If you are a Mom like me that has found quite a bit of lethargic pleasure in renewing your love of coloring thanks to having a coloring-aged-kid (even if you are also, like me, a serial crayon breaker), THEN YOU MUST GO TO TARGET RIGHT NOW. You have no idea the level of satisfaction – […]
TipAngst.
Since I’m totally on the subject of my heinous crime of eating out too much this week, I have further thought on the matter. Further thought that greatly disturbs me. Regularly. First, let’s start with some analysis. There are 5 types of restaurants in the world, in descending price order: 1. Fancy-Schmancy – these are […]
Chasing Waterfalls.
So I suppose I was “blogging wolf” a bit when I complained about my lack of Spring Break, because Chris and I did disappear for the weekend. Not for the Spring Break that we don’t have, but to celebrate our (ninth!) anniversary a couple of weeks early. Ali happily stayed with Gramamma, where she got […]
Living with an OCD Child.
When Chris and I were dating, he let me in on a little family secret. They were all obsessive/compulsive. In a major way. They all had their own special OCD quirks… His Grandmother saved every piece of mail, letter, card, newspaper, or magazine she ever received. In very nice, neat, orderly, and organized stacks and […]
Things Found in My Husband’s Lego Box.
Disclaimer: As with “Things Found on my Husband’s iPhone“, my husband is aware of, and okay with, me exposing the depths of his life in this post...or he just knows how to make me happy. As I mentioned briefly at Christmas, Chris’ parents brought him all of his childhood Legos. And believe me, it was […]
Sometimes, Ali Does the Blogging for Me.
I told Ali that she needed to pick up her puzzle. “Mommy, will you help me clean up this big mess?” “No, baby. I didn’t make the big mess.” I leave the room. Ali begins picking up puzzle, while bitterly mumbling, “But MOMMY made a big mess when she dropped Gramamma’s pretty eggs.” For the […]
My Neurotic Christmas Baking, Recipes Included.
I have a love/hate relationship with my Holiday Baking traditions. I have done it all my life in one way or another… ~ When I was really little, I did it with my mom. ~ When I was a kid, I’d do it myself and sell it to the adults at my church to give […]
Stale, Decayed, Nasty Nostalgia
Chris and I are both very sentimental people. We love to keep things to remind us of days gone by. Granted, most of these things sit in boxes in our basement, like my cast from when I broke my arm in the 7th grade and his “super-cool” favorite Junior High item of clothing – his […]
The End of a (Very OCD) Era
For the record, if you didn’t know how very, very anal-retentive I am BEFORE you read this post, you will most definitely by the end. Meet my friend Notebook:Notebook has sat on Ali’s bookshelf for the entire 2.25 years of her life. It has been my constant companion of note taking, recordkeeping, and memory-helping. But […]
Oh, This Generation. . .
I’ve been in a teaching funk. We did shapes, colors, animals, animal sounds, letters, and counting (to 15), but after that, I didn’t know where to go next. She wasn’t interested in learning how to write, so I was stumped. I really haven’t taught her anything new of importance since before Christmas, and I so […]