with everything going on to close out this school year…the girl’s birthday party got put on hold. the hold was way longer than i had hoped…due to having concrete poured in our backyard to extend the patio. but…even if her celebration with her friends was gonna have to wait until 3 weeks after her actual […]
so…here’s what went down on the way to colt’s basketball game last night: a fight nearly broke out between chad and i over a comment that he made… “basketball players are the overall best athletes in the world.” at first, i thought he was kidding because my main sports that i competed in growing up were soccer, […]
it’s no secret that i am usually a sentimental mess. it’s not uncommon for my oldest son to look at me and say something like… “mom…you’re doin’ good. you’re holding it together.” or… “MOM!!! ARE YOU CRYING??????” for the last six years…if you would have asked me how i’d handle this past friday…i would have summed […]
when i say, “i’m really busy this week”…i mean it. i don’t mind business. sometimes i work best under pressure. like today, for example. i am decorating 21 buckets for aiden’s end of the year class party, making 4 cell phone cases for the teacher’s end of the year gift, making sure that the kinect […]
Well it’s never a good sign when a perfect stranger suggests that you read James Dobson’s The Strong Willed Child after spending a half hour with your 2 year old. Of course, she meant well. I smiled…caught Flicka before she dismantled the fish tank…held onto her arm tightly…and politely said, “Kiss my @&$.” “I’ll check it […]
a few days ago, i noticed that my morning dove friend was back. i know. i’m announcing her return to my little corner of the world with non-mindy-flare emotion when normally i would be making welcome home signs and making everyone in a two block radius come to see her. it’s all about balance. we […]
i’ve learned some things this weekend. first of all…did you know that you can find out all sorts of stuff if you play truth or dare with a bunch of 5th grade boys? secondly…the word “beast” is out and “tubular” is in. here is an example of how to use it appropriately. just in case you need […]
being a mom is nothing but extraordinary. i asked God to help me live an extraordinary life…and He reminded me that He had given me a complicated husband and 4 children. (“complicated” being a good thing.) you can’t really put all of the thoughts and emotions that come with being a mom into a nice, little paragraph […]
this weekend was one of “those” weekends. (and “those” was supposed to be a link to an april 2010 post titled “chronicals of easter” which didn’t work.) but please…if you have a minute…go there. because it was a weekend that i think of on a fairly regular basis. because it was one of those “rainbows […]
7 years ago, tonight…i was in labor. i was waiting to meet my girl. my first daughter. i could not wait to see her…hold her…smell her. and just after midnight…she came. tomorrow she will officially be 7…an age that doesn’t sound so young anymore. and it is hard to not feel sad about that. i […]