So, less than 12 hours from now, I will be putting my two littlies on the bus together for the first time for school. I am a wreck. Which is quite amusing, considering that both of them have been to school before. Of course, they were going to *different* schools, and I didn't have to put them *both* on the same bus...but still. I can't quote put my finger on it, but I feel like I am going to LOSE IT.The boy has recently been striken with a rash of violent behavior toward his sister. 3 times ... Read Full Story

When I was in high school I was extremely blessed. My skin got through 4 years without so much as a single blemish of note. College was much the same story. I often looked with a mixture of pity and morbid curiosity at those who suffered from acne. As I entered my early twenties though, there was a shift in the weather, and I started to experience breakouts. Which I was entirely unprepared to deal with. I had always washed my face with a facial cleanser and toned and moisturized. Nothing in m... Read Full Story

Back to school shopping season is in full swing once again and I am now fretting and genuinely missing the school uniform experience from last year. You don't realize how relieving it is to not have to make wardrobe decisions for a 5/6 year old girl until you are confronted with the meager offerings that are out there. And by meager, I don't mean a lack of selection. I mean a lack of substance.Apparently dressing your grammar school girl like a hooker is all the rage. And I didn't get the me... Read Full Story

I keep seeing hits here on the old blog, and I have to ask, who are you people? I figure if I am letting ya down by not updating more often, I should at least know who I am being a major disappointment to. Who knows, maybe it will even inspire me to subject you to my drivel on a less infrequent basis...Not a whole lot going on here...just sort of keeping my head above water, and figuring out what to do with myself now that my partner in crime is in school. Read Full Story

True proof of just how much I love my little boy...we built a car together...out of cake...I think it came out rather swell!And he was pretty proud! Read Full Story

We are in SOO much troubleWonder if we can get a discount on uniforms for the cuteness factor???My little big kid...jumping right in and joining the class Read Full Story

See, there is a reason that I was given that book when I was...In order to enroll Sabrina in private school, we have to fill out a questionnaire...because it is a Biblically driven program, we have religious questions to answer...because I am me, I find it physically impossible to answer these questions without firmly planting my tongue in my cheek...and since this is a Christian Academy, they probably won't laugh at all...and because we need them to accept her, I wrote my answers in penc... Read Full Story

A couple of years ago I surprised myself and those around me by joining a church. At the time it seemed a perfect fit for me. Things changed though and I found that this lovely place was no longer a haven that I felt a part of. I won't get into great detail but suffice it to say that I felt less than comfortable being ministered to by someone who kept ogling my rack.At any rate, we have found a new church home and I think I may possibly have stumbled into the best possible fit ever. Serio... Read Full Story

Just like that..after more than a year of fighting, Sabrina is starting Kindergarten on Wednesday. She will be attending a very good Private School for the second half of the year, and in the fall, she will be attending first grade. And there is NOTHING that the district can do to stop her.Sabrina - because she is Sabrina - is DELIGHTED. We are talking actual squeals of happiness. Her massive joy is derived mainly from the fact that she gets to wear "an outfit" for school...I know o... Read Full Story

Yawn...I guess it is time to wake up from my long winter's nap...or at least that is what my mother and other devoted reader have been prodding me about...that the box has been decidedly empty as of late...and this simply will not do! So here I am, poking my head out, and checking to see if my shadow is there to greet me.The last several months have been busybusybusy...nothing terribly exciting or unusual, just regular life type stuff...only more of it. Which is, I suppose better than reg... Read Full Story