Happy New Year!

Wow! 2010. Let me tell you a little story. It was May 1992. I was holding #2, she’d just been born and Hubby said, when will SHE graduate. I’d had a T-shirt made saying “Class of 2009″ for #1 that I wore basically until he was born, because it was the only thing left in [...]

Beyond Cleaning Up After Yourself

My husband is under the delusion that if one picks up after himself the house will stay clean. He believes this because, when he was a kid there were 4 kids and his mother told them if they cleaned up after themselves the house would stay clean, but which she really meant, “I will be [...]

Christmas Shopping for Teenagers

Now it used to be so easy when #1 and #2 were children. A month before Christmas I’d take them to preschool and I’d go to Walmart and get a baby doll, a power ranger, some Christmas lights, a turkey, a few winter clothes, and I was done Christmas shopping. I was usually out of [...]

It was bound to happen…

#3 has just turned 11, so it was bound to happen. It started simply enough by me saying something really stupid like, “Good morning, I love you, have a good day.” To think I would say that to one of my children, out loud. It was only there briefly, the eye roll. Her 11 year [...]

Aren’t you supposed to sleep late?

And other things about teenagers I don’t understand… Our last day of school was Thursday, so I have my whole summer planned. Mondays are house cleaning day. The sooner we get it done, the sooner we play. Tuesdays mornings before the kids get up is cemetery page making hour, Wednesday morning before they get up [...]