In trying to close out the school year as a teacher, grad student, and mom with kids in 2 different schools, I let the ball drop on a few things, like writing here and…ahem…preparing for Father’s Day. Oops. Fortunately, their teachers had them make gifts in school, so that bought me a little time. I…
Category Archives: holidays
My Easter pity party
It’s been a week now, in which I spent a lot of time throwing a pity party that no one came to except me. I got sick eight days ago. Just a cold, but one of those ridiculous colds that makes you feel like your head is really a watermelon that threatens to topple you…
Where blogging fits in
I try to embrace the philosophy that you always have time for what you do first. Which is why I haven’t been writing here lately. Because so many of the things I do for my kids, my husband, my family, friends, my job, and even my cats have to happen first. I desperately want blogging…
Five years of fall tradition
Though it takes me a while to sort through my 2 million pictures (give or take a million), I love to go back and find pictures that show our family traditions from one year to the next. It’s especially important to me since I’ve had to either alter old ones or create new ones since…
The best way to start the day
I think this will make you smile, too… [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0PMfKR_lPo&w=425&h=349] And if you’re so inclined, you can read last year’s post about what mothers want. It’s still true.
