Category Archives: Daily Life
Maybe the Gratitude is Rubbing Off
Today, I’m thankful for: The opportunity that I have to teach my children at home so we can focus on learning a concept instead of just being graded on how quickly you can pick it up. Finishing our school work … Continue reading
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Random Gratitude
Today, I am thankful for: The fact that my cell phone (an Instinct—a phone that I have disliked the entire time I had it) waited until a few days AFTER the phone I have been looking at (the Palm Pixi) … Continue reading
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When You Put it THAT Way
Noah: Mommy, what is the party you are going to for? Me: Well, it is for a bunch of women to get together before most of them go see a movie. Noah: You’re going to go see a movie? Me: … Continue reading
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Even the Bad Days Give You Things to Be Grateful For
Yesterday was a challenging day. Well, actually, most of yesterday went just fine. But those last two hours before Sean came home from work? Life pretty much went to Hell in a hand basket (side note: I used to think … Continue reading
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Finding My Happy Place
It’s time to get a little personal. I want to talk about the bedroom. OK, not THAT personal. Am I the only one with a complete pit for a bedroom? It is no secret that, with five kids, housework is … Continue reading
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And His Imaginary Friend Complains that He Doesn’t Call Anymore
This weekend, Noah and Wyatt decided to write letters to Santa Claus. These were given to Sean with the instruction to mail them to the North Pole today (and then my instruction to save them since I could see him … Continue reading
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Wherein I Go Shopping for Men’s Clothing and Fall Over Dead from Sticker Shock*
I got an earlier than usual start to my day today. This is thanks to the fact that Noah decided not to ride along with Sean and the other boys when Sean went to get donuts for a special treat … Continue reading
It’s Not Too Soon for a Mid-Life Crisis
After I posted my letter to myself yesterday, I had a “so where do I go from here?” sort of a feeling. Then Jill (and then Nicole) commented that they would love to see me write another letter to the … Continue reading
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Seeing My Future
January 13, 1993 Dear Me, This is a letter to myself to let me, in the future, see what my hopes and expectations were when I was almost 16, and to see how my life met up to those dreams … Continue reading
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Gratitude
Last year, I made a challenge to myself to spend the month of November focusing on gratitude. I decided to do Thirty Days of Thankfulness on this blog by listing five things that I was grateful for each day. It … Continue reading
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