Tag: funny stories

Spring Break Day 1: The Shirt War, Full House, Jesus, and The Vote

Bible verses, funny stories, parenting, spring break

***This post does contain affiliate links. If you purchase through these links, April receives advertising fees.*** As we speak, Joshua and Caleb are playing basketball in the driveway while John David and Daniel are rolling around on the trampoline together. Alan is eating supper, and I am updating my blog for the first time in a week. Slacker. I’ve been working on photo albums through Snapfish lately. Y’all, photo books are 70% off this month (March), so I am making […]

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Caleb, Aiden, and the Wolf: Creative Tales From California

art, decorating, fall, family, funny stories, homeschool, parenting

Today I want to talk about creativity. When I was a child, it was greatly celebrated, but I was never so sure that I actually possessed any of this creativity stuff. There were only two subjects I disliked in school: P.E. (We’ve talked about this) and Art. Yep. I never liked Art. I love to admire other people’s artwork. I would just rather not make any myself. Sure, I write all the time. Non-fiction. All of my work is simply […]

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The Move, My California Health Crisis, and The Grocery Store Scuffle

chronic pain, moving, parenting, psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, ventricular tachycardia
The Move and the California health crisis

The Move Yesterday I started cleaning out the kitchen cabinets and drawers. No, I’m not packing myself. Alan’s job hires people to do that, so why would I? What I’m doing is trying to eliminate all things that I do not want or use so that I don’t have to unpack them in a few weeks. We have way too much junk. Junk. Just junk. How do we all accumulate so much of it? Is it the result of retail […]

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The Linq Procedure for Arrhythmia: Another Half Naked Patient Story

funny stories, ventricular tachycardia

It is done. I am Wi-fi equipped. No, literally. My chest has wi-fi. Today Dr. Grogin implanted a Linq heart monitor into my chest. That’s right. I got to go through just one more heart patient embarrassment. Let me set the scene for you. #1. About 5 nurses and 1 doctor in the room #2. I was naked down to my waist. #3. They had to cover my face with a cloth because the procedure was just below my neck, […]

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My Embarrassing Heart Patient Stories and the Giveaway Winner

funny stories, giveaways, heart disease, ventricular tachycardia
What to Expect at a Heart MRI

Many people develop heart problems while they are still young, but trust me, I’ve sat in the cardiology waiting room enough to know that I am nowhere near the average age. Most people in there have a walker and an accompanying nurse. In fact, the receptionists sometimes assume that I’m there with an elderly patient that I walked in after. “Wait. Are you with Mrs. Hammerstein?” “No, no, I have a 3:00 appointment.” Wednesday is my heart MRI. I’ve had […]

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“You’re Gonna Make it After All!” A Night at the ER

family, funny stories, giveaways, God

My crazy week is over. There’s a fresh new week to take on, with no mistakes in it yet. Rest assured. We will add plenty. 🙂 But this week my spirit is at rest. It won’t be much easier. Joshua broke his arm Saturday, and it will be re-cast this week. That means we will have to manage……dumdumdum……the health insurance circus. How many hoops can we make this lady go through? They are the best at that. JD threw up […]

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Broken teeth, the Boyfriend Rally, and the Missing Dustpan

4 kids, Caleb, funny stories, kid quotes, little boys
Broken Teeth, The Boyfriend Rally, and the Missing Dustpan

Sometimes I wondered if my life would become less interesting as my children get older and “more mature.”

BAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Nope. When people say that there is never a dull moment in raising four boys, that is a very literal, literal statement.

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The Iron Bowl: No Hatred Allowed Here

funny stories

Today is the big Alabama versus Auburn game. Most of you know what a big deal that is in my home state. But our boys? They just don’t get it yet. Even Joshua and Caleb haven’t lived in the state of Alabama, for more than a couple of months, since they were in diapers. Last year, I mentioned on Facebook that I’m super excited that Joshua finally dropped the, “I’m a Virginia Tech fan,” bit and embraced Bama ball. I […]

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The Flight of Four Children

food allergies, funny stories, kid quotes, military life

You know those days where you just feel like…….BLEH. I’m good. I’m even really excited about moving into my new house on Friday, BUT…….bleh. Today I am reminded of the fragility of life, the reality of the military life, and well, my eye itches really badly. I’m allergic to weeds. The West coast grows a lot of weeds. Here’s the super condensed version of what happened on the journey out here. 1. If you have two children under four, you […]

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MisAdventures at 32 Weeks Pregnant …..Embarrassments and Getting Stuck in a Window

Daniel, funny stories, pregnancy
What an unbelievable day we had! Hilarious pregnant-lady-stuck-in window story

  What. a. morning. Before I tell you this, you must first envision me 32 weeks pregnant.  Okay, it looks a little like this: and that was actually a couple of weeks ago…. So each day is something of a work out anyway, but this morning was……..especially special…. 1st the walk to school was a little rough due to constant false labor contractions.  Don’t worry, they don’t really hurt, and once I quit walking they were gone. It was “walk […]

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