Archive for 2008

What’s Your 2009 Resolution?

December 31st, 2008

Today is the day to make resolutions for the new year that begins tomorrow. Making ones you can actually stick to have become more and more challenging the older I get. It’s quite possible that I set my sights too high. I am me, after all. Which means I probably never will read the owners [...]

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Inventory

December 28th, 2008

3 Days After Christmas
1 Messy House
5 Teenagers
1 Wanna Be
6 Trips to the Airport
1 Gorilla Mask
7 People With Wii Elbow
1 Pregnant Sister
1 Pregnant Cousin
1 Awful Hangover
10 Thousand Cookies
1 Injured Dog
3 Hours in the Vet ER
1 Insane Vet Bill
1 Dog With Cancer (The Offender)
1 Dog That Can Spit on The Ceiling
6 More Days of House Guests
4 Gift [...]

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Twas The Night Before Christmas

December 24th, 2008

And the husband was home,
Which meant Momma wouldn’t have to sleep alone.
All through the house the rooms were occupied,
With boys and girls and their pups from far and wide.
The mood was happy although the floors weren’t so clean.
A fire burned in the fireplace and the little ones dreamed,
Of what wonders would await them at morning’s [...]

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Put the Fracking Glue Gun Down

December 21st, 2008

My kids have gotten all kinds of creative lately. Just the other day, I overheard my 13 year old telling her sister that “the glue gun has opened up a whole new world to me”. And that’s deep. So what have they made besides a gigantic mess?
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Checking It Twice (and then a million more instead of sleeping)

December 20th, 2008

After not sleeping more than 3 hours a night since Saturday, my body finally broke down Thursday night and gave in to blessed slumber. Yes, going to the doctor helped. So did working out like a banshee all week. The last 2 nights, I clocked in around 5 hours but they were fitful. Stress, mostly [...]

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