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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...