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« Previous EntriesThe end of the rainbow
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010The other evening I was driving on the freeway. It was sprinkling but the sun was shining so there was a rainbow. I had to snap this picture with my phone.
It looks as though I am driving right for the end of the rainbow. Never saw anything so neat and [...]
Spontaneity—or lack there of
Monday, February 22nd, 2010When you become a Mother there are so many things that change about you. Countless things, some you don’t miss and some you wish could come back again. For me spontaneity is one of those things. It is one I miss a lot. I want to find a way to bring it [...]
Book Review – The Body Scoop for Girls
Monday, February 15th, 2010We often get emails asking us to review products. Some of them sound good and some are just nutty. We generally pass on them but once in a while something comes through that interests us. When I got the email for this book I thought it would be worth a read given [...]
Day in—day out
Saturday, February 6th, 2010Being a stay at home Mother has been one of the most demanding jobs in my life. I cannot imagine a harder job. It stretches me farther than I think I can be stretched. Some weeks life moves along smoothly and some weeks it drags me through the mud.
This past [...]
The longest day of the week
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010Wednesday is always the longest day of the week for me. There are so many things I am stretched to do. I love each and every one of them and I wouldn’t change it, it just makes for a long day.
Every Wednesday I:
* get the kids dressed and ready for school
* comb and [...]
Doctor visit strategy
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010There have been several times that I have had to drag a child of mine to the doctor with me so that they can hear the doctor tell them all the things I have been. I call this the doctor visit strategy.
Today was one of those times. For some reason they listen so [...]
Diaper days are numbered
Monday, February 1st, 2010I have made posts in the past regarding diapers, but those posts spoke of how many diapers we were consuming. At the height we were using 27 diapers per day!!!! Knowing now that Paul is almost potty trained completely our days with diapers in our life are coming to an end.
There [...]
Bingo!
Monday, January 25th, 2010I have been going to Bingo at Fort McDowell Casino for about 10 years now. I don’t go very often, maybe 3 times a year. It is a fun night out and since I never win I just enjoy the time out.
I couldn’t believe it on the first game when the first 3 [...]
Reflections on a land far away
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009This time last year I was in Ethiopia. It is a place similar to our own, but it is different. Things run on their own schedule in Ethiopia and I am not sure that you can ever really be late to anything. Here we are frazzled going from one place to the [...]
Black Friday Shopping
Friday, November 27th, 2009After serious contemplation on whether to get up at 3 or 4 this morning my Mother and I settled on 4, but when my Brother called and said that things were nutty at the Walmart Mom wanted to go early. We got up and headed out the door at 3:40. [...]
National Adoption Awareness Month
Monday, November 9th, 2009November is National Adoption Awareness Month. What this means to me is a time to further celebrate and tell others about the miracle that is adoption. I won’t bore you with a list of all the blessings adoption has brought to my life, mainly because it would be everything, but also because I know [...]
Flashback
Monday, November 2nd, 2009I generally don’t do flashback posts but I am making an exception this time. Last year on this date I posted this post. I still find it very poignant and I am still striving to accomplish this.
Learning to handle the many moods and activities of life requires solitude.
Do not let the demands of [...]
Blogtoberfest
Tuesday, October 27th, 2009I was tagged to do this one word meme.
. Where is your mobile phone? island
2. Your hair? fluffy
3. Your mother? sincere
4. Your father? funny
5. Your favourite food? italian
6. Your dream last night? none
7. Your favourite drink? Diet Coke
8. Your dream/goal? Whale Sharks
9. What room are you in? office
10. Your hobby? Quilting
11. Your fear? death [...]
Growing Older
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009Let me first begin by saying that I realize I am not old. 35 isn’t young but it isn’t old either. However, 35 is oldish and the body certainly isn’t what it used to be. I am growing older, I can’t change it and I am not really ready to be happy about [...]
Doll Quilt Swap Received
Monday, September 28th, 2009I received my doll quilt in the mail last Monday. Due to the fact that it was a super busy week with arriving home from New York, my Sister’s and Sister in laws birthday, Paul’s adoption hearing, Johnny Appleseed party at Kindergarten, open house at preschool and many other things I haven’t had time [...]
Go Green or Don’t
Tuesday, September 1st, 2009The kids started school this year and the school is on a go green kick. I cannot really call it a actual serious go green measure since they are so incredibly wasteful and only pick and choose the things to go green on.
Basically, as far as I can tell, they are going green by [...]
Early to rise
Saturday, July 25th, 2009Let me just say this . . . I HATE getting up early, but I have resigned myself to the idea that I will have to in order to get this entire family out the door in time to make it to school on time.
I did a dry run today and my worst [...]
A whole week
Friday, July 24th, 2009I cannot believe that I haven’t blogged in an entire week! My loyal readers must have thought I had fallen off the face of the Earth!
Fear not, I am still here, just busy. Remember when I was aghast at the idea that we were a big family? Of course that post was [...]
Rearing its ugly head
Monday, July 13th, 2009Often I hear comments about how wonderful it is that Obama is our President, how this little tiny factor, in and of itself, proves somehow that racism is dead. It couldn’t be more wrong. The sheer fact that anyone mentions his race when they mention that he is President proves the point that [...]
I did it!
Friday, July 10th, 2009Tonight while the children were performing a circus for Grammy for her birthday (Happy Birthday Mom, I love you!), the kids started doing cartwheels. My mother and everyone was urging me to try it out. I was reluctant to do so but I did and was prepared for the worst.
It was [...]