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4 Things About Me

Sorta. Actually there are waaaaaay more than four. 🙂 Robert at Reason 4 Smile tagged me for a meme. It’s been a while since I did one, and today seemed like a nice day for a game, so here goes. 4 jobs I have had: barn cleaner waitress teacher bookkeeper 4 movies...

Piano Lessons

I started taking piano lessons when I was in the first grade, and intended to start the older boys fairly young as well. As it turned out, the activities we had were enough and I didn’t get started on piano. Last year, things were going better so I thought it was time...

Take Your Kid to Work Day

Today is National Take Your Daughter or Son to Work Day. Or maybe it’s Son or Daughter….I forget. Anyway, it’s take them to work day, so Hubby took the older boys this morning and off they went. His employer has a program for them in the morning,...

One Of Those Moments

Hey, I’ve got a happy thought for you, Internets! Today in grammar the older boys were asked to recite a list of prepositions that we’d all memorized a while back. Since none of us had looked at it in weeks, I suggested taking some time to review...

Why I Want To Go To SOBCon08

Hello Internets. Slightly off-topic post here, but with a purpose. I’m writing today about a blogging conference called SOBCon08 which is put together by some of the top bloggers in the world and coming up in a few weeks. Lisa Sabin-Wilson, a blog designer and...

The State of the Relationship

I’m going to be honest, my relationship with the older boys has not always been easy. There are certain aspects of their collective personality that either clash with mine or at the very least are completely incomprehensible to me. Is this their fault? Nope. Mine? No,...