And sadly, so do my kids. So, with the help of Clean Mama (I do not get a kick back from her, I just <3 her!) and PhotoShop, I put this together for each of my kids: [Read more...]
Wow, I kind of dropped the ball on my plans
28 January 2012 By Leave a Comment
I haven’t stopped running this month! I know you know how it is. Whether your kids number zero or twelve, you probably don’t have time to stop and breathe, let alone inhale the lovely roses. This week I am going to try and set aside a half an hour a day to do just that. [Read more...]
My Side of the Mountain
11 January 2012 By Leave a Comment
I started reading this book with my kids tonight. You can find a current (and inexpensive) printing of it here as well as many customer reviews.
I read this book for the first time probably around 1989/1990. I’ve reread it many times since then. I’ve gone so far as to push it on my kids, although none ever took a real interest. I decided tonight to start it, and lo and behold, all three listened with very few interruptions. [Read more...]
Smoothies
12 July 2010 By Leave a Comment
I have a love/hate relationship with smoothies. Having a Jamba Juice nearby fueled it. So very easy to pop in there in the morning, drop 10$ or so bucks a day on two smoothies and be on my way. Drop more on days the kids are with me/us. [Read more...]
Money is the devil, child
7 July 2010 By Leave a Comment
I have Kathy Bates (as her character in The Waterboy) in my head saying that.
Last night I put all of our monthly bills and expenses for each pay period from now until January 6 down on paper. I proceeded to flip my shit and look into shutting things off. I then realized I don’t have much to shut off and looked into other things to do. [Read more...]
