Posted in Domestic Goddess on Oct 16th, 2005
Brace yourselves for this one, because it’s a calamitous event that will bring tears to your eyes and make you cry out in protest at the injustice of it all. Our cleaning lady quit last week. Yes, it’s true. The lifestyle of a family with two working parents and two young children leaves little time […]
Posted in Family, Funny Stuff on Oct 15th, 2005
Back-to-back conversations in my house just now that amused me: ***** Kent: Maia, can you put Noah’s shirt on him? Maia (with attitude): No, that’s Dad stuff. Kent: No, that’s sister stuff. Kent won. Maia put Noah’s shirt on. ***** Kent: Where is the clicker? Who took the clicker? Maia (with attitude): Obviously not me. […]
Posted in Memories on Oct 12th, 2005
The town I grew up in has grown up itself over the years, but when I was young, it wasn’t much more than a small retirement community. A boring existence for a kid, to be sure. I mean really, pity the poor people who lived in a place that didn’t even have a shopping mall […]
Posted in Inspirational, Reflections on Oct 11th, 2005
Mike had a great post on his blog this weekend that really resonated with me, about taking control and making your own good day vs. relying on others to do it for you. So for the second time in a week, I am stealing words I wrote elsewhere to reproduce here because I think they […]
Posted in Potpourri on Oct 10th, 2005
Today I used up the better part of my Columbus Day holiday getting new brakes. After putting Maia on the school bus, the grinding noise emanating from the front of my car sent me straight to Midas. Since Columbus Day isn’t a work holiday for most, I was left stuck without a ride. I decided […]
Posted in Family, Funny Stuff on Oct 6th, 2005
I’m not a fan of tuna. Since I don’t prepare foods I don’t eat, my family is deprived of lots of things. One of them being tuna. I’m not sure Noah has ever had it, until last night. We were tired after a long day of playing hooky at Disney (we had a good excuse; […]
Posted in Reflections on Oct 4th, 2005
A friend wrote to me yesterday about it being fall in his part of the country, which got me musing about my own perspective of the season. My impromptu reply stuck with me, so I’m “stealing” what I already wrote to refine and expand on here. My whole life, I’ve always thought fall was the […]
Posted in Funny Stuff, I'm Only Human on Oct 2nd, 2005
Hoo boy. It’s a good thing I have a sense of humor and know how to laugh at myself about these things. Kent and I had a hearty laugh today at my expense. And he was most definitely laughing at me, not with me. As we were driving home from church this morning, Kent brought […]
