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Entries Tagged as 'Rougher days'

Take It On The Chin

April 2nd, 2009 · 1 Comment · Family, Parenting, Rougher days

So.  My sister called today.  She was in the car with one of hers, on the way to an appointment.  And I was home with all of mine, trying to shove food into everyone at 4 p.m. so we could make it to karate on time and not starve while there.
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Hilarious

March 29th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Dads, Moving, Parenting, Rougher days

I grabbed this from fellow blogger at http://morethananelectrician.wordpress.com/
Too funny not to share.

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Rules

February 20th, 2009 · 6 Comments · Dads, Food, Moving, Parenting, Rougher days, School

Yesterday morning I had a doctor’s appointment.  Thankfully, Bert* gets to use sick time to cover the kids for me when this happens.  My appointment was early, so Bert took the kids to school so I could get a shower in beforehand.
Bert has taken the kids to school before, so (despite my control-freak nature) I [...]

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Fear

January 14th, 2009 · 7 Comments · Adventures, Family, Rougher days, School

I think I’m still a little paralyzed with it.
Jack was no where to be found when I went to pick him up at school today.  No where.
I pulled to the front of the school in the same place I do every day, but he wasn’t there.  I looked around.  I had the other kids look [...]

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Whine

December 2nd, 2008 · 7 Comments · Rougher days

The morning began with it’s usual chaos – potty, teeth, dressing, feeding and getting kids to school.  It was a Lukie day, which means we all had to park and walk across the street to school.  In the freezing cold snow.  Sam fell.  Twice.
After dropping the kids, I swung by the house and grabbed the [...]

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Talent

October 22nd, 2008 · 3 Comments · Parenting, Rougher days

This morning, my oh, so talented 3-year-old threw a rock… hitting himself in the face with it.

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The Dentist

September 17th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Family, Parenting, Rougher days

I’m sure not many people are foolish enough to bring all four of their small children to the dentist’s office at the same time.  Especially when only two of those four were being worked on.  But, what’s a mom to do?  Life is a little different here than it was in Small Town, TN.  Dan [...]

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More bathroom repairs

September 14th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Home, Projects, Rougher days

Not to the upstairs bathroom, mind you.  Ours.  The first floor bathroom.  This is the bathroom that is tiny and pretty ugly and needs serious updating.  This is also the bathroom we’ve all been relying on while the upstairs toilet was replaced and while we find a solution to the rusted out bathtub (which I [...]

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Casa Amarilla

September 4th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Family, Moving, Rougher days

Sounds pretty, doesn’t it? Don’t forget to roll those l’s when you say it.
I figure I need a pretty label for this house. It sounds nice and warm, sunny and happy.
Something to combat the dark cloud hovering above us. Which Will. Not. Go. Away. Each time we see some blue sky peaking [...]

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My kind of luck

August 28th, 2008 · 5 Comments · Rougher days

I finally got to the point where there was enough floor showing to vacuum.  What happens?  The cord, which is plugged into the kitchen counter outlet, knocks over my ever-present Diet Dr. Pepper, dumping an almost full soda all over the counter top, cabinets and floor.
I think I’m going to go cry in my bed [...]

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