NICE.....As many of you have read from my last post, my refrigerator went out...not the freezer.  So for the past week, we have been drinking warm water and juice...and I have thrown out a lot of food....ok, so the fridge had to be cleaned out anyway.

Now over the weekend the service guy from GE comes ringing the bell.  Ok, whats the problem.  After I explain and throw in the fact that my refrigerator is stuck in between my counter and cabinet...and pulling it out will hit…

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When March 1st came, I breathed a sigh of relief that we had had such a well winter.  

 

On March 2, Hope got a stomach virus. We had company coming--friends from Vermont.  Our friend Karl Swanke (#67--look him up) played for Green Bay in the 80's and his visit was perfectly timed with our church's March Madness sports theme.  He planned to say a few…

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It's just after 7am and the house is as silent as a library. Hubby took the boys to their grandparents this morning so I can get to work a little earlier. I FEEL SO REFRESHED!



It was only a few weeks ago that I didn't have a job, and was home all day, every day. I do admit that the boys still attended daycare on Tuesday's to give me one day a week so I could just be me. I think back and wonder how I didn't explode with 4 days a week listening to Jack and Ollie squealing, fighting,… Continue

 

 

Here is my first list in 2013 of crazy things I've learned.  Included this time is the realization that an overnight getaway would be cheaper than taking three kids to the movies.  Click over to my blog for the full list:  …

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Do you ever say things or act out in a way that you later regret? I mean, I never do, I’m perfect… I’m just talking about you… Ok, so last night was one of those nights for me.

I love my kids, I love my kids, I love my kids. Sorry, just had to start out with a little reminder to myself.  Anyway, the Little Lady is a pretty good sleeper most of the time but lately she has been having some trouble falling back asleep on her own. I usually go in her room 3 or 4 times…

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My best mother figure is actually my ex-step-dad's wife, if that makes any sense. She's there for me, whether I want her to be or not. :) So is my ex-stepdad. So is my step-sister... my family is complicated. Sue me. LOL

What is your mom like? Mine is absolutely loving. Sometimes. Maybe. :-p

She loves me a ton. She loves her grandchildren... but she thinks her husband should have the last say in everything. Like when I call and see if she wants one of the kids for a night. She…

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Dear God,

Obviously, I love my kids with every little fiber of my being, but I swear to, well......you, actually, that they're involved in some sort of conspiracy theory to drive me straight to the loony bin.  Seriously, if I didn't know any better, I'd think they'd bought stock in Crazy Town, which is clearly where I'll be residing soon enough.  Any potential…

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Have you ever witnessed a parent verbally mistreating their child in public? For me, this is the most uncomfortable feeling ...Until recently I was always confused as to how to respond if at all. For the most part I would try to ignore it while in my mind pray for the…

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I can't believe it just happened.

 

I smell rubber, hot asphalt and dusty, dry weeds.  My legs feel like they have been smashed into the pavement, and are full of needles  My whole right side is on fire, and I smell and taste my own blood.



I open my eyes and am…

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The phone rings as I'm preparing dinner, and within seconds after answering, pandemonium breaks loose in the family room.  Cradling the phone between my ear and my shoulder, I round the corner to see Reese jumping from the back of the couch onto a pile of cushions.  Brooke appears to be wrestling Kerrington to the ground.  Each of them is screaming, or crying, or making other indistinguishable, unsettling loud utterances.



It already had been a long day.  I motion for the girls to…

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I am not a patient person. I am one of those people who start pacing the floor five minutes before the person I am waiting for is actually late. I am neurotically early for everything. When I am reading a book in a series, I often go on Amazon to read the description of the next book…

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Each morning my husband and I are woken by two children who have incredible deficiencies in the area of volume control.  They stumble out of their beds, exit their room, thud down the hallway bumping into walls and jostling each other for placement, swing open our door, announce Good Morning, crawl into our bed, and then talk -- daresay, shout -- as if they don't notice that Joel and I are burying our heads under our pillows, shushing them, and mumbling increasingly heightened orders…

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Lately I've been feeling kind of stuck when it comes to my blog. Every once in a while something happens and I know it will make a good story, but a lot of days I don't know what to write. I've been thinking

about this a lot over the summer and especially over the last couple

weeks, now that the girls are in school and here is what I realized. I

have information and ideas I want to share, new things I'm doing and

learning, stories I want to tell, goals for the…

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I just had a wonderful visit with two girls that I consider sisters. It was wonderful. My kids had a great time with their aunts and memories were made.



But I don't have pictures.



Tonight is the last t-ball game for Luke and Emma. They are getting quite good which is quite the shock since their coaches (Dave and I) are completely not athletic and have no clue what we are doing.



But I don't have pictures.



Will just turned one and ate cake that made a… Continue

I participated in Melinda’s Tweet Me Tuesday and as fate would have it, I found Stacy’s blog. She linked up to her post on the Love Dare, and… Continue