Just last January, I was walking around in the haze of chronic fatigue. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is caused by two nasty viruses that some people can’t get over. The viruses live in your brain stem, causing a whole slew of neurological symptoms that, literally, make you feel like your losing your mind.Then the insomnia sets...Continue Reading
Nate’s face is worth a thousand words of how we all felt about dragging our lazy selves out from our cocoon of pjs, holiday food, cuddling, playing, and doing whatever we wanted to GO TO SCHOOL in the cold rain today.Lord, grant us the energy to make it through the day. AMEN.Continue Reading
Today is our last day of Christmas Break. One more day of staying in our pjs until dinner time and then only getting dressed to stumble out the door for take-out. One more day of filling up the dishwasher by noon with everyone’s fourteen snack bowls and glasses of milk. One more day of purging...Continue Reading
I’m sad to report Christmas card season is over. After a month of bright, beautiful cards with sweet messages, we’re in for another eleven months of Bed, Bath, and Beyond coupons, bills, and sweepstakes notifications.This year’s crop of cards was merry and bright, but it looks like time we accept Christmas letters have gone the...Continue Reading
Catie is officially halfway through Third Grade, and here’s what I’ve learned so far:Third Grade is the start of being a big kid. A real kid. Third Grade is when coloring is replaced with multiplication facts. Third Grade is when the drama starts. It’s when girls get clique-ish. Third Grade is when moms really begin...Continue Reading
Nearly six months after Nate’s first haircut, some people (Nate’s dad) claimed he needed another one. Something about strangers commenting on our “adorable little girl” and the unruliness of our boy’s wiry yet flyaway towhead made M believe it was time to visit SuperCuts. “High and tight,” I believe, are the words M used for...Continue Reading
First of all, thank you, everyone, for your help yesterday. I loved your advice through Facebook and email about what to purge and what to save. Because of you, I will now be able to throw away handfuls of my kids’ artwork in good conscience.What are your New Year’s Resolutions? Do we still do that…or...Continue Reading
Cute new lip gloss, girls! Use it or it’ll be gone in 2013’s purge! The Purge of 2012 has begun.This is when we ask ourselves why we’re holding on to non-working cell phones, high heels fitting no one, and make-up long past its prime. And that was just in the playroom. I haven’t even tackled...Continue Reading
1. Last week Sam and Elisabeth made these gingerbread houses at their school’s Christmas party. It was such a cute, fun project idea. Unfortunately, helping them assemble them was my undoing. NINE MONTHS of saying no to refined sugar just flew out the window. Something about spreading all that fluffy white icing on Twizzlers made...Continue Reading
The world is brimming with intriguing, wonderful stories. Books and plays and movies filled with pages of tragic comedy, spiritual revelations and intricate plots.You know what isn’t filled with any of these? The Nutcracker. You know, the ballet that pops up this time of year on everything from Christmas wrap to the elementary school stage....Continue Reading
