Sow Much Chaos, Sow Little Secrecy
The simple version: Your child’s hand or foot print made into a unique and beautiful work of art. The Real version (according to me:) They hang on my wall, reminding me of days past, when diapers made up the bulk of our weekly grocery shopping and “me time” referred to the 2 minutes a day [...]
I have a sensitive nose. I gag easily when forced to compromise the status quo of my olfactory senses by cleaning up puke, digging a poop covered toy out of the toilet and other such details of motherhood. I get queasy at the sight and smell of blood. I fainted once when I cut my [...]
This year is a hallmark for my husband and I. All of our kids are now in school (cue the *fist pumping*) and this means that I get six whole hours of time to get work done and pee by myself. It also means that I am forced to be organized, which is not my [...]
Our children are our most precious gifts. Sure we may yell at them for annoying their siblings, get irritated with them for leaving their trash laying around and wish that we could duct tape their mouths some days. But the days when we are reminded of how fragile their lives are, it puts everything into [...]
What I love about meeting new people is that I get the chance to surprise them. Often times, we only see the content that bloggers or public figures edit and allow the world to see. So when I met Becky this morning on Facebook and we chatted for a few minutes, it inspired me to [...]
You are a mom. You are a woman. A sister, a daughter, a business owner, a cook, a wife, a girlfriend and many other things. Do you allow society or other people to place expectations on you for these roles? Do you allow others to limit which parts of you are fostered so much so [...]
I am so busy lately that blogging keeps getting pushed to the wayside. I remember when blogging was all I did. I was obsessed. I would blog several times a day, check my stats like it was a drug fix and get a dizzying high off of reader’s comments. I look back on that time [...]
My kids are not allowed to “date.” They may have friends of the opposite sex, of course. But it is our belief that they are far too young to understand all that comes with being in a relationship. However, some of our kids do not heed our advice on matters of the heart. A [...]
Kim and I had a great day out, yesterday! We started out at 8:45am and got back home about twelve hours later. What the heck did we do in twelve hours? Well….let’s see: Drove to Chino and dropped off Marlie at her cousin’s house (Happy Birthday, C!) Got some Starbuck’s Realized we were late. Made [...]
