This post was first published April 14, 2014 Humiliating doesn’t even begin to describe Friday morning. Samuel starts PreK in the fall. His future school was hosting an Open House on Friday morning. The Morning Some Puzzles Nearly Killed Me The spring before Eli started school, I brought him to the Open House too, so […]
Week 52: It’s All Over (Sort Of)
This is it. My very last Keeping It Real Challenge post. Every week for an entire year I’ve written about what’s going on in my life. The real stuff, not the nicely polished version that makes me look good. Keeping It Real Challenge Week 52: It’s All Over (Sort Of) Some weeks’ posts have been […]
Week 51: Grace
I’m not a shopper. If given the choice between going shopping and hanging out at home, I’ll choose staying home 95% of the time. I don’t like the crowds. I’m a bad decision maker (I’m one of those people who walks around the store with something I think I want only to put it back […]
Week 50: I’m a Letter-Sending Fool
I just bought (rented?) a PO Box. It was one of the things I had to do before I can start sending out my email newsletter. As I left the post office, new keys in hand, I wondered how often I’ll really need to go back to check the box. I suppose I’ll get junk […]
Week 49: Did Christmas Meet Your Expectations?
Does anyone else feel like Christmas day is always a little anticlimactic? I love love love the season leading up to it, but then the actual day arrives and it’s kinda like, eh. It doesn’t usually live up to the hype. Or maybe I should say, it doesn’t usually live up to my ridiculous expectations. […]
Week 48: My Writing Goals for 2015
On Friday night, Eric and I got to go out on a date. Dates are a rare occurrence. Rarer still is the fact that we spent part of the time Christmas shopping together. Guess how many times we’ve done that since we met. (Side note: Tomorrow, December 23rd, is the 10th anniversary of the day […]
Week 47: This Guy I Know
There’s this guy I know. He was born 10 minutes after his brother and I’m pretty sure they were mischief-makers from that moment forward. This Guy I Know In school, they would wait until the teacher left the room, then climb up on a chair and set the clock ahead so she would let them […]
Week 46: So Long, Pacifier!
I’ve been dreading it for months. Actually, that’s not true. I’ve been dreading it for years. The taking away of the pacifier. So Long, Pacifier! As time has gone on and Annelise has gotten older and older, I’ve known we need to bite the bullet sooner rather than later. She’ll be three in the spring, […]
Week 45: Five Tips for Setting and Meeting Goals
November is over and so is NaNoWriMo. In case you missed my post at the beginning of November, I made a very last minute decision to participate in National Novel Writing Month. The goal was to write 50,000 words in the thirty days of November. I was under no illusion that I would actually complete […]
Week 44: Mommy Fails
When I got up on Tuesday morning, I realized that I hadn’t packed the boys’ lunches the night before. I quickly threw some things together, but the cupboards were a little bare, so the lunches were a little lacking, especially Samuel’s. I packed him peanut butter crackers (well, his pretend peanut butter), apple slices, and […]