They Call Me Mom

Finally, 5 years into it, I had the perfect Mother’s Day. Not that the others have been at all

More thoughts on Amendment One NC

Obviously I strongly oppose every thing about Amendment One. It’s not a new feeling. Some of t

NC Passes the Marriage Amendment

I remember the blazing disappointment when Dubya was re-elected. You see, I lived in Durham, worked

 

DIY Master Bathroom upgrade

March 28, 2012 in DIY Life, Just Life, Pinterest, Crafts, and Home Decor Projects

We finished this particular DIY bathroom upgrade project a year ago, but I never got around to scratching out the details. And since I have lost my motivation to finish the kitchen remodel, I needed a boost. Especially now that Zach is wandering around and asking when we can throw a big party thus providing me with a deadline. So, here’s how we spent about $1500 dollars on a bathroom upgrade that has an estimated [...]

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    The Lorax Project

    March 27, 2012 in DIY Life, It's Easy Being Green, Just Life, Natural Gardening. Sometimes Organic, Pinterest, Crafts, and Home Decor Projects, Politics, Raising these kids

    Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing’s going to get better. It’s not. Sigh. People I just… sigh. Perhaps Dr. Suess had a bit of the Nostradamus, or maybe the warning theme of corporate greed and environmental waste was appropriate in the Seventies, too (cough-COUGH). Not like there weren’t any gas/environment/recession problems back then, right? Zach missed a Nate the Great play last week that I – GASP- had the gall to [...]

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      Dr. Suess Quotes

      March 25, 2012 in Favorite Children's Books, Just Life, Life Lessons, Pinterest, Crafts, and Home Decor Projects, Politics, Raising these kids

      Anyone that has spent more than an hour of time in a Small Person’s* life will agree: some books you will read a thousand–NOT hyperbole– times. From that sampling of literary repetitiveness, some– and this doesn’t even twinge my tree-hugging, hippie conscience– will be lost, left, and/or otherwise metaphorically (!) burned. A precious thing, sanity. But never a Suess book; not possibly that. How ever could you possibly hate The Cat in the Hat? —->Shiny [...]

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        Tantrums: You Can’t Legislate This Birth Control

        March 20, 2012 in Gotcha Moments, Raising these kids, Raising these Parents, The Small People Know Me as "Mommy"

        The public tantrum. That moment when an adult feels one of several reactions depending on their own life experience. I worked retail for a decade– I’ve seen my fair of epic tantrums. Excellent birth control reminders, all of them. I often judged those parents as pushovers being led by the nose like obedient cattle. In retrospect, many of those judgments were likely unfair, and more —-> because I was stupid. because I was stupid. because [...]

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          SOC: Where I live

          March 18, 2012 in Just Life

          Today’s (Optional) Writing Prompt: How do you feel about where you live? This SOC–and the writing prompt– is right on the money today. Where I live? A small house, in a small, semi-okay (my corner at least) neighborhood. A house with a basement and a giant yard. A giant yard with a giant oak and a giant pecan. And who knows how many voles. But there are also bunnies, so that’s pretty cool. It’s like [...]

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            All I Need is Just a Little Patience

            March 13, 2012 in Just Life, Pest Control, Raising these kids

            I’ve been listening to oldies with the kids… WHOA-HOLD UP! You’re saying the music of my youth is now considered an… oldie? You poor, sweet delusional dear. Yes, the 80s and 90s–you know, the good stuff– now seeds the pandora rewind stations. Affront will get you nowhere, but you can expose your children to quality music… There is NO NEED TO KNOW A BIEBER SONG. Pfft, I had NKOTB. Bieber. Anyway, this post nothing to [...]

            “For pleasure has no relish unless we share it.” Virginia Woolf

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              What Imagination Can Do For You

              March 11, 2012 in Just Life, Raising these Parents, Uncategorized

              Yeah, this is long. Hard to get all of this out in 400 words or less. A few commonly delivered reasons for why I am an only child: Growing up: we felt like we could only afford to have one child. My Army Dad was enlisted and my mom a SAHM– this reason has merit. Older: “by 1976, kids were being born with Agent Orange related birth defects. We felt so lucky that you had [...]

              “For pleasure has no relish unless we share it.” Virginia Woolf

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                Rewarding the Good Stuff

                March 9, 2012 in Gotcha Moments, Just Life, Pinterest, Crafts, and Home Decor Projects, Raising these kids, Raising these Parents

                Listen, I’m a consistency pro when it comes to punishment/consequences. Should you ever hear me say “if you do X, then we are leaving”, followed by one of them doing X right in my face, you can be assured your next view will be of our departing backsides. Note: I’m not saying I’m perfect at this, but I trend toward follow through far more often than not. I usually have enough self control to warn [...]

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                  Do you play with your kids?

                  March 7, 2012 in Just Life

                  Do you? I mean– really play? How, and what they want you to play? Always with enthusiasm? Seriously and don’t lie! Because I’ve started taking note and I’ve seen some of y’all at the playground. Yes, you faithfully shadow your Small Person (me not so much– I’m noticing from this bench over yonder); rationing out goldfish crackers, and warnings to “be careful”. Delivering edicts, with your best in-public nice-mom voice (because surely you yell more [...]

                  “For pleasure has no relish unless we share it.” Virginia Woolf

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                    My Cup of Tea

                    March 2, 2012 in Just Life, Things that Make Me Twitchy, Thoughts from a SAHM

                    What I do with my kids, my husband, my hair– are all my own choices. Any correlation to you exist in your mind, quietly whispered by your inner voices. Perhaps you should reschedule a visit with your therapist, and no– that’s NOT ME. I am busy over here, and you lack reciprocity. The time you spent dissecting the No Good Horrible Thing, and related as such? More energy of yours wasted, and when you were [...]

                    “For pleasure has no relish unless we share it.” Virginia Woolf

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