Posted in Miscellaneous on May 24th, 2011
My daughters have been spending the last few days reading every post on my blog. They have never read it before, but now that they’ve started, they can’t seem to stop. Rachel’s favorite post so far is The Game Boy Addiction, one of my personal faves as well. She also liked “‘Hot’ — The New ‘Cute’?” [...]
Posted in Challenges, Miscellaneous on May 22nd, 2011
Screen Shutoff Day is not a new concept, but it’s one I’m going to be embracing starting the week of May 29. Initially, I wanted to take away the TV for the entire summer break and severely limit other screen time, such as computers, Leapsters and phones. Then I realized that to ban the kids [...]
Posted in Humor, Miscellaneous on May 19th, 2011
There are times when I look at two of my children and wonder if they have acquired any of my genes whatsoever. They look so much like their dad’s family, I used to joke with my mother-in-law that they could easily be mistaken for her kids rather than mine. I have managed to find my [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous on May 18th, 2011
Tonight Logan plopped next to me on the couch and said, “I want to tell you something, but it’s embarrassing.” “What is it?” I asked. He covered his mouth with his hands in that shy, embarrassed way he does, and glanced at his sisters, sitting nearby. Then he leaned over and whispered, “I have a crush [...]
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 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 [...]
