conversation with my father – Dad: “You WILL be taking care of your mother for the next 2 months won’t you? Can I count on you or do I need to hire a nurse?” Me: “Dad, I don’t think she is going to require that level of care.” Dad: “Can I count on you or […]
There’s a naked 4-year-old writhing in a chair at our kitchen table while screaming “I HATE homework!”
I’m preparing for tomorrow’s Girl Scout meeting using ideas from this site.
I think Doug needs to devote one monitor to this to remind him when he should be sleeping.
I’ve been to a LOT of school meetings and activities. I’ve been to grueling, all-day marathon, head-scratching, bureaucracy-manipulating, eye bleeding IEP meetings for Tommy. Last night was the very best experience I have EVER had at Tommy’s school. His homeroom teacher asked who my child was and smiled sweetly, “oh, Tommy is so nice. He […]
Furialog has posted 12 Rules for Marriage. My guidelines (because there are no rules) are somewhat different. 1. Maintain a sense of humor. Stop taking yourself so seriously. You’re not really married until you’ve laughed during sex. 2. Only one person gets to be crazy at a time. No explanation needed. 3. Choose your battles. […]
As much as I like to tease Doug, I’m surprised he never blogged about me getting stuck in the van. I guess he didn’t want me countering with his long underwear story or the story about Amy’s belly button or oh, I think I know why he decided against telling it.
Tonight, Doug has new Boy Scout sign-ups and a scout meeting at the exact same time that I have to be at the high school for Tommy’s open house. Do I send the two youngest to run amok in the elementary school or take them with me to wrestle while the teachers talk to parents? […]
“What are you going to talk about after your knee replacement Mom?” “Umm, my physical therapy?” “Then you’d better have a great looking therapist to talk about.”
Noah’s teacher and two of the teachers he has for special areas and I had a brief meeting today. I wish he had one of the other two teachers as his main teacher. The other two are young, fresh out of school and very enthusiastic. Noah’s teacher is umm, stern and unyielding. This is the […]