Posted in Discussion of the day, Miscellaneous on May 17th, 2011
We can all use a few extra bucks here and there, right? So why not exchange a few money saving ideas to help each other out when it comes to pinching pennies? Here are a few of the tricks I use, a couple of which you may have heard me talk about in the past: [...]
Posted in Fun, Miscellaneous on May 16th, 2011
Then watch this. I couldn’t stop smiling. My cheeks hurt by the end. I’ve loved Paul Simon since I became severely addicted to the “Graceland” album back in the summer of ’91, thanks to my pastor playing it non-stop on a youth trip to Wisconsin. I love Paul even more now. Paul Simon and a [...]
Posted in Fun, Miscellaneous on May 15th, 2011
In the vein of yesterday’s list-style post, even though no one has responded yet, I’d love to hear the top places to which you would like to travel and why. I’m a die-hard travel lover and I want to go everywhere I possibly can, but here are my top five: 1. Italy. The history, the [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous on May 14th, 2011
Every once in awhile, someone on my writer’s board starts a “gratitude thread.” We have an assortment of positive and negative posts, but sometimes the negative ones seem to far outnumber the positive and that’s when a gratitude thread takes form. In that vein, I’m starting a gratitude thread here because thinking about what I’m [...]
Posted in Humor, Miscellaneous on May 13th, 2011
I learned at a young age that claiming to be bored did not fly with my parents. “Only BORING people are bored,” my dad would remind me, whenever I made the mistake of expressing said feeling. I took my dad’s words to heart, primarily because there is not much more disagreeable to me than being [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous on May 12th, 2011
Yesterday I talked about my plans for the kids over summer break. One of my ideas is to make up some goals for them to work toward, mainly life skills that they need to know. My main goals for the boys are for them to learn to tie their shoes and ride their bikes without [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous on May 11th, 2011
Let me preface this post with the acknowledgement that I love my kids dearly. Seriously. I love spending time with them, I love having them around me and they bring me a great deal of joy. However. I’ve gotten used to this whole being-at-home-by-myself routine and I must say, I’m quite productive while the kids [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous, Photos on May 10th, 2011
Mother’s Day had me thinking about my former mother-in-law and how much I miss her. Five Mother’s Days ago, Carmen was just home from the hospital. I don’t remember which time it was because there were so many, but I know she was rail-thin and therefore always cold. That particular Mother’s Day, we all congregated [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous on May 9th, 2011
I don’t mention the kids’ dad, my ex-husband, Glen, very often. Because I don’t talk about him much, I’m using this post to publicly express my gratitude to Glen for all the support he gives me and the kids. He goes WAY above and beyond the call of duty of an ex-husband. Thankfully, we both [...]
Posted in Holidays, Miscellaneous on May 8th, 2011
To all of you who are mothers, grandmothers, “other mothers,” aunts, guardians or to those of you like my friend, Mark, who have been placed in the role of both mother and father, Happy Mother’s Day to you. You have the most important job there is — raising kids to be kind, decent, responsible human [...]
