Oh my gosh, I can’t tell you how much better I feel this week after going to bed at 11:30 every night. O.K., almost every night. There was one where I stayed up until 12:30, and I most certainly felt it the next morning…as did anyone who had the nerve to argue with anything [...]

Wordless Wednesday

When “Please pass the Kettle Corn” just doesn’t work anymore…
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Come on, Get down

(KC and the Sunshine Band playing in the background)
Me: Come on, Jake! Let’s dance!Jake: (coloring) How ’bout after I finish this picture?Me: O.K. Let me know when you’re ready.
(5 minutes pass. “Sound Your Funky Horn” starts)
Jake: (jumping up) Come on, Mommy! Let’s rock the house!
I’m telling you, if I had liquid in my mouth, it [...]

MDWLC - Week 7

I did really well with 2/3 of my goals this week…I still haven’t made it to the gym. But I walked on the treadmill and have been walking a lot in place so that I can get my steps in for the day. I’ve “pre-journaled” every day and have had lights out by 11:30 every [...]

Smart Habit Saturdays

Wow! I can’t believe it’s been 2 weeks since I’ve checked in. Life around here has been a little crazy over the last few weeks, but it finally looks like it’s starting to settle down just a bit. VBS is over which leaves me only 1 script to memorize so that’s a big relief, but [...]

Mother’s helpers - Vol. 2

A while back, I wrote about a couple of Mother’s Helpers that I had found and Jake really responded to. He doesn’t ask for them as often anymore because we now have two new things around the house that help us out (usually) whenver we need it.
The first one is counting, or more accurately racing. [...]

Spring Reading Thing Wrapup

The Spring Reading Thing is officially at an end, so it’s time to do a wrap up post. Katrina gave us a list of questions that we could answer so I thought that would be the easiest way to post about it.
What was the best book you read this spring? The best new book I [...]

Wordless Wednesday

We went to the craft store the other day and Jake had pulled a couple of things into the cart before the end of the trip. He had his choice between the two things he pulled off the shelf, and this is what he went with. And no, he has no idea [...]

MDWLC - Week 6

O.K. I threw down the gauntlet last week, and it worked. I have a 1 pound loss this week. That puts me back at where I was at the beginning of the challenge. It’s not great, but I’ll take it! I’ve got VBS this week which means tons of healthy [...]

Totally Random Jumble of Nothingness

I officially have 463 gabillion things going on, so I am at the moment not capable of much more than totally random snippets of information. Try and keep up…
Everyone here is at varying levels of illness. Good times are being had by all as a result.
Our church’s VBS started last night and Jake [...]