Everyday Black Matters
after 5 days, I’m home… & the 1st thing Ransom said to me was, “Mama, when are you going to clean up this mess?” sheesh. No rest for the weary, eh? have a good night all, Read more
after 5 days, I’m home… & the 1st thing Ransom said to me was, “Mama, when are you going to clean up this mess?” sheesh. No rest for the weary, eh? have a good night all, Read more
In the last month, wev’e gotten to… Spend a night at a lake house with our IV staff team Spend a night with Dave & Jess watching a great movie, “Bella.” Spend a day with my preggo friend, April (who “poppped” last week! 🙂 Play Catan/Cities & Knights with Jim & Jamie (I won!) Play Catan/Cities & Knights with Ryan & Joy (Dave won!) Spend a day with my mom. Go see *The Proposal* (loved it) Spend a few hours... Read more
Today is July 16. Yikes! Meaning I’ve got exactly 16 days left until my Sabbatical is over on Aug.1 . I was given the glorious gift of a 12-month paid time of rest & refreshment from my normal day-to-day work. I chose to use 8 months of that time going to school full-time. And now, very scarily I have little less than 2 weeks to soak it up. Tell me, what would you do with two weeks to basically spend... Read more
No spoilers here! On quality of movie making alone: A+ On a bunch of other factors: B- Recommend it: Of course, true Harry Potter fans like myself can’t help ourselves. Even though the film is a whopping 2.5 hours it went by fast, yet it moved slow if that makes sense. There were so many long & drawn out silences with no soundtrack I felt oddly uncomfortable. I also felt the dialogue was way too short & to the point. ... Read more
So, Ransom -3.5 yrs. old mind you- apparently shared his 1st ever open mouth kiss with a hot little tamale named Viv, pictured together below. Viv’s parents are good friends of ours. Ran & Viv have been thick as thieves since they were born –only two weeks apart. Anyway, Dave & I didn’t witness it, so the story goes like this. Ran & Viv were dancing it up at the reception while Dave & I were mingling with some other... Read more
Dave typically spends time reading the Bible/praying/journaling in the morning & for the past few mornings Ran has run to get his Bible to join him. I happened to capture them this morning while walking by the sun-porch. It seemed like such a great tasters choice moment between men. 🙂 And then a few minutes later they both cocked their head to the side like Forrest Gump & Little Forrest Gump did in the movie… Today was another day planned... Read more
Yesterday it took me all morning, like 9-noon, just trying to clean the living room. Then I spent 3 hours in the afternoon trying to pry my eyes open while reading & doing some work. I practically slept through dinner. It’s these moments that make me feel like “woah-is-me-I’m-so-pregnant-&-tired-&-will-never-accomplish-anything-in-our-home.” Seriously. I just need to listen to my body. I should have just gave up & took a nap. Because today I bound out of bed and before noon I cleaned... Read more
Ransom: “Mama, girls that don’t have any boobs or babies in their belly like to wrestle.” Me: “um. yeah, well… some girls, like your Mama, don’t like to wrestle.” Ransom: “well, you have big boobies, and a big baby in your belly so you can’t wrestle… not like _______ who doesn’t have any boobies.” Me: “let’s just take this on a case-to-case basis. How about every girl you meet, you ask her if she likes to wrestle and don’t make... Read more
We are home from several days in Madison. I managed to do a few responsible things but as of yet, we need to unpack, open mail & grocery shop. Ransom seems genuinely sad when he can’t have his addiction milk. He’s been so incredibly wonderful to have around since coming out of his whiny three’s a bit. I feel like I’m bursting with how much I appreciate and love him lately. The day we got home I ended up spending... Read more
Okay so a few years ago I saw Micha Barton & Rachel Bilson wearing Rayban’s. (Not in person of course!) I thought: Yuk! And even though they may be considered “B” or even “C” list celebs I just knew this awful trend was going to catch on. 2 years later & every celeb who’s any celeb is wearing Rayban’s. Robert Pattinson, Beyonce… everybody. So, okay if yall know me at all, you know I am like super trendy queen. I’ll... Read more
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