I am NOT blogging today. Can you tell? I spent half of yesterday on the couch, or in other general misery, and the other half working, because during-naptime-work didn’t go away just because I didn’t feel good. Here’s hoping that today is better, but we’ll see. What’s wrong with me? Well, the main ailment is […]
At Least It’s a Curse With a Sense of Humor.
Earlier this year, I posted about mine and Chris’ curse, that causes every place that we love and that is sentimental to our relationship to close, get demolished, or otherwise maimed. The lowest point of this curse was when our super classy Wedding Rehearsal location, a Greek Steakhouse called Sarris’, closed down and was replaced […]
They Melt in Your WHAT?!?!
We headed down our familiar stretch of interstate today to our beloved Alabama Beaches. I felt GOOD because I was more prepared than ever to entertain my precious toddler for the drive. I brought brand new toys that she had never seen before, new books, plenty of snacks, stickers, and even painstakingly found all of […]
Olympic Doubtful.
As I’ve mentioned before, Ali is pretty much obsessed with all things gymnastics. Everything long and narrow, whether raised or not (including but not limited to painted lines in parking lots and tile designs at the mall), is a “balance beam”, and she must walk on it. Every kind of long and (hopefully) sturdy bar […]
Do You Know of Any Good Bacterial Exorcists?
It all started a last month with the Black Beans. They SHOULDN’T have gone bad that quickly. Then, Ali’s milk started going bad too quickly. One jug went bad TEN DAYS before the date on the container. Then, last week, I was plagued by yet another smell. I was starting to feel like no matter […]
The Deadliest Catch…terpillar?
As I’ve mentioned before, my parents live about 20 minutes out of town in the “country”. They have seventy acres of land split between them and three other families. Despite the way it sounds, no, it’s not a compound. So don’t go reporting them to the FBI. Anyway, if you did, Mom and ’em could […]
A Series of Unfortunate Podiatric Events.
My last post piqued some curiosity in my unusual foot problem. And, since I’m here to please, I will now document my ailments of the podiatric nature. Gore Disclaimer: Don’t worry – you saw the worst picture in my last post, and I won’t re-show it. Although there ARE pictures contained in this post, there […]
And THIS is Why You Can’t Come Over, Mom.
Way back in 2004, we went on the annual camping trip with our Church’s homeschool group. I’ve been going on this camping trip since I was 5 years old, albeit a couple different iterations of homeschool groups. (You can see pictures from last year’s here, if you’re wanting to chase that rabbit trail.) Anyway, my […]
Domestic Trials and Tribulations
I have never claimed to be a very good domesticated woman. Really. I do love cooking, but that’s about it. I hate cleaning, and feel like it is more efficient to NOT always put things away “Just So”. However, two things I do try to stay on top of is keeping bugs out and keeping […]
I’m a Serial Crayon Breaker.
The first step to recovery is admitting it, right? There is nothing I like better than a new, pointy, pretty crayon. And, I’m sure that you other Moms can agree that it’s quite relaxing and therapeutic to sit down with a toddler and color. After all, that’s what they encourage patients on mental wards to […]