Here I am WAS  bidding for a job… a job with some level of visibility for a local financial institution…(when I originally posted this) yet I can’t resist. I should let them think I have it all together… just let them believe I run my home like a well-oiled machine. Why can’t I let feeding [...]

I decided to clean out my pantry recently. It was like a great big junk drawer of canned, boxed and bottled food. Apparently I have been stocking up on the necessities. I am such a “nester”… Apparently, every family of 5 needs THREE 40 ounce bottles of BBQ sauce. Yeah, because my kids use BBQ [...]

Due to technical difficulties, the picture I took of my fridge today cannot be posted in time to meet the “Friday” goal. Rest assured, the usual suspects are there – about 2 gallons of milk and that bottle of champagne is still chillin’. However, there are also 2 gallons of orange juice – a portion [...]

One would think that when a woman gives birth to a baby boy, not only should she come home with large gauze undies, witch hazel spray, a bundle of joy, a heart full of content, discharge papers, the Apgar score, after birth pains, and an unrealistically romantic view of mothering… she should also go home [...]

The driveway… A future snowman… Frosty, could that really be you? Yay! A snow angel! The view from my room… The back of the house from the back… “Is that enough, Mama?” Ummm… yeah… “Yook Mama! I did it!” …and I’m 2!

“99 loads of laundry on the bed, 99 loads of laundry… fold one up and put it away… 100 loads of laundry on the bed. 100 loads of laundry on the bed, 100 loads of laundry… fold one up and put it away… 101 loads of laundry on the bed. 101 loads of laundry on [...]

In an earlier post, I was a little “ranty” about the painter/circumstances with our new place. For an update – it is all working out (and the red walls are so yummy it makes me want to lick ‘em). The painters are making good on delivery. I’m cool. Can you feel it? Pretty much, there [...]