I cleaned out my car today. You can be shocked, it’s alright.
I didn’t go to any extremes like using carpet shampoo or anything, but it has literally been years since it got vacuumed. I’m not kidding. It was disgusting. I didn’t remember to take a before picture but it’s okay because I wouldn’t want [...]
I love being busy. Care to hear about my day?
First we hit the library with some friends this morning–they have fun things every week. Today they got kits to build a toolbox, took a ride in a train, went inside a firetruck, and jumped in one of those big bouncy things–they used to be called [...]
Yesterday, there was a brown blob on my kids’ floor that resembled poop, but it was a rock.
Today, there was a brown blob I thought was a rock again.
It was poop.
Filed in: just life | June 6, 2009
No, cleaning does NOT rule, however much I try to make myself enjoy it.
What I’m talking about here is rules FOR cleaning. Something I’ve gone back and forth on and honestly will probably continue to but today I’ve come up with one thing and this is what it is:
As long as I’m the one [...]
I haven’t been able to remember a 4-digit PIN number for my debit card for longer than 5 seconds. For the past 6 years.
I never remember where I parked.
I regularly miss my exit. Regular like, every time I get on the freeway.
I will absentmindedly pick up and replace a fallen object from the car dash [...]
Filed in: just life | May 26, 2009
This will probably be boring, I don’t really feel like blogging, I just want to push that last post off the top of the page!
Today is my newly established “homemaking day.” Can I just say there are a lot of things about our modern world that I really dig? The fact that I can [...]
Filed in: child development • family • just life • parenting | May 4, 2009
I know it’s been a while, I am planning on posting something more substantial sometime. But it’s getting late and I am really, really going to try to get to bed so I can get up early–before the girls–and be a good, cheerful, on-top-of-things sort of mom.
But tonight I want to know what you [...]
Filed in: just life | April 27, 2009
We finally went for our “2 week” checkup with the midwife today. Baby Carrie is actually 2 days past 3 weeks. (Oops.) (It’s a looong drive down there, especially with three kids.) (I have three kids!!), but checked out perfectly.
She’s up to 9 lbs 5 oz (from 7 lbs 13 oz at birth), nursing [...]
I can’t JUST go have a bowl of cereal.
No, first I walk in to the pantry to get it out and, while I’m there, notice that there are still clothes in the washer that need drying. But there are also diapers in the dryer from last night that need to at least be taken [...]
Filed in: just life | April 12, 2009
I am so not a Steven Covey/Franklin planner sorta girl. I like to make little charts and schedules and plans; I’m just not very good at following through with them.
Nevertheless, I’ve been at it again, but this time I’m counting on my complete lack of ability to abide by anything, and, even though I’m [...]
Filed in: home education • just life • parenting | April 1, 2009