I love that first night in the hospital after you have given birth. When all the visitors go home and it’s just you and the baby. You never get that time alone again where your only responsibility is to bond with your baby, feed him or her, and spend as much time as you want […]
Your Daily Dose
I am not responsible for lost or stolen items. Please lock up your valuables.
On Tuesday my husband went to the bank and withdrew $150. He put forty bucks of gas in his truck and didn’t touch the rest of the money. He had two fifty dollar bills and a ten in his wallet. Yesterday he was at the lumberyard. He went to pay for whatever he was getting and […]
End of story. Period.
So you know how I feel about raising girls. Sometimes they suck. I mean, my three are all 6 and under, and at least one of them is in a constant state of this: We haven’t even reached that phase yet. You know… The period phase. Yesterday I was talking to a friend who has […]
Pioneer, Shmioneer
Dear Ree Drummond, Or as you like to call yourself, Pioneer Woman, I hate to break it to you, but you are not a pioneer woman. A pioneer woman did not drive this: She drove this: A pioneer woman’s family did not look like this: It looked like this: And a cat walking on your table while […]
Well, she gets a 4 for honesty.
Number 3 and Number 4 had early dismissal on Thursday and Friday because their schools had report card conferences. Since these are the second trimester report cards, not every kid has a conference. Only the kids who are seriously causing problems or doing really badly. First graders receive number grades on a scale of 1 […]
What’s your blankie style?
You know your kid does it. That weird thing with his blankie. Or lovey. Or whatever you call it. And after years of observation, I have concluded there are 8 major blankie styles. 1) The Rubber This child has a particular spot on her blankie that she rubs between her thumb and pointer finger. There […]
