Bone Tired
I don’t know why, exactly, but I am flat-out exhausted today. I’m having trouble with my home computer again, and I’ve got the kids to pack for their trip in eight days, and the house is still a bit of a mess … maybe this exhaustion is stress from all the things I have to […]
A Long Weekend
This is going to be a great weekend. Since my parents will be out of town celebrating V-day, I took off from work to take care of the kids. We’re going to get up really early and take the car to the mechanic. We have to wait there while the oil change and tune-up are […]
Taking Things TOO Far
Three kids did a really dumb thing, and the grown-ups in their school are going way overboard in punishing them. The kids got the “bright” idea to set up a myspace account, impersonating a teacher at the school. They apparently managed to keep it up for three days, and, of course, word spread around school, […]
This Is Just SO Wrong!
There is a family in our area that is trying to regain custody of their daughter after giving her up to foster care when she was a few weeks old. She’s now eight years old. The Baker family has reared this little girl for eight years; they are what she knows as “her family.” Her […]
I Made My Point
I think. This morning, both boys were awake before I was. Just before taking my shower, I told them that it was time to get dressed and make their beds; they were done before I got out of my shower. I told them to get their breakfasts and eat while I got dressed. They were […]
Nothing Like Making Them Hate You
Well, it didn’t go as well as I’d hoped. LOL! But I remember when I was a kid, how I hated being awakened in the morning. I went in at the normal time this morning and did the normal, “Time to wake up! Get up, get dressed, and make your bed!” Five minutes later, I […]
Reveille
I’m going to turn into a civilian female drill sergeant. Complete with annoying bugle music to accompany changes in activity. I cannot seem to get my kids going in the morning. I figure that maybe, just maybe, if I wake them up to either banging on a pan with a metal spoon or loud renditions […]
FIVE HOURS!
It took FIVE HOURS to clean the kids’ playroom! I can’t believe it! I’ve threatened them with a slow, painful, tortured death if they ever let it get in that state again. LOL! Once we got the big stuff put away, it was a matter of a long, tedious slog through several boxes into which […]
Down to the Wire
Well, this is it. I have just this weekend to get my house in order before we bring the contractor in to look over the house and give us an idea of what can be done on my budget. Thank goodness I have Monday off, so it’s a three-day weekend. And thank goodness the bedrooms, […]
There Is Hope!
We got a lot done yesterday — well, a lot compared to how things have been going, though I am still not up to the energy and stamina I had before that thrice-cursed wreck eighteen months ago. We cleaned, dusted, swept, and wet-mopped the boys’ bedroom and the bathrooms. We folded and put away all […]