“The Alien” Strikes Again

My 3 year old, lovingly referred to as “The Alien” by her big sister  (for good reason) just keeps getting stranger and stranger.   I love her uniqueness but on occasion she does something that is almost disturbing.   For instance her new love of deodorant.    Particularly deodorant that I have on.   I guess that the new [...]

Strength is not a Virtue I Possess.

I just deleted a post, on purpose,  that I put a lot of time and emotional energy into.     So instead of not posting I’ll take the easy way out and post a song that’s been on heavy rotation in my ears lately.

Some Things Never Change

Last night I attended my 15 year class reunion. I had a great time but I have a few observations.
The girl who craved attention at 15 is still craving attention in her 30s and the older you get the more destructive that attention seeking behavior gets.
The boy who had a crush on you all [...]

Magic

For those who immerse themselves in what the fairy tale has to communicate, it becomes a deep, quiet pool which at first seems to reflect only our own image; but behind it we soon discover the inner turmoils of our soul – its depth, and ways to gain peace within ourselves and with the world, [...]

Brief Post-Vacation Thoughts

“There is NO potty like home” -  The three year old didn’t really care where we went on vacation but did care how the bathrooms smelled.

While on vacation with my  9 year old daughter I needed to remember that she is a pre-teen and as a pre-teen she is likely to be MOODY.

Mommy can be [...]

Scorcher

It’s hot, HOT, HOT!
And I’m home with a recovering little pumpkin.  We battled through a fever and some puking through the night but it seems that we came over the hump at 4 am.
So there is this funny story from last night about how the second time I went to give my daughter some ibuprofen [...]

A Start

(Disclaimer:   I hate emo blog posts but well I’m feeling emo today.  I need to vent and I can’t proof this or edit this anymore it’s making me sick so if you’re reading this forgive me.   Even this seems so watered down to what I’m really feeling.  Someone suggested that I start in slow bits [...]

My First Update

I’ve had fun wandering through some of the blogs of other Read-a-thoners and WOW people who love to read really rock!
Over at Obsessed Reader I found a nice little update that I’m going to use  myself and change it up a little.
Title of book(s) read since last update: America’s Women by Gail Collins
Number of books [...]

Reality Check

Last night I was bumming about being a single Mom. Poor me!
I was frustrated trying to figure out all that I needed wanted to do this week for work mixed with all of the requirements of being a Mom, doing this alone.  What I was struggling with isn’t really the issue.  The issue is that [...]

Checking In!

Today is my first day back at work following a long and glorious weekend out of town.
The girls and I took a road trip to stay at my sister’s house.  It’s a two hour drive and both of the girls did phenomenally well.  I’m keeping my fingers crossed that it’s a good sign for the [...]