Musings on the three most important things in my life; my husband, my kids and my Little Yellow Notepad
They’re all back. It was one week of camp for boys and one week of camp for girls, and there's nothing like having them all back under my roof. This time two of my boys went, which doubled the amount of time I had to spend dissecting pictures. The camp was so kind and sent 378 pictures over… Continue reading My name is Goldie, and I suffer from PPPP. (Persistent Picture Perusing Panic)
Have you ever played Jenga? It's a pretty neat little game, but I never realized that being a mom includes being really good at Jenga. Real life Jenga. In case you’re not familiar, Jenga is that game with small wooden rectangles that you stack very cautiously and sometimes seemingly precariously, and then hold your breath… Continue reading Real life Jenga
It was exactly 3:15 when I remembered. The problem was that the appointment was 45 minutes earlier, at 2:30 pm. And I had forgotten all about it. It was a double well visit. I had been determined to get well visits for all the kids done before school started, and I had missed the first two. I was… Continue reading Uh oh…I forgot I had an appointment…
I knew becoming a mom would mean giving up lots of little luxuries about life as I knew it. I knew having many kids would mean giving up even more. A good night’s sleep, reading a complete book, the biggest piece of cake, a clean piece of paper. All these things I knew and was prepared for. Clean… Continue reading What was it I wanted to write about?
I don’t usually follow the click-bait links on Facebook; I stay far away from ones that say things like, “You won’t BELIEVE what happened next…” Chances are that if they are so sure I won’t believe it, they’re probably right. But I have to admit, I did click on this link - 11 Things People… Continue reading 11 Things People With Spotless Houses Do Every Day-REVISED EDITION FOR REAL MOMS
