Mardi Gras Nostalgia
My mother sent me a King Cake!!! Oh the joys of yummy goodness! I think my friends have concluded that I’ve lost my mind, since I went ga ga over a ring of bread […]
Writing a Novel is Like Parenting a Child
It begins with the dream. The writer thinks to himself, “I think I would like to write a novel.” The idea of the novel, much like the idea of children, […]
Stop sneezing, it’s not attractive
Says who? Me? I’m working on a new trend. Kleenex is a girl’s best accessory. It’s been two weeks, I am ready to die now. It has been stated that […]
Christmas: Expectation vs. Reality
Typically, I pride myself on being fairly realistic about things. My expectations are generally on par with what actually happens. But, sometimes, my expectations turn into one big fat fail. […]
Deployment Sucks
So, deployment sucks. My husband left for one recently, and it’s already burning a hole in my life. As a Navy family, we’ve been through deployments before, but this is […]
Parents-Space
Hey guys! So this has been a totally crazy week for me. My husband got home from a mini-deployment, and we’ve been spending a lot of extra time with the […]
#BlogFlash2013 Day 20: Education
Day 20: Education Whoever says that children don’t learn through play is a liar. A big fat liar. Today, my son caught three fish by making a “minnow trap” in […]
#BlogFlash2013 Day 18: Money
Day 18: Money Have you ever made a list of things you would buy if you had lots of money? I did the other day. We recently got a financial […]
#BlogFlash2013 Day 17: Water
Day 17: Water It rained the entire weekend. It rained, and it rained, and it rained. At first I was totally jazzed. A real thunderstorm! After all these months stuck […]
#BlogFlash2013 Day 16: Community
Day 16: Community When it comes to raising children, they say it takes a village. I grew up as an only child, and my “village” was rather small. I didn’t […]
#BlogFlash2013 Day 6: Island
Day 6: Island I need an island. An island I can teleport to whenever I like. There are no children allowed. In fact, no one is allowed there but me. […]
#BlogFlash2013 Day 5: Health
Day 5: Health: Oops, busted. Today is very much the wrong day for this topic. I’m drinking a Java Monster as I type this, I had a Boost protein […]
#BlogFlash 2013 Day 3 (I’m catching up!)
Day 3: Innocence Everyone thinks that babies are innocent. But when do they stop being so innocent? I have a 2 year old, and let me tell you, he is […]
Robert Frost Makes Life Decisions For Me… Sometimes
The Road Not Taken Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as […]
