There is a fable. Or a parable. Or an allegory. It may not even be one of those. It may just be a story of how shoes came to be invented. I don’t know the title. I can’t find the actual story anywhere either. But it goes something like this: A king ventured out of […]
Archives for October 2013
How To Repurpose Bi-Fold Doors Into A Cute Bench
Last weekend I saw these bifold doors and pallet on the side of the road. The doors were really nice. Solid pine. I happened to be driving my husband’s truck, and I threw them in the back. We also had these headboards from an old set of bunk beds that the boys had. The wood was […]
Cotton wool recess. More dangerous than a football.
Yesterday a friend of mine posted an article on facebook about a school in New York that has banned footballs. And baseballs. And lacrosse balls. And hard soccer balls. And tag. And cartwheels. And “anything that might hurt someone on school grounds.” Are you kidding? Isn’t that pretty much anything then? What is left for […]
Settle down, Sinead.
I’ve got 3 daughters. They are 2, 4, and 7 years old. I want them to be strong. I want them to be confident. I want them to be overflowing with self-esteem. I want them to be like… Miley Cyrus. Yes. Miley Cyrus. Maybe minus all the licking. The twerking? Eh. I went to college. […]
Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other. ~ Walter Elliot
Yesterday was another huge day for me in the fitness department, but before I get to that, you have to see Meghan. I haven’t shown you her pictures in a couple weeks. It’s not because she’s fallen off the wagon… In fact, quite the opposite. She’s been working her ass off. Literally. She is starting […]
…but I’m funny how? I mean funny like I’m a clown? I amuse you?
When I used to teach, I was friends with a teacher who had a daughter. A little fire cracker of a daughter. And her daughter was a bit of a terror at preschool. At one point, the daughter was going through a biting phase. I remember thinking, Whoa. She’s a teacher. A teacher should not […]