I recently read an article written by an anonymous dad/soon to be dad to future twins. He and his wife are in their 40s and tried repeatedly to give their son a sibling. They wanted a girl. When nature didn’t pan out, they did several things before IVF worked the first time. Now he’s ‘complaining’ … [Read more…]
You’re hurridly putting laundry in the washer when it happens. A child screams ‘noooo’. You’re not sure which one. Your heart skips a beat. You’ll never get that one back. You rush in, your adrenaline surging, bile rising in your throat. You slide to a stop, looking at both, seemingly whole, unaffected children and screech … [Read more…]
Cleaned up more, made an AWESOME dinner. Seriously I want to go eat more now, but am stapling the covers down. My stomach just growled. Meatloaf, refrigerator mashed potatoes (you have got to try those sometime!) and green bean casserole. Everyone stuffed themselves. Plus we finished 99% of the dishes (I ran the dishwasher before … [Read more…]
…last night when daddy came home after being gone since before breakfast Sunday morning. We had homemade pizza (I had been cooking 15 minutes before he deigned to quit goofing with stuff and give me a hug)–and watched a movie and that was pretty much that. Both girls were ecstatic to have him home, and … [Read more…]
After we visit the butcher, I mentioned we would package the meat up. Thought I’d share a quick snippet about how we do it. I count out how many pkgs we need, label them (including special ones for 2lb pkgs like chili, etc), and then we use a round container (freezer jar), fold the bag … [Read more…]
As I was loading up (and later disgorging) all the recycling it occurred to me (not for the first time) that our trash really tells a lot about us. After all, that’s what anthropologists use to discover the habits of ancient tribes. Broken pottery, gnawed bones, scraps of fabric, they all tell stories about how … [Read more…]
I’m writing this a little early, or late. However you want to say it. Just wanted to wish everyone a happy earth day! We recycled a big lot of our recycling that we kept neglecting to do, and then basically did our regular Monday things. We visited with friends for dinner and by the time … [Read more…]
I read a blog post recently where someone sheepishly said that they never posted about how cranky their kids are, and just posted the good stuff, because they figured no one wanted to hear it. Basically because it looks bad. They didn’t want to record it. There’s a new blog (the author has already been … [Read more…]