#7 Yesterday I took the advice of my good friend, bit the bullet, and went back to see my doctor (who I had been affectionately referring to as “Doctor Doom” in my head) instead of running away like the little girl I am.  I dislike confrontation, particularly with doctors. Doctors intimidate me. I’ve only had two doctors in the course of my adult life that I’ve loved, trusted and felt comfortable with. One was the doctor at UD; the other... Read more

In case you don’t frequent Patheos (I’m looking at you, LarryD!) you might not have seen that one of my posts was featured there over the weekend. Personally I love Patheos and was thrilled to be asked to post there, so if you are so inclined, go check it out! In other news, the Pioneer Woman’s Best Chocolate Sheet Cake Ever really is the best chocolate sheet cake ever. I love it. I make it in times of pregnancy, weakness,... Read more

The rest of us whine about it I was hoping to make it through this pregnancy without those horrible migraines I had with my first and third pregnancies. Things looked good for a while, too; I started getting the migraines at about twenty weeks with Liam, and until yesterday I had made it to just over 24 weeks with nary a sign of impending migraines. Then I got one. And it hurt. And Tylenol, as expected, was about as effective... Read more

I tallied up the votes from my last quick takes, and the black and white photo won by a huge majority. So that’s the one that’s going up. Thanks for voting, y’all! Now, on to more important business, also related to voting.  I hate election season. I hate politics, period, even though I read Drudge Report and Hot Air daily. I hate politics because people seem to think that it’s perfectly fine to act like a bunch of whiny and/or... Read more

I’ve got a case of the Tuesday blahs, which I’m sure is being caused by the perpetually overcast Florida summer sky. I have SAD, therefore clouds make me sad. And grumpy. Nevertheless, one of my children did manage to make me crack a smile and an almost-laugh today when I was perusing Pinterest (because what else are you supposed to do when you’re feeling lackluster?) Charlotte saw this picture: and screeched in a highly alarmed tone, “Mommy, what is that... Read more

#7 Teehee Lately I’ve been having an existential crisis over my About Me page. (I know, could I get any more navel-gazing? If you’re thinking not, brace yourself for the next paragraph…s.) See, I have two family pictures I can use for that page. One is a pretty good picture of everyone in my family except me and Sienna (and Sienna has been refusing to do anything but make ridiculous faces lately so she doesn’t count). The other is a... Read more

Well, I’ll be going to confession this weekend. Yesterday I learned two important things about myself. First, I am not utterly hopeless and bereft when it comes to all household arts aside from cooking. Second, that creative bastion of colorful swear words that I gleefully collected in college was in fact not eradicated from my vocabulary. It was merely being stored away for a time of need, like when I spent half an hour trying to thread a needle, finally... Read more

Memorial Day always makes me sad. I see the way my friends and family talk about our soldiers and respect this day when we remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice, and I am sure that there is still goodness in America, that all those things that made America great have not been lost. Then I see the crass disrespect shown by politicians, television pundits and public figures, and I fear that the public message that our troops will receive... Read more

#7 So doing this next Halloween I know I promised to be back, but about ten minutes after I hit publish I heard a desperate whine from the bathroom. I ran in just in time to see Sienna standing in front of the toilet, hear her say “Mommy, I feel like I’m going to be sick!” and then turn her head away from the toilet and vomit spectacularly all over the rug, the walls, the floor and the shower.  It... Read more

Really, this is how I feel about having finally updated that over-a-year-old page  I finally updated my About Me page! I’m not a big fan of the family picture since I have a goofy weird laugh/smile on my face, but I’m happy to have updated pictures and blurbs…even if I did have to do it twice, since our stupid computer shut itself down randomly right after I had finished it but before I had published it. Grrr. Be back later... Read more