A few years ago, I watched an Oprah which was about “The Secret”. According to The Secret, you are a magnet attracting to you all things, via the signal you are emitting through your thoughts and feelings. According to The Secret, we create our lives, with every thought every minute of every day. The woman who […]
Archives for August 2012
I want to start this day over again, and it’s only 5:47
My morning began with an inhuman, record-setting amount of pee in a 3-year-old’s bed. I mean so much pee that when I went in to Number 5’s room to take care of the situation I literally got splashed. How that happened, I’m not even going to attempt to explain. But let’s just say we both needed to […]
Serenity now. Serenity now.
The hours between 4:00 pm and 8:00 pm yesterday can be summed up by the following 4 quotations from my children: “Mom, Number 3 promised me that he won’t ever lock me in my room again, and I’m cool with that.” “You are a mean, stupid mommy.” “Mom, I know this won’t get me out of my room, but […]
She’s all yours, Mrs. O
Just like the rest of you, I took a “First day of School” picture. Well, I tried to, anyway. I thought you might like to see Number 3 and 4’s photo session. attempt #1 attempt #2 attempt #3 attempt #4 attempt #5 attempt #6 attempt #7 attempt #8 attempt #9 attempt #10 After the 10th try, Number […]
From this day forward, all shoe shopping for Number 4 will be done online.
I am not a shopper. I hate shopping. But there is one thing I hate more than shopping… Sketchers Bella Ballerina Triple Twirl Shoes. Actually, no. I hate the assholes who make the Sketchers Bella Ballerina Triple Twirl Shoes commercials on tv the most. Then I hate the shoes. And after Saturday’s shopping experience, Number […]
Move over Olivia Benson
Someone in this house thought about taking a bite out of this pear, decided it wasn’t ripe enough, and put it back in the fruit basket. I interrogated everyone, but no one admitted to it. I eventually solved the mystery, but a degree in forensics isn’t exactly a prerequisite in order to match up these dental impressions… […]