WeSeed – A New Way to Learn About Investing
Sadly, the WeSeed project has ended. I'm probably going to be mentioning things I learned at SOBCon09 for a while yet. 😀 But this is a good thing! It was an awesome conference and I came home with so much you won't even believe it. Today we're going to talk about the...
Teaching Kids About Hunger
Because Hubby has a good job we've always considered ourselves extremely blessed. Our bills are paid, there's food on the table and we live in a nice house. We have warm clean clothes and we even have a few bucks left over at the end of the day to buy treats. One of...
How Much First Aid Training Do You Have?
I met Kristin King at SOBCon08 and had the chance to chat with her further last week at SOBCon09. She's adorable! And, as it turns out, she has superpowers. Really! No kidding! Just recently she saved a choking baby by using the Heimlich Maneuver. Here's what she...
He’s Still True to the Nickname
I was discussing braces with the older boys this morning, and The Mercenary asked how much braces usually cost. I told him, "Around five thousand dollars." "Five THOUSAND?????" he exclaimed. "All you need is a paper clip and some glue!" Image courtesy of...
Still Smelling the Roses
Hubby and the boys blessed me with some gorgeous flowers for Mother's Day. Love them! They came via FedEx, so I had to unpack them and get them all arranged. This was fun - I'm easily amused. One of the directions was to peel two or three petals off of each rose as...
Happy Mother’s Day, Internets
Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there! I got a surprise a little early, would you like to see it? Well, ha ha....you don't really have a choice. Hubby and the boys treated me to these beauties and I just had to share a pic. C'mon back tomorrow and I'll tell you...
That Was When I Put Peanut Butter in His Navel
Today? Today was an intense day. Not really bad....just wildly intense. Just to give you a few highlights, I started out with over an hour's discussion with the older boys (before I'd even gotten out of bed in the morning). They weren't getting along. All told, I...
A Little Self-Involved
I've been thinking. A lot. I don't know if I mentioned that I was going to SOBCon09 this past weekend. Do you remember that from last year? SOBCon is a blogging conference; it's the brainchild of Liz Strauss and Terry Starbucker and this was the 3rd year it has been...
I Wonder if They Know
Every week we go to the library and the younger boys pick out picture books for use at our daily story time. Right after I finish a story, Captain Earthquake will sigh a tiny sigh of contentedness. I wonder if he knows I've noticed it. Whenever any of the boys asks me...
Parenting via Annoyance
I love my boys. Really! I do. But sheesh there are days they drive me nuts. The big issue of late is picking things up. In my fantasy world, they put toys and books and gum wrappers away as soon as they're done. That? Major fantasy. So yesterday I tried out a new...