Crafty Daughter on the court It’s 8:11 p.m. and Coach Dad is due any minute with our two girls. Crafty Daughter had a volleyball tournament about 1.5 hours from home. She has a tournament about 3 weekends a month. Yep,…
Category: Musings on Family
Dentist — My Revolving Door Policy
In the last 20 years I have had 6 general dentists… I left one because I did not like his manner–my parents still go to him — he was this loud guy who talked about Chicago and the Bears constantly.…
Love Thursday: Coach Dad
My husband is a big fan the Idiot’s Guide books–no jokes! My Love Thursday post is about my husband, known on this blog as Coach Dad. He’s a good husband, good dad, and all-around good guy. He has turned a…
Pediatric Cancer Sucks
There aren’t words to describe how absolutely awful pediatric cancer is. Natalie shared her thoughts. Sums up my feelings entirely. https://canicontrolmylifeificantcontrolmyhair.blogspot.com/2009/01/anguish.html A friend of a friend’s son has neuroblastoma, possibly the pediatric cancer with the worst prognosis. I keep up-to-date…
Orthodontic Visit: Observations
I took my 10-year-old daughter (Sporty Daughter) to the orthodontist today. Here’s my thoughts: Taking one child anywhere is so relaxing. I could talk to my daughter and not have to listen to my son’s incessant talking. Picking my daughter…
Christmas Lite
As every other mommy blogger out there, I have posted about stress and the holidays. But, what am I doing to ease my stress (thanks to my friends at https://blog.parentbloggers.com for the suggestion): – Minimizing the decorations inside and out.…
Trying to be a good Catholic parent and other musings from me
NaBloPoMo is over. I posted all but one day of November. I tried to use the schedule feature to post, but lost track of days. A valiant effort. I will say one thing…I plan on keeping up the pattern of…
Reuniting Old Friends with a wii
I have spent the last month or so making connections over the web, joining Facebook, starting a blog, twittering…basically spreading myself around the internet. If I am honest with myself I am not doing just such a great job keeping…
What To Do When a Little Tikes Playhouse Crashes in to Your Kitchen Window
Our swingset was crushed by hail in 2005 (see above). It looked as though a giant stepped on the swingset. So, today it was light, then dark, then windy, then dark again, then light rain, the torrential, soak-to-the-bone rain, then…
Love Thursday
So, I missed Wordless Wednesday, but here I am with Love Thursday… The photo above embodies the essence of 5 years old. My son skips on our newly powerwashed and treated deck (gratuitous household task mention). He had just carved…
