Loooong Weekend! Rah!
It’s Thanksgiving, and the biggest thing I am grateful for at the moment is a four and a half day weekend. I got off early this afternoon — work let out at 3! And tomorrow, of course, is the big family day with the huge feast and day-long board game frenzy. Friday, the kids are […]
BEHIND!
I hate feeling like I’m so far behind I’ll never get caught up, but that’s where I am right now. Absolutely exhausted, overwhelmed, and getting close to hopeless that I’ll ever get out of it. I’ve got a certification exam in three weeks, and I just HAVE to study for it. I NEED to fold […]
Tough Month!
This has been a busy time at work, which is why my Blogit earnings are going to stink this month. I’m juggling work, home-schooling, church, children’s choir, Broadway, handbells, freelance writing, and home. WAY too much! So my blogging has suffered, which means that, at last check, I’m due to earn $1.50 this month. LOL! […]
Bunk Beds….
The kids like their new bunks, except for a couple of minor things. The older one has to dodge the ceiling fan to get into his bed on the top bunk. When the fans were installed in this house (way before we moved in), they were installed smack-dab in the middle of the ceiling. The […]
The Kids Got Their Wish!
We finally put their beds together as bunk beds today. I’ve been trying to do that since something like May! But X lost the pins that secure the beds together somewhere up in the insulation of the attic when he started the (still unfinished) attic-decking project. And the beds are “This End Up!” furniture, which […]
Indoctrinating Children
I’m a sneaky mom. My kids like to listen to books on CD while drifting off to sleep. Most nights, I let them; although some nights I insist on music. After we’d listened to all six Harry Potter books for the umpteenth time, and gone twice through our incomplete collection of Redwall books (there are […]
Yucky Rental Car
I hate the rental car that my insurance company got for me to use while my car is being fixed. It smells funny, it’s dirty, and it’s too small. My boys are crammed into the back seat, and it’s uncomfortable for their long legs. The front seats are too low and are very uncomfortable. I […]
Making Progress!
It’s been kind of crazy here for the last few weeks, but I am SO happy to find that we are making progress. A large part of that progress is due to three little lists I created for my sons at the beginning of the month. The first list is a daily chore list. It’s […]
Things Mom Really Doesn’t Want to Hear
The first few came in my e-mail, but I’ve edited the list and added a few of my own to make it fit my life a little better. The things a single mom doesn’t want to hear are a little different from the things a married mom doesn’t want to hear. Sometimes. I swallowed the […]
Embarrassing Questions
You wouldn’t have thought that listening to Bill Bennett’s talk show in the morning on the way to drop off the kids would lead to high drama and turmoil … but it did today! Bill was reading a message from a girl about her dad, who is a doctor. Her dad did the ultrasound on […]