I was going to do a little vacation photo retrospective tonight. But after the drive home, I’m really tired. And then tonight the kids were eating those drumstick ice cream cones — the ones with the peanuts on top –after dinner, and Number 4 was being, well, Number 4, and she was fooling around with […]
Archives for August 2015
We get by with a lot of help from our friends.
Despite all the shit that has happened in the last week, some really great things have happened. So many people have helped and have offered to help. And I want you to know that if you have messaged or emailed me, I have read your messages, and once I get home, I will do my […]
Not Your Average Crisis Team is asking you to Please Help Susie!
Not Your Average Crisis Appeal – Susie’s family needs you to make it through! Hello again from the ladies of Susie’s Not Your Average Fitness Group. We’ve been in touch before. And we’re so grateful for your generous contributions to the GoFundMe campaign we created for Susie. As you know, Susie and her family have had a […]
It’s not great. But it could have been much worse.
We finally spoke to the neurosurgeon. My husband definitely needs surgery. His spinal cord is irreversibly damaged. And there is a lot of pressure on it right now and the pressure needs to be relieved. He can travel home. The danger is that if he were to get into a car accident or if he […]
A snapshot is exactly that. Just a snapshot.
You know when you see those shows like the Duggars Do New York or when Jon and Kate plus Eight took their whole herd to Hawaii? You know how all the kids either have a buddy or how there is an extra grown up or three and everything runs so smoothly and you are amazed […]
More Lessons From Vacation
We have too much crap in our house. I have too much crap, and my kids have too much crap. We have too many toys and too many clothes and too many, well, too many of pretty much everything. And I don’t feel like we are really over-the-top. My kids have much less stuff than […]