It seems like every female friend of mine has had “something” happen to them. I have one friend who watched her mother be raped by an intruder and then she was raped as well. She was 15. I have another friend who was date raped by her first boyfriend. She was 16. Two friends were… Continue reading Take Back Your Power
Hormones and the New “Mommy War”
When I was pregnant with Cara, I cried…a lot. Then, I got pregnant with Oliver and I was probably the angriest that I’ve ever been in my entire life. Anything and everything would set me off and though I knew that most things weren’t as big of a deal as my emotions were making them… Continue reading Hormones and the New “Mommy War”
Three Things List
A couple of things happening today. #1 If you come over here one minute [hour] and the site looks like it does now and then you come back later and it looks different [and possibly broken] it’s because the proverbial shelf-life has expired on my site’s design and I need something different. Please disregard and… Continue reading Three Things List
I’m Going to BlogHer, Y’all
It’s official, y’all. I’m going to BlogHer ’09! WOO HOO!!! The first year I was new to the game and had just started blogging. The second year, I was pregnant and had a very small Cara to deal with. Now, I have an Ollie who will be ten months and can hang with his dad… Continue reading I’m Going to BlogHer, Y’all
20/20 and Bloody Marry
Am I the only one who doesn’t trust the mirrors in dressing rooms? Call me paranoid but I blame a misspent youth and way too much 20/20. Every other weekend I was supposed to go with my dad for “his” weekend. More times than not, those weekends didn’t happen or were spent with my father’s… Continue reading 20/20 and Bloody Marry
A Quickie
Here it is almost 9 o’clock and I haven’t packed a single thing. Actually, as I type this, some of Cara’s clothes and her Hello Kitty! towel are drying so that I don’t ruin her little two year old day tomorrow. We’re heading back to Arkansas for my mom’s family reunion so that means about… Continue reading A Quickie
Though I Am Awesome…
At every apartment complex that we’ve lived, we’ve had a pool. Though I love swimming, I’m not a big fan of the whole bathing suit thing and refuse to wear a t-shirt to cover up so I can count on two hands [maybe three…I have a spare] the number of times that I’ve actually used… Continue reading Though I Am Awesome…
Toddler NO LIKES Pediatrician
This past week has been filled with phone calls back to Cara and Ollie’s pediatrician in Arkansas. For what seems like an eternity [but it’s really only been about a month], they’ve both had ear infections and they both have been acting like the infections were back. The new pediatrician’s office here in Alabama refused… Continue reading Toddler NO LIKES Pediatrician
Ollie Smash!
I guess there are worse ways to be woken at six in the morning…but at the time that this video was taken, I would have preferred to have just stayed asleep. Image|milesdeelite
The Eyelet Shirt
Like most people, there have been a couple of teachers who have really stuck out for me through the years. A couple were amazing. My first grade teacher is remembered based solely on the fact that she was my first grade teacher and her name had the word “barn” in it and I’ve always liked… Continue reading The Eyelet Shirt
What Would You Like To See?
Did you ever have a boyfriend who you just kept coming back to no matter what they did or how much you didn’t want to come back? That’s how I feel about this site. OK. Maybe that’s not fair. I started this website as an extension of a message board journal. The journal was decently… Continue reading What Would You Like To See?
This is What Happened
Cara’s dentist appointment went famously yesterday. Of course, most of you probably had no clue that she had an appointment unless you follow me on Twitter. I’ve been sucked into the Anita Blake series by Laurell K. Hamilton and I’m on book 7 and just keep getting drug deeper into the whole thing. I’d like… Continue reading This is What Happened