Welcome to 2021, my friends! For my first blog entry of 2021, I thought I’d share a funny story that is sort of at my own expense. I’ve found it’s best to stick to that sort of tale to avoid angry phone calls or emails… Haha! Sometimes I can be a little oblivious to my surroundings. It is true. This is how my brain works. I am that rare woman who finds it necessary to focus on only one thing […]
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Today is the 5th day of school, and guess what. It is definitely time to recover from summer. And you know what else? It’s going to take me way more than 12 days to recover the basement playroom and the stacks of papers from a summer of neglect. There are about a billion cluttered surfaces in my house that I’ve saved for “when the boys go back to school.” And you do not want to see the storage room where […]
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I love Christmas break. Time off from spelling tests, chauffeur duties, graded papers, packing lunches, and best of all I’m not desperately rushing everyone to not be late…..oh how I love time off. We always spend a few days at my parent’s house and a few days at Alan’s parents’ house, and it’s such a blessing to spend time with them and soak up the rest and good conversation. With people you see on a daily basis, it can be […]
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Today I’m excited to bring you an article that inspired me all week long! I have struggled with the house cleaning ever since baby #1, and that problem has increased with every single added birth. You know how people say, “Well, once you pass X number of children, it really makes no difference.” Whoever said that is nuts! Either that, or I just haven’t passed the right number of children… This post comes from Anna Aamone, who runs a small cleaning company in […]
» Read moreBOOM!! bounce bounce bounce The school day is done, and I was answering blog comments, and I heard this loud noise. Don’t worry. All is well. I ran to check it out. I scanned the front yard. No one there, but it sounded like someone had hit our house with a basketball! Weird! Just then, Joshua barged in the back door and proudly proclaimed, “I just kicked a soccer ball OVER the roof! I’ll go get it!” Big boys. I […]
» Read moreDo you ever get messed up in how you see things? You work, and you work, and you work, but you are never done, and after awhile the sky seems to be falling, you’ve forgotten to take time for fun, and suddenly all of the joy that should be in your heart is snuffed out like a candle on a birthday cake. Well, that’s been me for…well, since we moved, I guess. I just keep telling myself that if I […]
» Read moreLook at this cute picture I got in the mail from the marriage retreat! This was Alan and me, 3 months ago. I was 5 months pregnant in this picture. Looking at it now, I can’t believe how big I thought I was. How ridiculous. I was tiny. You can’t even tell I was pregnant. …..Now, at 8 months, things are much different. When I am 8 months pregnant, it always feels as though I will never ever be small […]
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