So the last couple of weeks have been ten times more chaotic than normal weeks, BESIDES the fact that I’m leaving for New York this morning and have been completely unprepared, thanks to the current state of chaos of the rest of my life. So, in order that I can get myself together enough to […]
A Southern Lady’s Guide to Proper Table Etiquette
SOMEBODY who has NO regard for the rigorous fashion in which I am trying to train my daughter into a Southern Belle taught her how to blow bubbles in her milk. It apparently wasn’t an easy lesson to teach. It took concentration, explanation, and demonstration. But they did a thorough job of this training. They […]
Attempts in Keeping Our Gully From Being Washed.
Today was mine and Ali’s first day in Tuscaloosa this year. And, on top of that, it was her first time EVER scheduled to have the privilege of actually going into the stadium. And the 80% chance of rain? And the week’s worth of rain that has already turned Alabama into a state-shaped mud-wrestling pit? […]
Yearbook: The Cheerleader.
Freshman Year, 2007: Before you can become a cheerleader, rigorous training must be completed, such as immediate bodily response to random words being yelled out like “Touchdown!!!”: The Freshman uniform consisted of a warm-up suit for those cool games (since Freshmen Cheerleaders aren’t quite as resilient as older ones): And a full cheerleading dress for […]
The Birds and the Cows
I’ve been avoiding the question for about nine months now. But I can’t keep putting her off. It’d be better if she heard it from me, her mother, than learning about it from some random kid on the playground. Or worse, the weird old guy lurking in the dairy aisle. I know that she thinks […]
Kind of Like a Slideshow…Or A Pretty Pink Princess Photographical Parade.
Ali was invited to a Fairy Princess Birthday party on Saturday. The honored Princess was Abby, who was turning four. Ali was thrilled at the prospect of a party full of princesses, so we prepared the present in princess fashion and set off for Princess Paradise: We were immediately rushed upstairs to the Princess Preparation […]
The Family Band.
Since mine and Chris’ relationship originated from our shared love of music, one of our goals this year was to get our guitars back and out play more often with Ali. And so, we had a good old fashioned family singalong a couple of nights ago. Although this video is a little longer than I […]
Chaos Pushes Family of Four to Move to New York!!
I know that I’ve done enough talk about our small group to make you sick of it. So I won’t rehash and explain how it all works – I’ll just remind you of the stats, for the purposes of this blog: 6 couples, 14 kids under 6 years old, and 2 more on the way. […]
Victory is Sweet Like Pink Ice Cream.
In all seriousness, I very nearly had a parenting meltdown last week right in the middle of Gymnastics class. Granted, that class also had the misfortune of falling right in the middle of my state of constant meltdown due to evil allergy medicines. At any rate, I didn’t blog about it because, well, let’s face […]
It’s Almost Like Tweets, Except it’s a Blog.
Saturdays are made for random, right? First of all, in case you missed my tweet/facebook status, the plaid epidemic that I informed you of earlier this month is getting worse: Yes, it’s true: The Plaidemic has filled in every crack and reached the very scivvies of our society. (Thanks, Tim, for adding “Plaidemic” to my […]