In the comment section of my last post, Loretta wrote Just last night I was driving home alone from the grocery store feeling guilty because I feel differently about each of my children, not that I love each one any less but it is just different. I was thinking ‘I need to ask The Mom about this’. Well, Loretta, I’m so glad you asked.  This question is one I have struggled with over the years.  I agonized over whether or... Read more

I love all of my children.  They are endlessly wonderful, endlessly fascinating, endlessly fun. Every day that I get to be their mother teaches me something new.  I love them all evenly, but I confess, there is a special place in my heart for the bold ones.  The fearless ones make me smile and bring their own special joy. This is not to say that the others are somehow “less than,” but the bold ones find a joy in life... Read more

If it’s Monday, it must be time for “What’s Cookin’, Mama?”   This week’s theme is Summertime Crockpot Meals.  This kitchen gadget is great for more than cold-weather stews.  It’s perfect for the summer because it doesn’t heat the kitchen up. I’ll go first. I’m making Crockpot Chicken Tacos  tonight. Ingredients: 2 lbs frozen boneless skinless chicken breasts 1 pkg taco seasoning tortillas and fixings Directions: Put Chicken and seasoning in the crockpot around lunchtime because you forgot to do this... Read more

I love a brilliant invention.  I really like new stuff that makes me smack myself on the head and say “why didn’t I think of that?”  Things like the Spin-Pop.  You know that motorized thing for suckers so that you don’t have to turn them?  You just put it on your tongue and push the button.  It practically licks itself. I found one of those smack-myself-in-the-head brilliant things today at Wal-Mart.  I know, I hate Wal-Mart, too, but I had... Read more

Dear Stacy,I hope that you had a good time last night out drinking and dancing with your friends, and almost every night for the last couple weeks.   It seems like you must have met a lot of guys.  I know this, even though I don’t know you, because they keep calling my phone number to reach you. According to Jake (who really is a nice guy so it’s kind of sad he can’t really reach you), you would give... Read more

and you have a blog called Preferring the Folly….You need to send me your email address, because you’ve won $80! All I ask is that you come back and tell us what you bought.  Not because you really have to, but because I’m nosy. Congratulations to you!   To everyone else: I wish I had gift cards for everyone.  The good news is that I’ve been named one of their preferred bloggers, so I’ll get to do this again.  Woo-Hoo! Read more

I spent the morning cleaning out the box which held my wedding stuff, my children’s First Communion regalia, and other family mementos and transferring them to the inherited trunk.  After a short while, the children began to congregate in my room and watch as I sorted through our family’s history.  It wasn’t long before they began to look through our treasures on their own. My 6 year old (girl) found my parents’ wedding album.  It had passed on to me... Read more

My Dear Internets,It is with great glee this morning that I must report to you of the demise of “the other woman”, my husband’s mistress.  At 10:00 last night, she passed from this world exactly as she had lived in it, cradled in my husband’s hand.  He used his considerable skills to restore her to life, but was helpless to do anything but watch her shining face fade forever.  This afternoon, he will take her dead shell somewhere I do... Read more

CSNstores.com has again contacted me and asked that I give an $80 gift card to one of my readers.  I can be very generous with other people’s money, so of course I said ‘Yes.’  Don’t remember who they are?  They’re the online shopping mall which sells anything your heart desires.  Bedroom vanity?  They’ve got it.  King sized bed sheets?  Check.  “Cold Beer” neon sign for my friend Nod?  You betcha.  Hot shoes for your favorite mama blogger?  Ooh la la,... Read more

I was trying to come up with a topic to blog about this morning when I suddenly realized..It’s Monday!  It’s time for What’s Cookin’, Mama?  I love a routine. I forgot to give you a topic to think about last week.  Let’s go with that theme, shall we?  Dinner’s in less than an hour, nothing’s defrosted, it’s 2 days to payday so you’re not ordering pizza…what are you making for dinner?  That’s right, today’s theme is Last Minute Meals. What... Read more