8.22.09
I wrote this post days before my son had an unexpected emergency appendectomy. As I sat watching him sleep in the hospital after his surgery, I felt these words ringing in my heart all over again--along with a sense of awe at this young man I saw before me who ...
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4.18.09
Let me tell you my tale of woe. It began last spring when my son got a live tadpole/frog habitat from his grandmother. Or maybe it was longer ago than that. It sure seems like it.
So, we sent off for the tadpoles from the company that makes the kit, because ...
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4.13.09
Sometimes your kids get a little artsy and bring home interesting things from school, church, and what not. Most of the time, you marvel at their creativity and think you have the next Rembrandt on your hands. Other times, you don't really get it at all, but you are touched ...
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4.12.09
I knew my son was going to have great music taste when early on he declared himself a ZZ Top enthusiast. Case in point, here's a recent Ipod playlist that we burned to CD to listen to in the car:
Kiss - Rock n Roll All Night
Jet - Are You Gonna ...
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4.10.09
I recently took one of those annoying Facebook quizzes that you swear you're not going to take, and then can't sleep one night and end up taking it anyway. This one was rating how much of a "girly girl" you are. I had a vague idea that I wouldn't ace ...
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2.7.09
I regret dropping off from posting, visiting and commenting on blogs lately. Facebook has eaten all free time, but I'm missing writing now. And I have to get something off my chest too...
Have you ever had an experience where you just had enough?
When do you know that something is too ...
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1.26.09
Sometimes in parenting, you have to get creative. And sometimes, humor is the only thing that keeps you from going completely nuts. This was left for my son to come home to after basketball practice tonight.
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1.23.09
We have a few of them in our family, on both sides actually. The pot-stirrers. The ones who like to get people riled up for sport from time to time. Usually, it's a light-hearted cut-down or ongoing joke that gets repeated for years and years. But, every once in a ...
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12.10.08
We got snow today. SNOW! This hasn't happened in Houston, Texas since December of 2004, folks. And, guess what? In December of 2004, I had a baby and a 5-year-old and we were visiting my folks in North Texas and completely missed it!
My son got off the bus with his ...
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8.31.05
(a posting from a prior blog life)
Every day, when you have come home, I have hit you with questions. I have tried the direct questioning, the subtle approach, and even the guilt trip method--all looking for clues of how your day went in your new little world. It is a world ...
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In some ways, I'm a walking cliche--a suburban mommy blogger of two kids just trying to keep my crazy yet wonderful life in balance. But, I'm also a career writer who has just returned to fulltime work in the software industry, I'm a wife going through a divorce after almost 20 years of marriage, and I'm discovering that life is full of surprises. But, mostly I am learning to look at the world through funny glasses with my tongue sticking out. Pfffftttt!
