I thought it would be fun to treat the kids to a movie tonight. All of us. As a family. A real movie night where we actually go to the movies. Little did I know we might should take out a loan to do so. The tickets themselves were not too bad, $48 for the lot of us. It is a treat after all, not something...

I had some dental work done yesterday. Any time I have any kind of injection, it doesn’t matter what for, my body freaks out. I get all shaky and weak and get flu-like symptoms. Its bad. I am sure it is all psychosomatic but still.. I got home and sat on the couch and the next thing I know the...

Surely I am not the only one who feels as if she is living in fast forward? The feeling that there is not enough time in the day. That the work is never done. That endless cycle of work and no play. Our children are as over scheduled and sleep deprived as we are. We are starving to death but still overweight...

I have never that I can remember had a “real” birthday party. We moved a lot when I was a kid so I never had very many friends to invite. My cousin, who was like a brother to me passed away when I was 15 the day before my birthday. I was always angry that he had left me. And it was always...

Amelia had a little visit to the doctor this morning. She woke up yesterday and her eye was a little red and was a little more red this morning so I figured she was getting an eye infection. Her appointment was at 11 AM. I had a little time to kill so I decided to run some errands and met Brian for...

Last week my washer quit working, and those of you who know me know I have to do at least 3 loads a day to keep on top of it..Yesterday when I took the butter out of the fridge I noticed it didn’t seem cold, just cool. You guessed it, the fridge no longer works..Then there is the waiting…I...

The first time I took the kids to the pool this year, I decided right away that they would all have to know how to swim—and soon. I was a nervous wreck trying to keep up with 5 kids bobbing around the pool, and making sure no one drowned. After I, I had come to the pool so the kids would have something...