Pencils sharpened and at the ready

Today, Jacob came home with another fundraiser from school.
But this wasn’t just any fundraiser.  Oh no, this one was a throwback to a fund raiser I did when I was in school.
As soon as I saw the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital logo, I was immediately drawn back to when that Math-a-Thon packet came home [...]

True Colors

I think I’ve written quite often (too often, in fact) about particular faults my kids have and bad phases they have gone through. And I think when ever I bring up my own faults, they are usually parenting based.
I know this may come as a shock to you, but I have many, MANY more faults [...]

Seasons Change

Last week, my friend Bob tagged me for a meme about the changing seasons.  I hadn’t ever seen anything like it before and I loved the idea, so I’m in.
Basically, he asks what marks the change of seasons for us.  In his words:
I don’t care WHAT the calendar sez.  I don’t care WHERE the earth [...]

On the horizon

I have not worked outside the home since before Jake was born.  I have a vague memory of working while I was pregnant with him, so that puts my last job about 7 years ago.
It’s always been in the game plan that I would return back to work once both kids were in school full [...]

(Nearly) Daily Medicine

I’m a very big fan of sleeping, even if I’m not so good at actually going to bed at a decent hour.  I’ve always been a night owl, staying up far later than was probably healthy.
I still do it today, even knowing that I have wee ones that are counting on me in the morning.  [...]

Tuning in

I watch entirely too much TV.  I’m pretty much parked in front of it from 8:30 ’til 11:30 every night.
Every. Single. Night.
Needless to say, I’m pretty darn excited that fall TV lineup is finally starting to have its season premieres.  I’ve pretty got my viewing schedule in place, but there are a few shows in [...]

Stop! Random Time!

We went to Ohio over the weekend to attend a friend’s funeral.  41 is much too young to die.
I’ve never laughed so much at a funeral.  You know you are saying goodbye to a special person when she arranges a cardboard cutout of herself for pictures, insists on having her picture put on a stick [...]

8 Things

April at My Life at Thirty tagged me earlier this week for the 8 Things Meme and I quickly forgot about it…until I saw some else she tagged had posted their answers.  That in turn made me feel like a slacker so I started to type out my answers.  That was yesterday at 9am.  Now…20 [...]

How funky is your chicken?

Athletics has never really been my thing. I tried my hand at different sports when I was in grade school, but none of them ever really took. There was track and field, basketball, softball, and volleyball (for about 5 minutes).
But there’s something about me that I haven’t admitted to many people.
One summer, I [...]

Monday Morning Meme

1. When was the last time you vacuumed out your car? How often do you wash your car? Do you wash it, or do you run it through a car wash service? How much money do you generally spend to wash your car?
I’m not sure I’ve EVER vacuumed out my car.  I keep the car [...]