Carving pumpkins with five kids after Dave’s been in China for a week is a monumental task. It definitely deserves a nomination for the #1 mommy award.
I’m a slacker and a procrastinator extraordinaire. Of course I didn’t go buy pumpkins until October 30th. Who would have thought that in the pumpkin capital of the valley [...]
Archive for October, 2008
Carving pumpkins
Posted in Uncategorized on October 30, 2008 | 5 Comments »
i’m short
Posted in Uncategorized on October 29, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I’m short. Just an inch or two shorter and I’d be classified as a little person. Which would probably be better, than when people comment on me being short, I could just get all defensive and say, “I don’t like the term short, I like the term little person”. Plus, being a true little person, [...]
um, I think I’d like to go back to yesterday
Posted in Uncategorized on October 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
when Mike was five. Because if the first day of six is any indication of what the year will be like, I think I’d rather not do it. Six mostly consisted of crying, with a splattering of complaining and a lot of disobedience. So thanks six for coming by, but if this is how it’s [...]
Happy Birthday!
Posted in Uncategorized on October 28, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Dear Mikey,
I can’t tell you how much I love you. You are funny. Not just kinda funny, hella funny (there I go with the valley slang). Everyday you come up with new insightful things. I love seeing the world through your little eyes. You still absolutely adore me and your Dad. I’m still the smartest, [...]
just call me sucker
Posted in Uncategorized on October 27, 2008 | 7 Comments »
I wanted to be involved at the kids school. I think that parent involvement important. I want the kids to know that I value their education. I want their teachers to know that I am available and willing to help out. This year we’re at a new school, so I wasn’t sure how to help [...]
I hate you a little bit
Posted in Uncategorized on October 23, 2008 | 13 Comments »
This is for you, mom who lets her third grader have a cell phone. I hate you just a little bit. I don’t understand. Why does a third grader need a cell phone? I’m fighting the fight against early electronics over here. I’m fighting the upward battle against status symbol cell phones. And sister, you [...]
How to get your husband to cook dinner and like it
Posted in Uncategorized on October 22, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Last year for my birthday my father-in-law gave me the BEST birthday present ever. When I first got it, I’m not going to lie, I wasn’t too thrilled. I didn’t think it was really a present for me. It was something that my husband wanted. I had no inclination for one at all. I got [...]
Why?
Posted in Uncategorized on October 20, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Why mom? Why do you torture us so? First, you strap us into this rolling contraption of death. It seems rather flimsy. Don’t you know I’m a scaredy cat? Then you put these big hard hats on us and buckle them onto our heads. I scream because I think you’re going to pinch my poor [...]
just call me miser
Posted in Uncategorized on October 17, 2008 | 5 Comments »
My fridge is old, probably as old as I am. It was a hand me down from my grandma. It’s large and snazy looking. It fits our needs, being that it stays cold and was free. And it has a control that says “power miser”. That is the coolest thing ever. That is now my [...]
I’m turning into one of those Moms
Posted in Uncategorized on October 15, 2008 | 7 Comments »
You know those moms. Those crazy fanatical soccer moms. The ones that want their kids to practice more. That want more strategy. That want the kids to be taught how to play hard. That want them to win. Those moms that talk smack to the coach (or maybe smack behind his back). I’m turning [...]
