Kids were eating breakfast. Crafty Daughter was at school. I was checking e-mail, of course. Phone rings. I see Crafty Daughter’s middle school phone number. It was the school nurse. Crafty Daughter had passed out in homeroom. I asked how…
Category: Musings on Family
Will Blog for Food! or Is Blogging a Job?
Just call me SAHM turned Blogger. I’m not a well-known blogger like JessicaKnows or FireMom. Someday– could I be in the same sentence as these two? Who knows. But, for now… I am a SAHM to three kids. I am…
Presenting! Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus and Disney On Ice
When I think of the circus I think of the three rings, acrobats, animals, and of course the elephants. MomCentral and Feld Entertainment have joined forces with RinglingBros and DisneyOnIce to bring you special offers for families to go to…
Because a Little Bug Went Ka-choo! or Volleyballs Are Hard!
Today was going so well… Sporty Daughter and Coach Dad left on time for their volleyball tournament. Adventure Boy let me sleep in until 9:30…yay! Tackled the laundry, made lunch, responded to a few e-mails, and cleaned up the kitchen.…
Family Jobs — What Skill Do You Bring To Your Family?
Over at Robyn’sWorldOnline, Robyn posed the question “What Is Your Role in Your Family?” In our family, it goes like this: Mom on the Run — I’m the “ooo, I remember seeing a small post-it note with a number pencilled…
Observations from the Pool Deck…Swim Team
It would seem that on the pool deck or at a sports game, my husband is the one who gets to get all snippy with me about whatever it is that he had planned that I did not do the…
Table Talk Tuesday
It doesn’t look as though Christy is doing her Table Talk Tuesday, but…. Dinnertime at our house is either a relaxed, leisurely meal, with hopefully all kids eating OR a mad dash, free-for-all, slurpin’ soup, crammin’ food in mouth, race…
Coach Dad + Mom on the Run = How We Met
Coach Dad and Adevnture Boy after their skiing mis-adventure — will post about this soon. Why, oh, why, do I keep using this dreadful photo of myself… Twas the summer of ’86. Hot as anything in Rockville, MD, just outside…
Catholic Mom — Go, Ahead Pile on the Guilt!
No WordLESS or WordFUL Wednesdays today. I have two children home sick — one with strep and one with swollen glands. Both tested negative for flu, but I have them both on Amxycillin. My son is very lethargic. My daughter…
Pondering Life, the Universe, and Storage
Today was one of those days. Not especially good. Not horribly bad. Just a day like so many other days that I have been having lately. Still rearranging storage room. Still have Christmas decorations to take down. Still have inflatables…
