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Thinking Spring

Ahhhhh, March is finally here! As I write this, the sun is shining and the sky is BLUE! Blue, I tell you! We’ve had so many gray and gloomy days. February is for me the most difficult month of the year. I’ve heard other comments about March being the worst because of...

Pain Management

I have been functioning lately with some muscles in my neck and shoulders that are pretty knotted. It got to the point where I was taking stuff for the pain daily, sometimes more. Which is not good. While the boys were gone a few weeks ago I took advantage of the...

My Sweet Boys

Here is my weekly post about sweet boys at Forever Parenting] Ugh. I had such an awful headache today. I noticed it when I woke up, then it got worse as the day went on. During the history lesson the older boys and I wound up in a massive discussion about attitudes...

7 Interesting Things About Me

Michelle at BearTwinsMom tagged me for a meme.  I’ve been studiously avoiding it for some time now, but the guilt is starting to get to me, so here goes. 1. I am allergic to exercise.  I break out into a rash and everything, but it goes away as soon as I slow...

Eureka! We’ve Had a Breakthrough

Thursday we had a lot of errands to run, so we zoomed through school and when it was time to leave, the older boys weren’t finished with their math assignment. Naturally we took the show on the road. As I was driving along, I heard them discussing one of the...

My Late Night Visitor

‘Round about 4 am local time, I heard the patter of little feet heading my way.  The conversation went like this: Captain Earthquake: Mama, can I sweep wif you? Me: No, honey, you have to sleep in your own bed.  I can’t sleep when you’re in my bed....