Month: November 2006

NaBloPoMo check-in

With the silence echoing in my ears, I spent some time on the NaBloPoMo randomizer today. People are dropping out of the game left and right as holiday chaos takes over their lives. Because I have no life outside of this house, I have posted every day so far. In fact, this is my 60th […]

no fingerprints

trees are for climbing We had a typical southern Thanksgiving today. We spent the morning lounging in our jammies. We went to the grandparents’ house and ate a monster meal midday. The grandparents napped while the children played outside in the beautiful 65 degree weather. Trees were climbed, sticks were thrown and, of course, there […]

Happy Thanksgiving!

A turkey is a funny bird, Its head goes wobble, wobble, All it knows is just one word, “Gobble, gobble, gobble.” Sarah learned the turkey poem when she was in kindergarten. I tried teaching the poem to Amy. “No mom, our turkeys don’t talk cause their heads are chopped off so you can eat ’em.” […]

crazy is good

Doug and I are a little bit off. We know that. With our crazy glasses, we can see that the whole world is a bit off, they just don’t embrace the crazy like we do. The crazy people who deny their own crazy and negatively judge others are the unhappiest people I know. Doug and […]

half empty or half full

Today was a half day of school for everyone. No, it wasn’t a half day for all the children who simply don’t attend on half days. Tommy’s bus driver called last night, hoping that Tommy was one of those students not attending. “He won’t need a ride tomorrow, will he?” “Umm, yes, he will. It […]

appreciating the underdogs

Today I am thankful for disposable diapers and indoor plumbing. I don’t think this requires elaboration. Still thankful for: my mother the worrywart & stinky teenagers

sizes

A post for the Aunties & Uncles: Tommy – pants are 36×32, shirts are large, shoes are 11 Sarah – ladies size 2 or XS, shoes are 7 Noah – shirt & pants are 10 slim, shoes are 4 ½ Amy – clothes are 4T, shoes are 9 ½ Evan – clothes are 24m/2T, shoes […]

5 smiling faces

After just half a day of school tomorrow, the children will be home for 4 and a half days straight. I have just one goal for that time together. I want one semi-decent picture with all of the children in it. Last year it took about three hours to get this picture. Four days might […]