Sorry about the lack of blog posts! I swear I have adult ADD sometimes. I can’t focus on one thing and no one thought is truly completed! Maybe I should put the blame where it belongs, on myself and being too busy! Anyway, here are the random thoughts I have running through my mind. You are being warned: They are very random! Thought #1Michelle Bachmann, please just withdraw from the presidential race. It is pretty clear you are getting desperate…
I get confused. I am trying to change the way my family and I eat. This has been, and still is, hard. I am still trying to figure the best way and make that way work for my family. I know we make many mistakes. I know I can’t control what my teens eat outside of the house. I know school lunches are not the healthiest meals. (Some day I will post about what the school calls turkey.) What is…
Great article! I am blessed to have the great support to help me, but other single parents are not so blessed. This article shows some great ways that you can come along side and support single parents without being intrusive and counterproductive. Thanks! Far Above Rubies: Single Moms Speak: My sister is a single mom with twins whose husband abandoned them when the boys were toddlers. I remember walking into my sister’s small apa…
My new computer will be here today! Hooray! Hooray! I want to get back to regularly posting on this blog during the week and I miss doing so! I would have had it yesterday, but the Fed Ex guy needed a signature and no one was home. Go figure! Hopefully I will have everything set up tonight and will be ready to go. I have so much I want to share with you all and I feel better about doing…
We are back in school again! I usually have mixed feelings about the kids going back to school, but despite my feelings, we have to get into a routine! This helps simplify our lives so much. To help our mornings, we like to have our things together the night before. These are things we do to simplify our mornings: bookbags are packed and ready to go clothes are laid out for the next morning shoes are found, accessible, and ready…
I have Cleaning House Guilt (CHG). Does anyone else ever get this? I think it should classified as an illness, but I doubt any doctor would take me seriously. I just know that when I get CHG, it takes over my life. I start to view myself as lazy and undisciplined. I come home from work, sit down for a few minutes and…see a mess. I see everything I promised myself I would get done. Yesterday. Three weeks ago. Last…