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You know what the baby books never told us: A note on COMPROMISE

You know what the baby books never told us? I never, never, never, no not EVER once read a chapter that stated, There will be a point when you pick up a {the heavens only knows how old} Goldfish cracker off your van floor… and without thought nor care… YOU WILL PUT IT IN YOUR [...]

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Mom. Mom. Mom. Mom. (Yes, this is a Mother’s Day post, with VIDEO!)

I’m sorry. I don’t mean to help run this holiday into the ground with ANOTHER post about moms/mother’s day. But, here lies my contribution to the internet. My family helped me make a little video for Mother’s Day. There are no flowers. Nor jewelry. No pedicures. No fancy brunch. Nope. But it fits. With new [...]

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Birthday Letter to My Daughter… My Middle Child.

My daughter… our middle child turned 11 last week. ELEVEN. Somebody send a medic! When they say time flies, THEY are NOT lying. Most years I write a birthday letter to each of my kiddos and share them here. I do it in part for them to read someday, and in part as an essay on [...]

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Thank Goodness for Waiting Rooms

My youngest, Lucy, has been in my homeschool system for, oh… 2 months. Give or take a week. We’ve done lots of worksheets. We’ve done lots of reading. We’ve done lots of writing. She’s done lots of pogo-stick-jumping. I’ve done a bit more teeth grinding and rocking in dark corners. She has done all kinds [...]

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Shot@Life gives global children just that… a shot at life.

Shot@Life is a movement to protect children worldwide by providing life-saving vaccines where they are most needed. And they are one year old THIS MONTH! A privilege that we have here in the United States is pretty good access to healthcare. Yes, many complain (even me) about the state of our system, but if we [...]

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The Easters

You know how we sprung forward a couple weeks back? Or was it a few weeks back? What year is it? I can’t even know…. I digress… You know how when we spring forward and it gets darker later and it comes time for dinner and dinner isn’t made because even though it’s 6:30, it [...]

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She’s 8.

8 years ago today, 10 pounds and 5 ounces of joy was birthed into my world. My youngest. My youngest is 8, and when *they* say *it* goes by fast… *they* are not lying. Oh my heck. Lucy means light. I deeply believe that Lucy lives up to her name. She has boundless energy with [...]

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If I put it on the internet it means I’m committed: I’m homeschooling, yo.

It’s official. I’m homeschooling Lucy. I haven’t mentioned it here because for the last month (+) I was caught in the vortex of a terrible administrative process with my inital homeschool curriculum choice. Though I have mentioned the intent in my personal Facebook space and to IRL friends here and there. It’s not been a [...]

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Up A Tree…

Mom. Mom. HEY MOM! LOOK AT ME!!! Yep. That’s my Lucy. //-//-//-//-//-//-//-//-//-//-//-//-//-// Don’t forget to visit Jenny On the Spot on Facebook. It’s just like here, but it’s not. You know, ‘cuz it’s Facebook, so…And Twitter. And YouTube. Definitely YouTube… Stay ON THE SPOT! Don’t miss a sparkly thing!  Get JOTS posts in your inbox!  [...]

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It’s Valentine’s Day

I just wrote a blathering post about my mixed emotions about Valentine’s Day. I…. Honestly…. It’s a… I have mixed emotion/opinion about Valentine’s Day. So. That’s all I have to say. Ish. I did make bacon and heart waffles for breakfast. Nothing says love like bacon. IT’S A SCIENTIFIC FACT. I bet it is a [...]