Thoughts
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Monday, April 9th, 2012I’ve been thinking lately about the expectations I have for my children. Going along with recognizing their huge potential, I wonder why I don’t expect that much from them. They read junk fiction or hardly any non-fiction and I don’t push back on that. When they do a decent job on something, I give them [...]
In Favor of a Little Boredom
Sunday, January 29th, 2012School can be boring. Let me put the emphasis where I mean it: school can be boring. So can work. So can life. I’m not going to say that the purpose of school is to be tedious. But learning and mastery aren’t supposed to be effortless. You have to learn things that maybe you don’t [...]
Worlds Away
Saturday, December 3rd, 2011This holiday season I have been recalling where I was exactly 3 years ago. For those who are new to the blog we were in Ethiopia picking up our son and learning about his country of birth. December 4th, 2008 we took a trip the top of Entoto Mountain. While driving to the top of [...]
Quaking in Their Boots
Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011We’ve got a situation. Last weekend, Annie and Kimberly attended a birthday party at Castles ‘n’ Coasters and they went together on the log ride. I stood on some stairs so I could get a good view and cheer them on. Unfortunately, the first time I saw them they were both wailing and freaking out—even [...]
{Pumpkin Patch 2011}
Monday, October 10th, 2011Yesterday we made the trek up to the pumpkin patch in Chino Valley, AZ. It was a brisk day up there so we all wore long pants and brought sweatshirts. We picked perfect pumpkins. Pretended to drive tractors. Pet animals in the petting zoo. Took a hay ride and ate kettle corn. Found our way [...]
100,000 Miles My Friend
Friday, October 7th, 2011Feeling sentimental today. Vanny van hit 100,000 miles as I pulled into the school parking lot this morning. This van and I have been together since February 2005. I was pregnant with Madeline when we made the decision to buy a van. There is still a yellow mark down the driver side of the van [...]
1,825 days
Wednesday, September 28th, 2011Five years ago Mimi had a grand mal seizure. When I count up the bad days in my life this day is in the top three. Mimi could have died. She could have had far more brain damage and never woken up. I could have lost her. I have spent the last 1,825 days never [...]
Three Year Old Blues
Saturday, July 16th, 2011Paul is the last three year old I will get to parent! This thought brings a huge smile to my face. I am sure there will be other ages that I will despise in the coming years but for right now three is year I abhor most. Not one of my kids went through the [...]
36 years ago
Tuesday, June 28th, 2011My parents were wed on this day 36 years ago. I don’t recall the day though stories told by family tell me I was constipated that day. (Isn’t it interesting the memories people keep forever.) They committed to love each other through thick and thin. They did. One of the harder things of having my [...]
I love my blog . . . really I do.
Monday, June 27th, 2011I really do love my blog. My current blogging time allotment doesn’t support this but I really do. I love the inane family history that it has recorded in it’s pages database. I still think about my blog a lot even though I don’t make much time for it. I have tons of topics that [...]
18 years
Sunday, June 5th, 2011Bill and I celebrated our 18th anniversary early with a nice dinner at Melting Pot and a drive with the top down. On our actual anniversary we did laundry, went to a family party and hung out with friends at the train park concert. Just another day in paradise around here.
A Mother’s Day Fit for a Queen
Sunday, May 8th, 2011My children are at the age where they really get special occasions. They get the idea that special days only roll around once a year and that they are something to take time to celebrate. They had been growing with excitement for Mother’s Day midway through last week. Annie would get so giddy counting down [...]
Week 4 to a Healthier Me
Friday, April 29th, 2011This week I lost a grand total of 1 pound. Since it had been one month since I had first started exercising I got measured again. I have lost a grand total of just under 3 inches. (This total is added up from all the bits of inches around my body.) I will be really [...]
In Honor
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011Today is the one year anniversary of my Father’s passing. I miss him. . . I have had a big pot of sauce bubbling on my stove since yesterday. The aroma wafts around my house and fills my heart and mind with millions of memories. Tonight I will have rigatoni with sauce and I will [...]
One Year Ago
Thursday, April 21st, 2011It has been one year since my life was forever changed. “People do not “get over ” grief. My personal and professional experience tells me that a total return to ‘normalcy’ after death of a love one is not possible; We are forever changed by the experience of grief.” ~ Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph. D.
Week 2 to a Healthier Me
Monday, April 18th, 2011Last week I made it to all my workouts and made sure to stay on track with my food choices. The net loss was -1 pound. (-2 if you count the +1 I had the week prior.) This is fine progress. It doesn’t thrill me, nor does it devastate me. I certainly wish it were [...]
Turning the Cable Back On
Wednesday, April 13th, 2011It has been 3 years, 3 months, and 12 days since we have had cable tv in our home. Today we have had Dish Network installed. The main reason for doing this was because of not being able to record tv. We tried a DVR and it just didn’t work well. Another reason we decided [...]
Week 1 to a Healthier Me
Friday, April 8th, 2011I am going to call this week week one because it was the first full week of working out and being conscious about what I was eating. The other weeks I went one day of the week and then was on vacation for part of them. So week 1 it is. This week I had [...]
Personal Growth with a Trainer
Wednesday, April 6th, 2011It finally happened . . . I hired a personal trainer. I get up at 5:40 Monday, Wednesday and Friday’s to drive to her house to work out. It isn’t easy. I am NOT a morning person. I HATE getting up early, let alone getting up early to exercise. When I started researching personal trainers [...]
My Last Preschool Registration
Thursday, March 24th, 2011Today I registered the last little Brown family member for preschool. He will follow in his big sister’s footsteps and be in the Rainbow Room. The days have passed so quickly since I registered Annie, KimberlyandMimi in the school. I know that Paulie will have a year full of adventure and maturation just as they [...]
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