday. It was to last for 16 days. DAYS. If I have ever laid at the doorstep of Hell... This -- is my story... The great cleanse fail of 2008. The day started off great. I took my thyroid medication and waited an hour... I love waiting...
It's taken me 3 kids and 9 years to figure this one out: When you need your preschooler to put on his/her shoes, don't ask: "Do you want to put on your shoes?" Free Advice to Parents of Preschoolers I am here to testify... JOHNNY WILL NOT WANT TO PUT ON HIS SHOES....
O.K. So. THAT didn't go EXACTLY as I expected. In my defense, when I filmed this I still had not yet had my coffee. Not unlike a druggie without his "fix" for the day (or for the hour, I dunno the kinds of schedules druggies keep. Aaaaanywho...). However, a few...
Testimony of a Mother: How to Let Go Before becoming a mom I never thought: I'd allow MY children to wear a saggy diaper. I'd yell at them. I'd wear socks with flip flops, but only in emergencies... I'd wonder if I had birthed the spawn of the devil. Important...
Fall is my favorite season, though at the end of every season I find I am ready for the changes of each new season. I believe the influence of my great-grandmother is a big reason for this love of Fall. However it has only been in recent years I have made this...
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