My son has a myspace page.  he let me in and now I can see him and don't want to embarrass him, but he's so handsome and his friends are so much like my high school friends.  I just want him to be safe.  I can't believe he's 16 now.

Josie is playing in our back yard with one of the little girls who were sassy to her the other day.  I am purposely at ( Read more... )

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2. Tag 7 people to do the same

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Josie melted down and got sent to bed, I told her to just settle down, nap, but I fully expect her to sleep through the night.  After she was kissed good night, D and I came downstairs, but D wanted to be upstairs, too, so I moved Josie to my bed and D to hers.  Well, a check just a few minutes ago proved that she was NOT asleep.  All of Josie's ( Read more... )

I have searched the net and found it all rather confusing and non-informative to say the least ( Read more... )

Josie slept over (HA! slept!) at 4H camp and I have a huge sleep deprivation headache.  I could not sleep with her out of the house.

D. got up okay this morning and didn't seem too dazed about there being no Josie in the room.  but about 45 minutes ago she crawled up the stairs, which is code for I want to go to bed (don't think she has that ( Read more... )

Yesterday was an odd start with D (girl foster baby, 17 months old) getting up at 5:30.  Her normal nap is about 3 hours after lunch, but due to early wake took one hour in morning and one hour in afternoon.  Not bad, but not the full relax and get shit done 3 hour chunk that I am used to.  Well, Josie woke up at around 4 this morning saying her ( Read more... )

I was awakened at 5:30 this morning to D saying "Momma" and handing me my glasses.  good day, sunshine.  grrr ( Read more... )

home from vacation ( Read more... )

We are home from our MI vacation.

It was very relaxing.  It was warm the day we got there and we swam.  Sunday the sun was out and the kids swam, but I only got my ankles wet.  Finding a huge ass leach swimming in the shallows was a bit of a buzz kill.  There was the biggest spider I have ever seen in the wild on a tree in the yard.  yeah, I'm a ( Read more... )

I have to share this little trick I have found ( Read more... )