Helping LarryD take over the internet one meme at a time!  When I feel like it. 1. The Olympics have been going on.  Have you heard?  It’s on all the time.  I have somewhere close to a million channels on the TV, but the Olympics is on all the time.  I’ve tried watching it.  I really have.  I even tried some of the less popular sports like fencing.  I want to like fencing.  Funky outfits, swords, blinky lights…..it has all... Read more

My Early Warning System “No….Mommmy….Mommy do it..” has been the constant whine of the past week.  My now 3 year old (Happy Birthday #6!) has decreed that no one else is capable of helping him except for me. It would seem that only I am capable of dressing him, taking him potty, wiping nose and bum, reading stories, building train tracks, band aid-ing owies….you name it, and only I can do it. His grandmother shook her head and clucked “spoiled”... Read more

Sitting in the airport’s overcrowded International Arrivals lounge with seven children will never be my definition of a good idea.  This past Saturday, I did it anyway.  The Computer Guy was returning from two weeks in Turkey and the children refused to be left at home to await his return. It was 102* outside and the kids and I were melting long before we finished the hike to the terminal.  When we got to the International area, it became apparent... Read more

#3, #6, and #5 Why do I spend the money to buy them separate beds and their own “special” sheets if they are all going to wind up in the same bed every night? Read more

It’s that time of year again, the time when the new homeschooling parents, and those who are still thinking about it, begin to wring their hands and ask the eternal question: “What about math?” It never fails. It is the one concern voiced over and over by almost every novice. They will furrow their brows with concern over socialization, and not wanting their kid to be “that homeschooled kid.”  (You know the one.) They will have apprehension over extra-curriculars and... Read more

I miss my husband.  He’s been in Turkey for a solid week, and I miss him.  What’s funny is that he’s rarely home even when he’s here but somehow not here across town is totally different from not home half a world away.  His presence is comfort to me.  He is home.  So when he’s gone….where am I?  It’s why I feel so unsettled.  He is my home and he’s in a place whose name I’m not sure how to... Read more

I don’t claim to be a genius, or even the smartest person in the room very often, but I’ve managed to learn a few things on my way to being thirty-*mumble*. Here’s what I’ve learned so far in life, in completely random order: The green M & M’s taste exactly like the other colors, but they’re more fun to eat. On cold winter nights, there’s nowhere better to put my chilly feet than on my husband’s calves.  (He may disagree... Read more

Helping LarryD take over the internet one meme at a time While the Computer Guy is in Turkey, I’m taking the opportunity to radically change my diet.  I can easily cook kid friendly things for the children and experiment for myself. Yay experimentation! (It’s what brings us tasty treats like fried broccoli!) While scouring the internet for healthy, I keep running across not.  Oh my so I love the not! I pause a moment and stare at the screen, salivating... Read more

I was sitting at the computer this morning paying bills and missing my Computer Guy (It was not a fun morning. Kinda sad, really) when my friend LarryD emailed me a link with the note “wanna see something funny? it’s a *little* ribald with some mild language.” Since I do like funny and am not one to be turned off by mild language, I watched it.  And then I watched it again.  And I laughed both times. and now I’ve... Read more

My sweet Computer Guy is on his way to Turkey this evening.  He’s up in the air somewhere over Maine at the moment on his way to Amsterdam, then on to Istanbul. (The airline has a tracker app.  I can keep track of his progress minute by minute.) Within the hour, he’ll be over the Atlantic Ocean.  I’m not really a fan of that.  I like my loved ones to be firmly on the ground.  It’s harder to fall that... Read more