About eight years ago, when I had just recently turned thirty, I joined a gym. There are lots of reasons that women join gyms (weight loss, exercise accountability, fun classes), but I had one goal in mind: child care. I would check nine-month-old Catie into the child care and go plod away on a treadmill....Continue Reading
We’re sorry to report that bestoftimes will not be available today. A certain two-year-old has realized that crying and yelling, “HOLD ME!” is much more fun than say….napping.We hope to return tomorrows to your regularly-scheduled blogs about happier two-year-olds. You can easily and safely get Levitra without doctors prescription.Thanks for your patience.Seriously. Because right about...Continue Reading
One of Nate’s cutest idiosyncrasies is his habit of renaming his favorite things. Goggy for Daddy, Sissy for Elisabeth, Bubba for Sam, Kay Kay for Catie (and Aunt Katie), Mimi for his blankie, and boppy for his pacifier.These little language habits have all been his own idea.That’s makes his newest language tic, using the word...Continue Reading
Can we talk about prayer?In prayer God chases fear from my mind.And that’s important because here’s the thing: I can stir up some anxiety. I can cook up crazy irrational fears about what might happen one day and all the things that I can’t control and zillions of worries that aren’t even real.But when I pray, I...Continue Reading
So, if you’re still reading after that title then you’re either related to me or interested in nutrition. Or you’re just a kind friend. Because the phrase gluten-free, sugar-free doesn’t usually ignite tastebuds. Or passion. Or interest really. But when it came to my birthday I planned to make my cake and eat it too....Continue Reading
I really, really love taking pictures. Below are two that I snapped with my iPhone at a pit-stop on our family bike ride. Now, I just need to learn how to take better pictures. Even though these are beautiful, I wish I could do more with them. Especially the bottom picture, which I think is...Continue Reading
I’m so happy to be thirty-eight. I mean really, really happy. Can I list the reasons? Can I praise God with you? Why? Because I never want to feel this bad (last year’s birthday post) again. I want to look forward and celebrate Thirty-Eight Reasons I Love Thirty-Eight! 38. Finally, I think I’ve found a...Continue Reading
Hi.Some things scare me. Things that I feel like an almost-thirty-eight-year-old should really know, but that I still don’t know. Finding new places (with my non-existant sense of direction) scares me. After being a vegetarian for years, correctly cooking meat–and even eggs–scares me. Accessorizing scares me…because no matter what necklace I wear, the necklace ends...Continue Reading
This is a picture that Sam took with my phone of his shoes. It’s appropriate for this post because he (barely) got them on himself this morning. And because he’s standing with the MIA lunchbox. *sigh* Act I…Leaving Home Scene 1… M leaves for work early. Tina has four kids to get out the door...Continue Reading
In five days I will turn thirty-eight years old. Which, besides the drop in collagen and metabolism, isn’t such a bad thing. Finally, after almost four decades, I’m starting to kind of understand balance. Or, at least, understand the constant battle I’m fighting to find balance. At last, I can (sort of) see the benefits...Continue Reading
