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Congratulations Graduate! 29 May 2012 | 06:21 am
Keaton, As you know, when I found out I was pregnant with you I was terrified. I was young, unmarried, uneducated, far from rich, and, after dad and I split up, alone. I had no idea how I was going t...
Time flies 24 May 2012 | 06:09 am
I have several sayings I often utter when it comes to teenagers. Parenting teenagers makes me want to call my dad every day to apologize for my own teen years. And my favorite: The point of the mou...
I don’t mean to brag, but my kids are geniuses 17 Mar 2012 | 07:49 am
The other day Caleb asked me, “Mom, how old would I be if I was born…um…2000…May 12th?” “What?” I questioned totally confused by what he was trying to ask. “How old would I be if I was born on May 1...
Recapping 2011 (31 days later) 1 Feb 2012 | 08:36 am
Every single year, since I started this blog in 2005, I’ve ended the year with a post recapping the previous year. Except this year. This year I needed some time to digest 2011. Some time to stop the ...
I’m a mean one, Mr. Grinch 25 Dec 2011 | 12:14 pm
This year for Christmas Santa brought me…pink eye. And it wasn’t even on my list. That Santa. Always so generous. That fat bastard. If it’s not Santa’s fault, then I blame Lee. Yesterday when we went...
Paging Dr. Internet STAT 23 Dec 2011 | 07:24 pm
I had an appointment with my Immunologist this morning. Last time I saw him, four months ago, I went through allergy testing (for the third, possibly fourth, time), only to find out that I am not alle...
He’s sexy and he knows it 19 Nov 2011 | 01:41 pm
Yesterday we went to Skyler & Spencer’s school conferences. It was a lot like previous conferences. The kids showed us some of their school work. They introduced us to their new reading blogs. They sh...
Dear Denver Broncos 14 Nov 2011 | 07:06 pm
My boys played in a soccer tournament this weekend. In Overland Park, KS. And it just so happened that we ended up at the same hotel as you. Hotel staff told us that several NFL teams have stayed at t...
Promotion 2 Nov 2011 | 05:20 am
On October 29, 1999, Keaton was a kindergartener getting ready for his very first Halloween party at school. I was on maternity leave having just given birth to Skyler & Spencer 25 days earlier. Keato...
Happy Halloween 2011 1 Nov 2011 | 04:22 pm
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