How To Avoid Car Loop Rage.

We have all been there. Sitting in the car loop, waiting to drop off your own kids, behind the world’s most annoying person…the car loop jerk. This person takes his/her sweet time dropping off their child(ren.) They have even been known to get out of the car, which totally negates the purpose of a DRIVE THRU car loop! [...]

Close Enough

rope climb

Daniel Jr was close…thisclose…to earning his cell phone. He wants one bad, so bad that he can taste it. When progress reports came home from school last week, I could see how painful it was for him to hand me his. He had four A’s and one B+. The deal we made required all A’s. [...]

Secrets To A Successful School Year

Pre School Class Picture

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 [...]

Too Close To The Dark Side (for my comfort)

I’m worried about Phillip. He’s been acting up lately. I mean, more than usual. In addition to his regular brand of antics and comedic outbursts, he’s been displaying a lot of anger and aggression. It started with his theft of the water fountain knob. He took the knob and hid it. The whole class searched [...]

The Bigger The Car…The Bigger The Mess

I’ve never been one to keep my cars clean. My first car, a little white Pontiac, was always cluttered. Then, when I had kids and had to keep upgrading to bigger vehicles, the mess just grew with our family size! You name it, we’ve found it in the van. I usually do an annual cleaning. [...]

Crap, Clorox and a Conspiracy Theory

Question of the day:If you crap in one hand and hold Clorox wipes in the other, which hand has the most germs?My theory: They are equally full of crap and likely to make you sick. My chest started feeling a little tight this afternoon. I noticed that the need to clear my throat, increased as [...]

Tidbits From The Inn-er Sanctum

Heard in the kitchen this morning: Phillip: I may have to punch Marty today. Me: May I ask why? Phillip: Yes, you may. He keeps calling me Pill-up and I don’t like it. Me: Have you asked him to stop? Phillip: Yes. I even told Ms. Dan and she doesn’t make him stop, so I [...]