Today didn’t go so well at the drop-off. Ethan clung to my pant leg saying “You can’t leave me. I want you to take me home. I don’t want to stay here. Please don’t leave me.” It sucked rotten eggs. I sat down holding him & broke down like [...]

My boys were up at 6 AM this morning, and I heard “Are you ready?” about 1000 times before I was ready to leave. At day care, they were so excited about going in to play that they hardly had time to kiss me goodbye. So no tears from the Mommy, as I [...]

The anti-war trope “Iraq had no WMDs” has always seemed wierd to me. I mean, Saddam USED these weapons on several occations, even on his own people. To say that he never had any is either naive or willfully obtuse.
Analysts are still decoding/translating/analysing documents captured during Operation Iraqi Freedom. As more of the material [...]

Grocery shopping has taken on a whole new dimension. I usually plan my week’s menu in advance and buy everything I need in one fell swoop. Today that plan ran into a glitch. As I was reaching for necessary ingredients for some of my planned meals my stomach gave a large lurch [...]

Honestly, I feel like I am eating ALL. THE. TIME! The minute my stomach gets even a little empty I start to feel nauseous. Which, I must say, SUCKS!
I’m trying very hard to eat healthy food: apples, dried fruits & nuts, milk… Trying. Today I have had half a jumbo [...]

Have a cookie… Chocolate chip… Fresh from the oven. Would you like cold milk to go with that? Or coffee? Just brewed.

We’ve had a slow week. We spent the weekend lounging around the house, me feeling nauseous with pregnancy, Doug fighting a cold that would develop into a sinus [...]

I don’t know where he got it, but my lovely husband brought the flu to our house. The boys and I had our flu vaccine, but Jon didn’t because he ‘never gets sick’. Well, I guess now is never. It started with a tickle in his throat all day Monday. Tuesday [...]

Yesterday my sister and I packed the Explorer with car seats and ventured down to visit our grandmother in south-west Iowa. Three seats was a tight fit and one of the doors had to be slammed with a bit of force. Luckily Jen has a two monitor DVD player so everyone could see [...]

I haven’t posted for a while. I’ve gotten out of the habit. During my absence, I made a HUGE decision…to go back to work full time. I haven’t worked a ‘real’ job since I left a ‘large financial services company’ 4 years ago. I miss working. And I also feel [...]

Back again with your weekly dose of Brenna. Here we see Brenna “helping” Daddy shovel the sidewalk. This job took quite a while because she had to stop and wave at everyone who drove by.And here is Brenna being paid for shoveling.

She has more money than mommy right now. I may have to [...]

Two days ago it was almost 65 degrees farenheit. And here is the view from my window today:

What you can’t see are the teeny, tiny snow/sleet pellets that are falling steadily from the sky. The roads are icy, the wind is blowing and the predictions are for 3-5 inches of snowfall and [...]

Last night Doug asked me if I wanted to do anything tonight. Two thoughts immediately ran through my head:
1) Ummm, if you want to do anything on Valentine’s Day you have to plan it weeks in advance. Duh.2) No. I never have good experiences “out” on Valentine’s Day. Restaurants are way too busy and service [...]

Honestly, that’s all I’ve got. It takes more energy than I have available to keep up with Brenna and take care of my daily “to do” list.
When I was pregnant with Brenna I was tired, but only in the evening. Bed at 7pm wasn’t unheard of. Well, to be honest, falling asleep [...]

I was thinking about today as my sister’s birthday because our family is celebrating tonight. Not the case! Her birthday was Tuesday! I even called and wished her happy birthday! But did I post? Noooo.
Happy Birthday, Jen! Belated. But honestly, since I can’t seem to get anything done in a timely manner did you expect [...]

Functional Culture: A voice that should be heard. I think “he” speaks for more people than we know, definately more people than we hear about in the MSM.