So one Thursday morning you wake up. You have been blessed by some wonderful surprises recently, but still, the stresses of life are weighing you down. Sitting heavy on your shoulders. And you still are worried about Christmas. Trying to come up with creative answers about why Santa will not be bringing this present. Or […]
Life at My House
Same family. Different miracle.
We had a recent, unexpected development here over the weekend. While I’ve been trying to reassure myself that it happened for a reason, and that a year from now I will look back on this time and say, Thank God for that, it is still a major curveball. It is going to force us to […]
Thanks for the memories.
8 years ago you came into our lives. Fisher-Price Ocean Wonders Healthy Care High Chair. You were around for a lot of firsts. First solid food… First haircut. First birthdays… You even managed an appearance on a second birthday. You were there for family meals. And celebrations. You tolerated the kids covering you with stickers. […]
A Christmas Miracle
The other day I went to the gym with a friend. We were running on the treadmill, and I was telling her about Mount Poo-suvius. She told me a story about her grandfather, and how he was very religious. How when he was faced with a difficult situation, tough times, no money, whatever, that he […]
All I really need to know I learned from a Costco receipt.
I’ve been a bitch to my husband again. And again, don’t get me wrong, it’s not for nothing. He deserved it a little bit, but I need to get over it. I haven’t really spoken to him, unless it was absolutely necessary in about 4 days. I fell off the sleeping-in-the-bed wagon a little while […]
Mount Poo-suvius
I had a seriously shitty day on Monday. And when I say shitty, I mean shit. eeeee. Number 2 is on a movie making kick. Every night he and Numbers 3 and 4, and sometimes 5, go down into the basement to make a movie. Two nights ago the four of them were down there […]