On the left side of the sanity bell curve
I get to see my kids today. Yay! And I can type that without being sarcastic. Sure the house is really clean and tidy. Sure the kids’ rooms look like they have been set up for a photo shoot or something. Dinners have been eaten later than they’ve been eaten in almost four years. We… Continue reading My Butt Hurts and I Get to See My Kids
The “death talk” in a lot of parents’ minds is akin to the “sex talk” – something you know you’ll eventually have to talk about but you’re perfectlycontent to put it off for as long as is humanly possible. I had to explain death to Cara much earlier than I thought I would have to when our… Continue reading UAH Shooting and Hello Kitty
I woke this morning to one child who is sick and thinks it’s her job to be as whiny as is humanly possible and to another child who thinks it’s his job to ceaselessly taunt and poke the sick one. This is not what I consider the start to a good day. Thus far, I’ve… Continue reading Diapers and Coffee
I’m sitting in the Starbucks at Barnes and Noble right now in Jonesboro, AR and I can’t quit tapping my foot to the obnoxious Christmas music that’s being piped in. It’s not that I’m going all Scrooge or anything but when I have to plug one ear so I can hear my phone…well…the music is… Continue reading Really Cold Shower
When I was little, I went to church with my grandma and grandpa whenever I was at their house on Sundays. Since my mom worked several jobs when I was little, I was at my grandparents’ house a lot. One thing that I can vividly remember about that church is the smell of the place:… Continue reading The Best Apples I Can
Today I actually got to GO IN some houses that I had stalked looked at on the Internet. We had a list of seven to check out. Seven. I went into it expecting to end the house looking session being all conflicted and not knowing which of the amazing houses we were going to buy.… Continue reading Snorting Bleach
The connections that Cara is making right now astound me. We always have our TV on. It doesn’t matter if the TV is on the news or if it’s on cartoons-it’s on and I blame a lot of that on me. For some reason, I have the ADD where I need to have noise. If… Continue reading Making Connections
I love it when I say that I’m going to do something and then something out of my control goes and throws a wrench in that something. I was all like, “Hey shred video, I’m gonna kick your ass!” and so we did Workout 2. I screamed cried laughed at how horrible easy the workout… Continue reading Trying to Avoid the Walker
…according to Cara since she refused to get anywhere close to Santa. Mom and I took the kids to the mall today to look for some presents for Cara and Oliver. Santa happened to be hanging out on his big ole Santa throne and since both kids were dressed in red, I figured I’d tempt… Continue reading The Devil Wore Red…
The one negative that I have to say about My Baby A to Z is that it’s not very long. By the fourth time of Cara cycling through the video and me being punched in the arm to restart the video, I finally got smart to the “continuous play” option. [I think my arm is… Continue reading Bruised and Engaged
Cara’s two year old doctor’s appointment is tomorrow and I wasn’t too sure if she was going to have to get any shots. She screams like a banshee every time we go to the pediatrician’s office even though she’s never had a bad experience there. Whatever. She’s just weird. Anyway, I don’t like being surprised… Continue reading Informed Consent
Since no “mommy blog” is complete without at least some mention of potty training, I figured that I would post a picture and a brief story. Cara has been rocking the potty training thing. We got her chair a couple of weeks before I had Oliver but we decided to ignore the chair until after… Continue reading Living Room Potty
