A couple weeks ago I wrote this post where I described the kind of summer I wanted to have this year. A more relaxed, old school kind of summer. And I kind of wrote it as a list, but I didn’t necessarily think that I was actually going to do every single thing I
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Five is Seven and Six is Six.
Happy Birthday to my favorite six and seven-year-olds! (And yes, they are EXACTLY one year apart, and no, I didn’t have C-sections!) It seems like this was just yesterday. I can’t stop you from growing. So instead, I guess I’ll do my best to be mindful on the ride. Please keep voting!
22 Lessons I Learned When We Almost Lost Everything
If you’ve been around here a while, you know that the past few years have been financial hell for my family. Three years ago we had to file for bankruptcy. Two and a half years ago foreclosure proceedings started on our house. Two years ago we went on food stamps. Things got worse from there. Things
Mission Accomplished
I started writing a post earlier today. But then I started working out in the yard and the day got away from me. And I have a whole other post to write on this topic because I totally sucked with updates… But yesterday was Day 30 of the Whole 30. I totally did it! And
You can do Cross Fit. Or you can give me a pedicure.
Yesterday was Number 7’s last day of preschool and just dropping her off I was already very emotional and I knew I would be a total wreck, so I treated myself to a pedicure, which I hardly ever do. And I don’t hardly ever do it because of the cost. I mean, that is definitely a
Reading is Fundamental. For Number 4, anyway.
Even after teaching for twelve years and coaching hundreds and hundreds of swimmers, and having a whole bunch of my own children, it still surprises me how two kids in the same family from the same parents can be so different from one another. This was illustrated to me again yesterday after I said goodnight