Today I am thankful for . . .

1.  FM#3, who used to fight me every step of the way into the Y and had to be literally peeled off my leg at times, went into the Y saying “I have lots of friends at my Y.”
2.  My Beloved had an email sent around to upper management (including the president of the company) saying what a [...]

We have a new dog . . .

he’s four and has red hair and no, it’s not an Irish Setter.  And if he sounds a lot like FM#3, it’s because he is!  For about 2 weeks now, FM#3 has been a dog.  He sits, he fetches, he heels, he pants, he barks and yes, he licks.  It first started every afternoon.   We would get [...]

Whereby I win “Worst mother of the year” before the 1st month is even over

I’ve been really busy and thus not blogging.  Now, I’m really behind in laundry and in an effort to avoid that task, I think a blog post is in order. BWG  But, I digress.
Yes, I think I’ve officially won “worst mother of the year” and it wasn’t something that happened at the grocery store, even [...]

Happy Birthday to the DP

Today is the DP’s 7th birthday.  She’s already had 2 cupcakes.  Her precious Sunday School teacher brought cupcakes for everyone in class to help celebrate and then we got sent home with the leftovers.   Since the DP is the oldest in her class, there are about to be lots of celebrations.  Technically, she’s not supposed to [...]

This’ll make you get out your hankies

My Beloved went back to work today after a week and a half off.  FM#3 has been asking for him all day.  About midday, in the car, I turned off the story we were listening to and told the kids to be quiet because I needed to call Daddy.  FM#3 said, “e’s i ero.”  Since [...]