Santa Might Frown on That

Partway through this morning, W~ walked up to me out of the blue.
“Mom, if you kill your parents you don’t get anything for Christmas.”
Um, yeah, that’s true.
Given how our morning had been going up to that point, I probably don’t want to know what internal conversation occurred to lead him to that final, somewhat disturbing, [...]

This is the (Sometimes Too Real) Life

First–thank you all for your congratulations and well-wishes. I feel guilty about not responding to all of the comments, but I haven’t been around my computer much the past few days. I’m afraid to even look at my Google reader and see how many blog posts are waiting for me to catch up on reading. [...]

I’m Exhausted and Nauseous…

…and it has nothing to do with eggnog.
I promised you all that I would take the password off of my “secret” posts after Christmas.
 
Acceptance
Fa La Blahs
 
And now you know.

A Perfect Day

There have been several times in the past–in memes and games–what my “perfect” day would be. I’ve never really had a good answer for it. I’m a lot closer to that, now.
At this moment, I am in Florida visiting my mother-in-law and her husband. Today was a great day, but not quite perfect. We got [...]

And the Winner Is…

OK, so it has been no big secret that I really don’t get all of the hullabaloo over the Twilight series. I mean, they were kind of a fun read, if you ignore the dysfunctional relationships, repeated use of the same three words, and cheesy ending to the series.
But the obsession? The twitterpating? Just. Don’t. [...]

To Do:

Get dog’s stitches out (um, should have done this a week or two ago).
Buy more Christmas presents for kids. No, I didn’t decide to be more indulgent. Sean’s grandfather decided it is too hard to shop for my kids (tell me about it!) and gave Sean money to buy presents for them. Oh, and the [...]

Fa La Blahs

Tonight was our annual youth activity where we went Christmas caroling at a nursing home.
Before we left the church, there was a brief discussion wherein the kids were asked the difference between being light-hearted and light-minded (basically, the difference between having fun and acting stupid). The kids were encouraged to enjoy the caroling, but take [...]

Screw(g)ed

‘Twas the night before shipping deadlines,And all through the house,Not a creature was stirringExcept me and my mouse.
The pictures uploaded And laid out with care,In hopes that by ChristmasThe in-laws presents will be here.

How many years now have I made photo albums for Sean’s family? Four? Five? You would think by now that I would [...]

Like the Stars

In case you have been wondering–no, I’m not dead. My absence this week (if you even noticed at all), was only due to me feeling like I was dying.
Colds suck.
You know that you are sick when you start believing that the five-year-old might be mature enough to watch the baby. Or when you stop [...]

Talking with My Mouth Full

I’ve got too much on my plate. I’ve bitten off more than I can chew. (Isn’t it interesting that we describe stress with food terms? Then we stuff our faces to deal with the stress. She says while eating a bowl of ice cream.) So, instead of being productive, I’m blogging.
So, what all is [...]