Posted in Miscellaneous on May 10th, 2009
1. She endured nausea, swollen ankles and hands, heartburn and other unmentionable physical ailments she never thought existed while carrying you. (If you’re not a mom, you’ll just have to trust me on this one.) 2. She also had to look and feel like a beached whale who could barely get out of a chair, [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous on May 9th, 2009
I used to get so annoyed with my mom when I was a kid for treating my youngest sister like her baby long after she was one. Mom was always fawning over her, calling her cutesie names I’d never heard her toss in my direction and letting her get away with much more than my [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous on May 8th, 2009
One of my closest friends was in a horrible accident with all four of her kids nearly two years ago. Her youngest, just a couple weeks shy of his 6th birthday, didn’t make it. Thankfully, the rest of them did. Considering they were in a mini-van that was hit by a semi going around 65-70 [...]
Posted in Brags, Humor, Miscellaneous on May 7th, 2009
Logan and I arrived early at the K-5 spring concert yesterday afternoon, a rarity for me, who is always running 5 minutes behind. We stood in the doorway looking for the kids’ grandma. She found us before we even saw her. “I was looking for you in the bleachers,” she told me. I gave her [...]
Posted in Humor on May 6th, 2009
How many times a day do you find yourself saying the following (or at least feeling like it’s daily)? * No more tattling. * Eat your food. * Don’t hit your brother/sister. * Pick up your socks/shoes/backpack/coat/toys. * Wash your hands. * Stop tattling. You know I hate tattling. * Get back in bed. * [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous on May 5th, 2009
I’ve made up my mind about Logan’s kindergarten career: We’re skipping the Junior and going straight to Kindergarten. My reasons are threefold: 1. When Logan gets in a mood on mornings he doesn’t want to go to school, he always whines, “I hate school! It’s so BORING!” Considering he’s one of the oldest kids in [...]
Posted in Recipes on May 4th, 2009
In the summer we eat mostly light, cool food, which translates into lots of salad. As I was looking through my cookbook this afternoon for ideas, I came across my family’s (parents’ and sisters’) favorite salad recipe, which I, sadly, haven’t tasted in a couple years. It’s so incredibly delicious, we call it “The Salad.” [...]
Posted in Reflections on May 3rd, 2009
I figured out early that once I got through the zombie-inducing months of nighttime feedings, having twins was actually easier than having just one baby. It sounds crazy and I never would have thought so, but it’s surprisingly true. I watched my sister several years later dealing with an only child who seemed far more [...]
Posted in Head-scratchers on May 2nd, 2009
In February I posted about Logan’s teachers advising me to think about putting him in Junior Kindergarten rather than Kindergarten. I concluded my post with this: “I’m just hoping that his presence (or lack thereof) in junior kindergarten isn’t the swing vote that decides on its existence.” Guess what, ladies and gentlemen? Sure enough, Logan’s [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous on May 1st, 2009
Last May, I joined a group of freelance writers from our beloved writer’s group, Freelance Success, in a blogathon organized by Michelle Rafter over at WordCount. We called it “A Post a Day in the Month of May” and it helped all of us become better at posting regularly and generated more traffic for many [...]
