Well....THAT Didn't Go as Planned
It appears Murphy has decided to accompany me on my little vacay. UNINVITED I might add. The plane had barely cleared Minneapolis airspace when the flight attendant announced that there was a medical...
View ArticleBack to Reality
Yes, I'm home. The remainder of the trip proceeded as planned. Well, with the exception of arriving at our room after midnight when my friend wasn't expecting me before 4 the next afternoon. So, I'm...
View ArticleUm....No
I'll give fair warning, while this will be a short post, the topic is somewhat unsavory and more often times heard in Kindergarten than the subject of blog posts. But, honestly, I can't let the one...
View ArticleAnd So It Begins
Yesterday kicked off the first of the twelve days of Chrisapalooza. For those of you not familiar with the yearly event, I suggest that you go here...and here ...and here. Ah, but this year, well,...
View ArticleFear
*Thank-you God...message heard and processed*Fear is an emotional response to a real or imagined dangerThis is one of those posts that I've been thinking about for a couple weeks but wasn't quite sure...
View ArticleChrisapalooza 2013
This is gonna be a long one because I'm gonna cram 12 fun filled days of 'Palooza into one post, so if you need to take a potty break or grab a cup/pot of coffee, do so now.I had this idea for the...
View ArticleGoodbyes
Fifteen years ago today, I lost my mother to brain cancer. It was a Wednesday (don't ask me why I remember the day) and we were all just headed out the door for dinner when the phone rang. And I knew...
View ArticleIcky
That's what this year has been for my 6th grader. Icky. While I remember my other three kids having the occasional issue around this age, I can't recall it being THIS protracted. Seriously, this has...
View ArticleBy Request
My husband keeps telling me that people at his work are tired of seeing the "Icky" post and that I need to post something new. But I have a conundrum...HOW? No. Seriously. HOW? It's been over 5...
View ArticleThe Five Year Circle
I started this blog almost 5 years ago as a way of keeping track of my thoughts regarding my dad's health and its impact on me as I headed back to NY for his heart bypass. I never expected less than...
View ArticleWhen In Doubt, Bake
So, we are still in a holding pattern. As of right now we really don't know much more than we did a week ago. And that was that dad was admitted to the hospital with jaundice, off color "output". A...
View ArticleNine Months and One Day Ago...
So, here's my problem. I can't figure out whether, when I come back to my blog (and believe it or not, I come back often) I should just pick up and go forward without any mention of what has happened...
View ArticleForcing Inclusiveness
I am officially crotchety. And while I am still struggling with the label (really? crotchety? Can't we find another term that doesn't have such a vivid mental picture?), I'm OK with it. So, what...
View ArticleGlorious Weekend
I'm not sure we could have asked for a better weekend than this past weekend. It was simply glorious. The weather was predicted to be in the upper 70s to low 80s and it did not disappoint.The husband...
View ArticleSelf Serve...I don't think it means what you think it means
I managed to get my outdoor fall decorating done with plenty of time to enjoy it while the weather is...well...fall like (this is MN and that could change in a NY second and it cite the Halloween...
View ArticleFall Ball 2014
Well, it's been a couple weeks and I've been busy stealing pictures off of everyone's timeline but now, I think I have an accurate representation of *drum roll* :LIVE...from NEW YORK...It's Saturday...
View ArticleThe 1990s Called...
...they want their kitchen back. Yes. This one:Take note of the lovely overhang for which there is no room for bar stools (which might or might not have been because we have opened our monster table...
View ArticleHoppin' on the Bandwagon
About two years ago, in an attempt to shed a few (can you say muffintop?), a select few in the family embarked on an experiment to eliminate gluten from our diet. In all honesty, I didn't expect to...
View Article11 Days Down
Today is day 11 for me and I have come to the conclusion that my family paid me lip service. When I said...COMMITMENT and ALL-IN they all nodded and agreed. By day 3 the most common response to any...
View ArticleGetting into the Spring of Things
It looks like spring has officially sprung up here in the great white north. And by that I mean there are no patches of white anywhere *I* can see. We even have a few patches of "brown trying really...
View ArticleOrnaments Without Meaning
OK, I'm just gonna skip over that whole..where have I been, why no posts, yadda, yadda, yadda and dive right into what I'm going to call my new approach to blogging.So, it's the Christmas season and I...
View ArticleSilly Me
So, I am officially employed. I have been for almost 6 months. Full time. Benefits included. It's been quite a transition from SAHMWPTSTFTBOCSBWOB* mostly because it entails a 30 minute commute (on...
View ArticlePhilippians 4:13
Sometimes, just when you think you've lost all hope in humanity, your child steps up to the plate and hits it out of the park. And you get to pat yourself on the back because you know you've had...
View ArticleWhen Push Comes to Shove
I think it is generally accepted that Edmund Burke said, "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."Stop and really ponder that. How often have you let something...
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