It's the last week of June, and I feel as though summer has barely even begun but it's almost over. I feel like all we've been doing is swimming, treading water really. And, there's not even a pool in sight. Do you ever feel that way? You know, like if you stop juggling for just a moment, all the balls will fall and the show will be over? That's me right now. Between two ...
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Five Minute Friday: Rhythm
So, it's Friday again, and I haven't written much this week. A week of VBS followed by a week of the stomach virus will do that to you. So, just to get back into the writing swing of things, I had to stay up late and visit with the ladies of the #FMFparty Thursday night and participate in Five Minute Friday. If you haven't, you should! Visit Lisa-Jo's site and just jump in! When I saw the ...
Five Minute Friday: Listen
Joining Lisa-Jo for Five Minute Friday again this week...visit her site to join in the Friday fun! Some days, the frustration just keeps mounting. I say the same things over and over and even over again. They're just not listening to me. So, I sweep the same messes, end the same arguments and make the same speeches...again. My work gets interrupted, my ...
A Mother’s Dilemma…
Today, we made homemade sunbutter because of some food allergies and a promise I made to a little one who likes to eat sunbutter and pears. So, he ate his sunbutter and pears and wanted more "green pears" like his sister had. They were apples, about which he says, "don't like them." So I gave him the apples and we called them pears. Dishonest? Yes. But what's a mom to ...