Posted by Editormum on 3 June 2009 in Uncategorized |
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My friends all tease me about being unable to relax. This week is supposed to be my vacation, and I’m doing errands, laundry, house-cleaning, yard work — all those things that I never have time to do in the usual work week. But today was a (mostly) goofing off day. For starters, I didn’t even […]
Tags: birds, classics, Family Life, reading, swimming, zoo
Posted by Editormum on 1 June 2009 in Uncategorized |
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Today was such a crazy day, but I don’t know why I was surprised … most of my days seem to go this way. It’s not that I don’t plan well, because I’m really good at planning. Really good. It’s not that I don’t work my plan. Because I am usually fairly good at sticking […]
Tags: automobiles, Family Life, groceries, mechanic, True Stories
Posted by Editormum on 12 December 2008 in Uncategorized |
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So if the holidays weren’t complicated enough, yesterday I had to take a half-day off from work to go to court with the ex. And then I get down there, and he decides that, rather than going through the ordeal of actually appearing in court, he’ll work a deal with us there, in the corridor […]
Tags: challenges, divorce, Family Life, holidays, karate
Posted by Editormum on 5 December 2008 in Uncategorized |
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So we worked it all out and the fence is up. Looks nice, and the kids and I are finding it lovely to be able to use our backyard without having to share it with snarling, slavering, vicious dogs. Then it was Thanksgiving, which was kind of crazy. Our family had the meal on the […]
Tags: Family Life, friends, holidays, Work Life
Posted by Editormum on 13 November 2008 in Uncategorized |
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I moved into my house in August 1997. There was a chain-link fence all the way around the back yard. In 1999, the back neighbour asked permission (readily granted) to pull up the back portion so he could put in a wooden fence. I gained 18″ of backyard along the length of the back property […]
Tags: challenges, Family Life
Posted by Editormum on 30 September 2008 in Uncategorized |
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We are so busy with different things right now that I’m not keeping up too well with blogs and other “extra-curricular” activities. But we are all happy and having fun, so I guess it’s a good trade-off. Karate. Last Friday night, the children and I passed our karate rank tests, and advanced from white belt […]
Tags: Boy Scouts, boys, challenges, children, Christianity, Family Life, karate, migraine, parenting, soccer
Posted by Editormum on 25 July 2008 in Uncategorized |
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I was eating dinner with the kids at a certain local chain restaurant tonight. As the waiter was clearing the dishes, a knife fell off of a plate, and bounced off of my water glass onto the floor. He apologized. I said it was okay. And we both assumed that was the end of it. […]
Tags: Family Life, food, humour, True Stories, weird stuff
Posted by Editormum on 10 June 2008 in
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And no, it’s not what you think! I often read Penelope Trunk’s blog “The Brazen Careerist,” because she’s very up-front about the fact that she’s not perfect, work-life balance is not possible, and some days just stink. Sometimes her ideas for coping are outrageous; some days they actually make sense. I was VERY touched by […]
Tags: child-rearing, children, Christianity, faith, Family Life, grace, pain, parenting, prayer, Religion
Posted by Editormum on 24 March 2008 in Uncategorized |
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I am utterly and completely flabbergasted by what the X did today. The kids and I got home at 8 p.m. The phone rings while we’re getting our jammies on. It’s X. “I have a housewarming gift for the kids and you. Can I bring it now? I came by earlier, but you weren’t home […]
Tags: challenges, character, children, divorce, Family Life, True Stories
Posted by Editormum on 6 January 2008 in Uncategorized |
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So I’m all excited today because I’m packing up our stuff and we’re gonna move back home this afternoon. I’ve just finished packing the bathroom and all of the boys’ stuff into the car, and I’m getting ready to take the first load over to the house when my cell phone rings. It’s the Ex, […]
Tags: boys, challenges, children, Family Life, parenting, True Stories