Lots of Coffee, lots of kids. It's a peaceful life.
My name is Anthony and I’m what my mother calls “a demanding little cuss.”I really like my mom, you see, and am excessively fond of the comfort of her two arms. She is soft & warm & smells like Giorgio.And bacon grease.And spit-up.I like her so much that I don’t even mind it when she carries me about like a football. She claims she needs at … [Read more...]
Erin is craving this. I am craving these.(It's her fault.)AMDG, … [Read more...]
Physically: I got my sad, sorry you-know-what to Weight Watchers this morning for the first time in three weeks. Woo hoo! I’ve lost five pounds! I promptly went home and prepared a healthy breakfast of eggs & sautéed vegetables and wrote it all down in my little journal.That’s the point of these weekly meetings. Accountability is a good … [Read more...]
Three weeks ago we went to family camp, and the memories are as fresh as if it just took place three weeks ago.We go to camp to get away, of course. We spend time in and on this beautiful Minnesota lake. We listen to the loons and hang out with our friends.Is that last sentence redundant?We go to get away from the daily grind--the cooking, the … [Read more...]
I think that I have food poisoning.Say a prayer for me--please? please? I promise I won't eat any more cheese balls.Ever.AMDG,PS. My daughter just told a neighbor that I'm sick from drinking too much coffee. I don't think that's it, but isn't it funny how I seem to have this "reputation"?PPS. Watching the national news coverage of swine flu did not … [Read more...]
When Anthony and I came home from the hospital, it was to a super clean house and a weirded-out dog. “What is that thing?” Ellie seemed to be wondering. She’d let out a snort and paw the floor uncomfortably.I relaxed in a chair and took it all in. Once again, we were a family. I loved my husband for what he’d done for me, which was having the kids … [Read more...]
Four-year-old Angela bounced out the back door happily and I was fine with that. It’s a gorgeous day here in Minnesota; it’s good that she’s outside.Still. This is my extremely adventuresome gal we’re talking about. After ten minutes or so had elapsed, I told her brother to go check on her.“Mom!” he called out from the neighbor’s yard. “She’s in … [Read more...]
Overheard on the way to basketball camp: “Mommy! I just saw a big bunch of pink-eyed susans!”AMDG, … [Read more...]
So the dog threw up this morning—a big foamy glob and I’m sorry, were you eating breakfast?The pork chop bone I understand, but the band-aid?That’s just gross. … [Read more...]
I had to laugh, and then cringe, and then laugh.My cart at the Sam’s Club check-out contained both a copy of this book and a container of...these. I call it the gluttonous tub.And am wondering...what was I thinking? To my credit, I had also purchased a box of “Soda Pops™ Freezer Pops”—Those look so good, Momma! Buy them, please?—and then threw them … [Read more...]
