So my son has very definitive ideas about how things should be. And when he gets and idea in his head, it is very difficult to change his mind. Today he told me that he wanted a vegetable. When asked what vegetable he wanted, he told me that he "needed" an apple. I tried to explain that apples are a fruit. He insisted that he was right and finally proved his point by singing the "Lazytown Apple Song" It goes something like this. "Apples are healthy. Apples are good to eat. Appl...

So my son has very definitive ideas about how things should be. And when he gets and idea in his head, it is very difficult to change his mind. Today he told me that he wanted a vegetable. When asked what vegetable he wanted, he told me that he "needed" an apple. I tried to explain that apples are a fruit. He insisted that he was right and finally proved his point by singing the "Lazytown Apple Song" It goes something like this. "Apples are healthy. Apples are good to eat. Appl...

Link So tonight was the memorial for my friend's husband. Just seeing the picture of him and his son made me start crying all over again. The service was focused of the joy of Ian's salvation and happy memories of times with him. Even so, as I looked across the VERY crowded church, I could see the grief of his family. Wendy was shaking as she tried to hold in her emotions and seeing that made me realize that my mourning is not for him as much as it is for her. My pain was fr...

Wednesday afternoon I found out that a girl I work with had just been notified that her husband was killed in Iraq. This is one of the sweetest, nicest people that you have ever met. She gave birth to thier son right befor her husband deployed. And now he's gone. This is actually the first time someone I know well has lost a husband. I've attended too many memorials, but they have been memebers of the unit that I didn't know. And I don't know what to say. I called and spoke to Tra...

So Joe, what other awful names can you come up with?

So Joe, what other awful names can you come up with?

This is my daughter. My little girl is learning about temper tantrums. She is trying to perfect the art of throwing herself on the floor as dramatically as possible and bursting into tears. She's very good at it. Except when she looks up out of the corner of one eye to see how the judges are rating her performance. While I am sure there will be many many cute stories and tales of her adorable, cute behaviour, I am putting this on the record today. She is a drama queen. ...

'Twas the night before Easter. All was calm and laid-back. Fred, the mouse in the kitchen, snarfed down a late snack. The eggs were all dyed but still drippy and sticky-- To be honest, they looked just a little bit icky. There were big jelly beans, chocolate bunnies and such. And as Fred stuffed his face, he sighed, "This is too much!" Phil and Rose were in bed watching late-night TV, While munching Saltines with low-sodium Brie. Then a sudden commotion rang out in the night...

'Twas the night before Easter. All was calm and laid-back. Fred, the mouse in the kitchen, snarfed down a late snack. The eggs were all dyed but still drippy and sticky-- To be honest, they looked just a little bit icky. There were big jelly beans, chocolate bunnies and such. And as Fred stuffed his face, he sighed, "This is too much!" Phil and Rose were in bed watching late-night TV, While munching Saltines with low-sodium Brie. Then a sudden commotion rang out in the night...

As per my last post, I am now in possession of a foot of hair that has recently been liberated from my body. I originally planned to simply donate it to Locks of Love. That's an organization that makes wigs for children who have lost their own hair from chemo, disease etc. But now I have a better idea! I am going to auction it off on Ebay! Woo Hoo! (Hopefully the winner will direct me to mail it to LFL and not keep it for some nefarious purpose of their own.) So come one, Co...

My husband loves my long red hair, but I've been hinting for a month now that it is time for it to go. I set a date and I've reminded him frequently that my hair is going to be SHORT. I'm tired of having my hair stay damp for days unless I blow dry it. I hate that it takes forever to dry, straighten and/or style my hair in anything other than a ponytail. It's hot and heavy and on top of that, damaged. All the color changes, curling, straightening, blowdrying, elastic bands etc. are cau...

I have been known to fixate on something and waste countless hours of mind numbing....numbingness doing some incredibly stupid thing. When I was in my "numa numa" phase, I recorded 45 seconds of the song onto my answering machine. I highly recommend it becuase I have been voluntarily removed from EVERY telemarketer's list ever created. I spent lots of time looking for new versions of stupid people acting , well, stupid. I've been into various games....Chuzzle, Sudoku, Tetris etc etc. ...

I have been known to fixate on something and waste countless hours of mind numbing....numbingness doing some incredibly stupid thing. When I was in my "numa numa" phase, I recorded 45 seconds of the song onto my answering machine. I highly recommend it becuase I have been voluntarily removed from EVERY telemarketer's list ever created. I spent lots of time looking for new versions of stupid people acting , well, stupid. I've been into various games....Chuzzle, Sudoku, Tetris etc etc. ...

On Wednesday morning at 2 minutes 3 seconds past 1:00 a.m. the official time will be: 01:02:03 04/05/06 and it will never happen again!

I accomplished my dailiy chores (in about an hour as per the Flylady routine) and I got my laundry folded, so I decided to try and do something extra. I looked on Flylady.com for the detailed cleaning of the week. She has zone 1 listed. According to her schedule, that inclueds the entrance, front porch and dining room. The dirty yard chairs that have been sitting outside, unused for over a year are driving me crazy. Everytime I see them it bugs me becuase when we need them, we don't ...