Daily Grind
Baby Shower Gift Ettiquete: Need YOUR Opinion
My sister (half-sis whom I didn’t grow up with and hardly know) is having her first baby. My other sis and I are going in on a gift and checked out her registry. There’s an item for $159 that’s rather high end for this particular item (swing.) It’s really cool(it swings both ways), but I…
I’m Twitterpated!
I just love the scene in Bambi where Thumper (I think) talks about love. He calls it twitterpated. Well, this isn’t exactly what this post is about! I’ve been twittering…think brain dump to a minibloggy thing so that others can see what you’re doing. This weekend and Monday has been crazy with science projects for…
Ramblings on Family and Being Nice
Chris made an interesting observation while he was on a weekend field trip with his junior high. “I’m really nice when I’m away from home.” At home Chris is characterized by being bossy, nit-picky, and sometimes just plain nasty with his siblings, especially the two that rub him the wrong way. I can relate to…
Too Many Crits Spoil the WIP!?!
It’s like that old saying, “Too many cooks spoil the broth.” I’m at that point in my WIP where I’m doing last minute tweaking and trying to get feedback from lots of different people in anticipation of sending it off in a couple days/weeks! It’s been a long time since I sent something off, mainly…
Wake Me In Two Weeks?
The much anticipated Americana Day at my boys’ school has come and gone. The last week has been filled with putting together book baskets, (a big thank you to the authors who donated. (In no particular order: Donita Paul, Lynette Sowell, Bryan Davis, Tricia Goyer, Margret Daley, Camy Tang, Susan May Warren, Christy Barritt, Amy…
Everything to Everyone?
How can I be everything to everyone? A mother, parent, teacher, homeroom mom, field trip attendee, housekeeper, cook, wife, shopper, chauffer, writer, blogger, not to mention a helper to my mother who’s been living with us for two and a half months. Her living here has been much better than I expected, and I admit…
Annie and Ramblings…
Grace is singing in the bathroom. “Tomorrow, tomorrow, I love ya tomorrow, you’re always a day away!!” We just returned from Annie the National Tour. Though it’s not Grace’s first play (she gets to see a lot because her brothers are performers) it was mine when I was little. I remember so clearly sitting in…
You Know Life is Too Busy when You Forget ELMO!
Sheesh! This month has been filled with tickets to the circus, Annie, and Elmo. We made it to the first two, but maybe it was the drizzly weather yesterday. Or the fact that my husband worked nonstop around the house or that we just didn’t write it on the calendar (or maybe we did and…
Spring Cleaning!
Not only does my house need a spring cleaning hose down, so does my daily routine. It seems since Christmas I’ve been off schedule. The only thing on schedule is my exercise routine. Though if you looked at the scale you wouldn’t be able to tell. I keep putting my house and my daily chores…
I Lost My Voice!
It’s about three hours away, lost somewhere south of where I live. Thursday and Friday I attended my Joey’s overnight field trip with five kids and four adults (including me.) It was fun, but I was already feeling the affects of seasonal allergies. I was congested with a tickle in my throat, and occasional cough,…