How to know…
…that the reading switch has been officially switched to the on position in your youngest child: She wouldn’t put the book down to walk out at bed time, or to give me a hug, or to walk back to her room. And I still can hear her murmuring to herself in her room, with the [...]
Our own Wisteria Lane
While our houses pale in comparison, and we even trailers on our street, and houses built around trailers and many government built 30 year old houses that are falling down around our ears – it seems that we’ve caught that Desperate feel. Our Brie, the one with the perfect lawn, the garden that’s perfect, the [...]
My kid is SO better then yours!
IN happier news – today is the last day of school. Wait – that means they’re home all the time. CRAP. But that’s not what I wanted to say… in HAPPIER news – despite the fact the kids are now home 24/7 for the next three months – the pup got her report card today. [...]
Sigh.
I don’t like it when one of my boys is hurting. Z (on of the Boy’s bff) is heartbroken today, and all I can do is hug him. Girls are mean. Sigh. (and yes, I’m fully aware this entry will be repeated a thousand times, from both sides of the equation as the kids grow [...]
Tips for Prosperity!
So, remember that book I was given a while back? Yeah? Well! It’s all common sense, things folks know if they think about it, and just generally boring – and I slogged through it the best I could. Then – much to my eternal amusement, out of nowhere was this little gem hidden in the [...]
