by Robin | Dec 30, 2011 | Advice, Exercise in Frustration, Family, Kids, Life Philosophy, Life with boys, Memoir, Mom stuff, Parenting, Teens & Tweens
I almost titled this the Taming of the Shrew…. Read on. You'll understand. * * * * * Company was coming in hours and he was giving up his room for their visit. Not because he volunteered, but because we told him so. Out of four,...
by Robin | Aug 11, 2011 | Books, Exercise in Frustration, Film, Movie reviews, Ouch!, Personal
Oh, my. I loved the book The Help, not because it was the best-written novel I've ever read, but because I can identify with the story in part, because this is the era in which I grew up. I thought (romanticized??) that Abileen's and Minny's...
by Robin | Jan 4, 2011 | Exercise in Frustration, Family, Kids, Mom stuff, Parenting, Personal, Teens & Tweens
After a restless night, I was rudely awakened by the sounds of footsteps and chatter just outside my bedroom door; the hallway hardwood floor might as well have been canyons. This was unusual–my daughter and her two friends typically sleep in when...
by Robin | Jul 15, 2009 | Exercise in Frustration, Personal
Three things while I try my "best" to rewrite the post I was "this close" to publishing, the follow-up to A Time to Speak–somehow lost when I blinked [insert screeching, foot stomping and language that would earn me an "R" rating...
by Robin | Jan 3, 2009 | Christmas, Exercise in Frustration, Family, Kids, Personal, Raves & Rants
File this one under “You’ve gotta be kidding me…!”: Mentioned a few posts ago, I received an email notification that we would NOT be receiving the Rock Band 2 Wireless Drum Set I had: ordered weeks prior been given a UPS tracking number and a...
by Robin | Nov 19, 2008 | Exercise in Frustration, Funny Stuff!, Personal
{Continued from "My series, part two"} "It's just water," I rationalized. "And it was only half a bottle…." Clearly, the icy shock that now drenched my nether regions had affected all sense of sound reason and good taste....