Month: September 2006

school’s really open now

First parent conference of the year – tomorrow Topic – Noah I’m the polite, get straight to the point person in the room until I feel my child has been treated unjustly. Then, I’m the irrational, raging mother bear. Doug is the chatty, question everything person in the room until he looks at his watch […]

I like fall

It is 69 degrees and cloudy today. This would be the perfect day to spend in a screened porch. I wonder if screened tent/gazebos really keep the buggies away.

lightbulb moment

I have a few (shut-up Doug) self-esteem issues. I’ve joked before that we don’t go to parties because I’d be hiding under tables while Doug used tools to make sure the tables were aligned correctly. Yesterday at Target, Amy decided to exhibit her less-than-charming ability to throw a huge tantrum. My father tried to end […]

ow

I feel like someone has stabbed me in the lower right of my back with a needle that reaches all the way down my calf. I bet I could get Doug to create a traction device in the bedroom. “Hey Doug, want to tie me up?”

Noah says

“This is my best day EVER.” After I allowed him to put ice on his sleeping older brother and sister and after they threw ice back at him. It was even after Sarah reacted in a way that would have frightened Linda Blair. I guess my children need trays of ice for Christmas.

chest cyclops

Unlike the rest of my family (and most of Knoxville), who own enough UT orange clothing to dress in the mandatory Knoxville fall uniform for an entire week, I own one long sleeved denim shirt with UT orange monogramming and one navy tank with an orange T. I am convinced this tank was originally designed […]