 Lots of people who know me would – I believe – tell you that I am an optimist. That generally speaking I’m a smiling, “glass is half full” kind of gal. Unless I’m the last person at the nacho bar buffet and they’ve run out of cheese – I can usually find the . . . → Read More: Scratchy and the Parent Teacher Conference   When I returned from my recent trip to market in New York, I was sure that my kids had grown while I was gone. People, Itchy is as tall as I am and becomes more stunningly beautiful (to this mom’s eyes) every day. Scratchy is not as tall as me yet, but is . . . → Read More: Just a Little Bit Longer… 
Have you ever found yourself in the middle of a situation and suddenly you are watching everything unfold with a sense of disbelief and just a touch of horror? This was where I found myself last night. But I should start at the beginning. Hubs left for San Francisco on Monday morning . . . → Read More: Church Night or Victoria’s Secret? 
 Itchy & Scratchy in Prison Stripes? It may seem strange to you that I am secretly thrilled that on Saturday night one of our neighbors came by to say that my daughter, Itchy, and her friend – the neighbor’s daughter, had “vandalized” some neighborhood property and would need to go clean it . . . → Read More: My Daughter, the Vandal  I made sure to put “A Retrospective” and “#2″ in the title lest my mother and my other mother read this and get excited or otherwise agitated thinking we are expecting. Again. Because that store is closed. Lights off, nobody there. When Hubs and I found out we were expecting Baby #2 – . . . → Read More: Expecting Baby #2: A Retrospective  At the beginning of summer – which I define as when the kids get out of school – I made a “Summer Pledge“. My pledge, in a nutshell, was this: to engage with my family over the summer – embracing the opportunity to spend time with them – rather than waiting until schedules . . . → Read More: Fruits of Summer 
Because it was my birthday last night – well all of yesterday, actually – and I had a few margaritas – I decided to take advantage of Big Mama Cass’s 2nd Look Saturday. If you want to know more about this meme you can click on the button . . . → Read More: And Baby Makes 5 – 2nd Look Saturday  My two oldest – about 8 years ago…sniff…  Soooo – we decided to stay home this year for the fourth – and hang out with our kiddos and set off some fireworks in front of our place. We set up the chairs and a fire pit out front and the hubs got going with the kids on smoke bombs, snaps, and . . . → Read More: Fourth of July Fun |
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