Number 4 has secured fairly regular babysitting jobs for two different families. Every job she’s done so far has been from about 5 or 6 p.m. to 10 or 11 p.m. She’s there for a couple hours, gets the kids dinner or dessert, puts them to bed, and then has some time to chill out. […]
Lessons I've Learned
Freaking Out A Little. Okay. A LOT.
All the laundry is washed, folded and put away. Dishes are done and the kitchen is spotless. Lunches are made. I snuck a little note inside each lunchbox so the kids will have a surprise. The kitchen is stocked enough so the kids can pack decent lunches through the week. Outfits for the next five […]
Mom Friends
My surgery is in four days. I am told, depending on who I talk to, that I will be out of commission anywhere from one to six weeks. That’s quite a window. I hope I’ll be one of those super speedy recoverers. Five or ten years ago, I would have expected myself to get through […]
Scrabble
Number 6 and 7 have recently discovered Scrabble. Not the Scrabble Junior version. The actual grown up version. And they love it. They were playing with my husband in the dining room. He was on a team with Number 7 (who is 6 years old) and the two of them were playing against Number 6, […]
My New Friend
Do you ever meet someone and just feel an instant connection with her? Where even though you’ve only known her a month or a day or an hour you already know you can just talk to her about anything? I recently met such a person. She randomly appeared in my life. And right away, I was […]
Out Of The Fog
The day before yesterday, I shared on Facebook that I’m struggling with a bout of depression. It’s largely situational, and I know what has brought it on. Marital and financial struggles continue to challenge me, and so I’ve kind of been riding the depression fence. It wasn’t going to take much to cause me to […]