Posted in Miscellaneous on Sep 10th, 2011
There are many reasons why I’m actually happy that summer vacation is over. This is new for me, as typically I adore having my kids home all summer. Perhaps the biggest relief? The cessation of hearing my name called so often each and every day that I began to tire of the sound of it [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous on Aug 23rd, 2011
Every year, I post a picture of some or all of my kids on the first day of school. This year will be no different. L-R: Rachel, age 13 (8th grade), Cody, age 9 (3rd grade), Logan, age 7 (2nd grade) and Andrea, age 13 (8th grade). The wisps of gray that you see are [...]
Posted in Brags, Miscellaneous on Aug 19th, 2011
The kids and I went shopping for school supplies on Tuesday. They were over-tired to begin with, as I had just picked them up from a 3-day stay with their aunt and uncle where bedtimes were much later than normal. Logan, especially, was whiny, as he tends to be when he hasn’t gotten enough sleep. [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous, Reflections on Aug 12th, 2011
My newest nephew, Tristan Alan, was born last Thursday, August 4. To say his birth was as exciting to me as my own babies’ births would not be at all an exaggeration. The reason I feel so strongly about Tristan’s entrance into the world is because my sister, Trina, asked me to be there for [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous, Reflections on Aug 7th, 2011
I haven’t blogged for a reeeaaalllllyyyy long time. Which, I guess, duh, you’ve probably noticed, if you’re a regular reader. My dear friend, Amy, a freelance writer who is currently fighting her second battle with breast cancer and has a gorgeously-written blog on the subject, It’s in the Genes, once told me that she gets [...]
Posted in Giveaways!, Miscellaneous on Jul 2nd, 2011
Well, not too many people entered my giveaway, so picking two winners out of 12 entries wasn’t too hard using Random.org. Here they are: Ann from Fort Worth, Texas and kolpin4680 from West Hollywood, CA. Congratulations to you two and thanks to everyone for entering!
Posted in Miscellaneous on May 31st, 2011
Today is the last day of the Blogathon. I don’t want to have a boring recap, but I do want to reflect on the biggest lesson I learned this time around. Being forced to blog every day, even though it was self-induced, definitely stifles my creativity. A few times, I’ve written about unimportant and/or uninteresting [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous on May 30th, 2011
Since today is a holiday, everyone in the Blogathon has been invited to do a creative post using Wordle. I did mine using the feed address from my blog. The largest words in the resulting Wordle are the ones that you use the most. Here’s my result: I knew I used the word “just” a [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous on May 29th, 2011
My boys are staying at their cousins’ house for a few days. To be honest, the girls and I are pretty thrilled to have a break. Our boys are loud, busy and energetic, as little guys tend to be. I’m betting by the time they get home Tuesday night though, all three of us will [...]
Posted in Humor, Miscellaneous on May 28th, 2011
I sent the boys outside to play catch today for the first time, an activity I plan on making a daily habit starting next week. Unfortunately, the only ball we have is a hard baseball that I bought last week for Cody to practice with, since he just started playing baseball this spring. After about [...]
