I’m attempting my first triathalon in less than 2 weeks, so I’ve been going to the Y to swim. I think every resident of Brookfield who is over the age of 80 goes there at the same time. It’s like Cocoon in that place. When my husband kicks the bucket, I’m going there to find […]
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Proud Mommy
When we got married, Number 1 was seven, and Number 2 was four years old. I got pregnant with Number 3 approximately 15 minutes after we got married. So he was our 3rd, but he was the first child I gave birth to. I love all my kids, whether they came out of my vagina […]
What’s this?
Can you guess what this is? If you guess correctly, you wiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnn….. Well, you win nothing. But you still win 
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squishy grapes
My kids love grapes, but they don’t love them so much when they aren’t totally firm. If we have a bunch of grapes that are losing their crispness, I throw them in the freezer. The kids love them, and freezing them somehow turns them into a treat. I also freeze bit-size chunks of watermelon. I did this […]
On my honor, I will try…
Number 4 had a Daisy meeting last night, and I am one of the co-leaders of the troop. We were supposed to be working on the “be a sister to every girl scout” petal. In reality, I bitched to the other moms pretty much the whole time while Number 4 wound the other girls up and talked […]
God, grant me the serenity…
Number 5 is providing me with an unending supply of concrete data to support the existence of the terrible twos. She is a case study in extremes. She’s either really great, or she totally sucks. And the ratio of great to sucks is about 1:4. I can’t take it anymore. She threw such a fit […]