Actual email I sent to my friend this afternoon... Mary, Thank you so much for watching the boys today! I was able to get a lot of shopping done. I would NEVER have been able to do that WITH them. A prime example… right after we left your house this afternoon, we went to Fry’s to get some butter and my vitamins. I stopped at that Tully’s coffee stand to get us some drinks because we were all parched and slightly irritable. For some … [Read more...]
Patience is a virtue
July 24, 2009 · Leave a Comment
I'm in a serious funk! My energy & mood levels are down, my impatience & irritation is up. Oh no! I'm failing the SAHM test! Already?! I called my girlfriend Mary and kinda unloaded via voicemail (sorry girl, love ya!). By the time she called me back, I was totally over it. How did I get over it so quickly? I took the kids to Target and I spent money. BEST DANG THERAPY IN THE WORLD! But seriously, let's just say that today was "one of … [Read more...]
Keeping us busy
July 22, 2009 · Leave a Comment
I'm that Mom... Who has to bribe her kids with candy to get them to behave in IKEA, or in any store for that matter. (All her sanity is owed to DUM-DUM's.) I'm that Mom... Who's lame enough to think she can take her toddlers to a pool party without actually getting in the water herself since she doesn't even own a swimsuit because OH NO! THIGHS BE JIGGLIN'! (But hello, 117° degree weather, not so smart is she?) I'm that Mom... Who is seriously … [Read more...]
The day Kidzilla ate Cost Cutters
June 9, 2009 · 1 Comment
So today is my first official day of being unemployed. Technically it was yesterday, but since I used to have Mondays off - I'm calling it today. So how did it go you ask? [deep breath] ... It's fine now. Kids are napping. We took them for haircuts and to IKEA for lunch (and to buy a super cheap coffee table I saw when I was there last week with my friend Jan). Gavin did REALLY well with his haircut this time. It turns out the trick is to … [Read more...]
