You know, there’s something to be said for not having any money. Then you can honestly tell the kids that you can’t afford the annoying things they ask for. Like Rainbow Loom. Fucking Rainbow Loom. I had been so successful in avoiding that mothereffer. Number 4 has come home from school every day with a […]
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Trash to treasure – cute medicine cabinet!
I’ve got friends texting me and messaging me now when they see things on the side of the road. A friend spotted this last week and messaged me on facebook . I drove right over and snatched it up. It’s an old medicine cabinet. It was missing the back, but it was pretty solid. My […]
I poop! You poop! We all poop for one scoop!
When I grow up, I want to remember what it was like to be young. When I grow up, I want to remember how hard being a parent of young children was. When I grow up, I want to have an appreciation for my past. But also embrace the future. I want to stick to […]
Trash to treasure. Turn a headboard into a…
This is the end to one of the boys’ old bunk beds. I have four of them. I’ve had them for about four years. I’ve been saving them for something. I just didn’t know what. Until recenly… We took one and primed it. Then my husband built this out of scrap wood from his shop: […]
I don’t know what’s next. But I’m excited to find out.
It all began with the decision to To start taking charge of my life. To start working out. To start running. To start getting healthy. That decision to start led to the decision to do this: That decision eventually led to this: and this: and this: And the decision to do that, led to the […]
I get by with a little help from my friends. Especially the ones I’ve never met.
This past week I received a note from a reader. You may have seen it on the facebook page. If not, here it is: Wow. Part of me wanted to know who it was from. But I’m glad I didn’t. Having an anonymous angel out there is kind of nice. Of course, I called the […]
