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You hungry? Solid Plan.
I ordered in a delicious salad for lunch at work the other day. While waiting on it to arrive, my 18 year old son Brenden calls me.... "Mom, can you meet me at Urgent Care?"
----there was a time when this call came from my younger son, Aiden and it went like this: "Can you meet me and Alexander at Urgent Care? He is driving me in because I just ( Read more... ) -
Anti-Smashing Pumpkins
Growing up "May Day" was a thing. We would keep those small, flimsy, plastic green baskets that strawberries would come in from the grocery store and fill them with sweets, small gifts and a little note then drop them off randomly at a neighbor or friends front door carefully... then get the heck out! It was always a fun feeling when you were ( Read more... ) -
Get off the Horn!
"Wise man is the rooster of the universe: He awakens the unawake!" - Mehmet Murat Ildan
In our house, that quote translates to "OMG Aiden, your horn is going off on it's own again and waking the entire neighborhood!" --Mom
So apparently my son's pickup truck horn is haunted. Or broken. Or malfunctioning. Or hates ( Read more... ) -
8 Seasons of Change!
Today is September 24, 2020 ( Read more... ) -
The Definition of a Monday
At some point, everyone has a "Monday". I typically have multiple Mondays during an average week. The kind of day where things just go...wrong. Not life threatening or weapons of mass destruction kind of wrong.... just annoying, disappointing or bring-you-down a little...wrong. Today, was a Monday.
Aiden was down because he let 4 goals get by ( Read more... ) -
Dear God, this is Cassidy....where is the dryer?
We've lived in our house for many years. In those years we have moved the furniture from time to time. The couch, the coffee table, the computers, Jordan's drum set, the TV... we've even put in a new wall, but we have never moved the washer and dryer. Never. The other day I sent Cassidy downstairs with easy, specific instructions...and it didn' ( Read more... ) -
"10"
You know when you have young boys in your home when someone burps, modestly or "frat-house worthy", when you hear giggling. You know when you have MANY boys in the house when instead of giggling you see a strange glance of slight disapproval and they say to you.. "Really? I'd give that a 5. Seriously, I can do way better." I was driving home after ( Read more... ) -
"I'm A Gentleman...Okay, I'm Not"
What makes sense in the mind of an 8 year old, is always a treat. Aiden, like many kids, is missing that "filter" that stops you from saying something or doing something that might be embarrassing, rude or just plain silly. A classmate of Aiden and Cassidy is an adorable and fun little boy named Tyler. Tyler is adopted by two amazing people who ( Read more... ) -
Letter To Cassidy
Cassidy is "Star of the Week" this week at school and I was told I need to write a letter or note to her that will be read by her teacher in class. I started with a simple "Cassidy, you are so special to me and I'm so proud of you. Have a great week in school this week..." blah blah... but as I began writing, I took a different turn. An honest ( Read more... ) -
Crash & Ballet
Today started a little rough. It's a Tuesday but definitely felt like a Monday. We were running a little behind schedule as we left for school and as the kids were going into school I noticed Brenden taking his sweet time as he walked down the sidewalk. I lowered the window as I slowly pulled away from the curb and encouraged him to speed it up ( Read more... )