by Robin | Aug 19, 2008 | Kids, Mom stuff, Parenting, Personal
Sixteen years ago when I met her face to face, I thought she was one of the most amazing creatures I’d ever met. Not much has changed in the 140,000+ hours since. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Before I had children, I had a chance...
by Robin | Aug 16, 2008 | Family, Funny Stuff!, Kids, Mom stuff, Personal
This is definitely the entry for today's One Line a Day Memory Book — Recently, I've given my kids reason to be embarrassed; I suppose with two teens and a tween, that's to be expected on occasion. Typically, either I'm unaware when I do...
by Robin | Aug 11, 2008 | Blog Carnivals, Family, Favorite things, Fun Mondays, Kids, Personal, Photos
Three of my favorite people in the universe and conveniently three of my all-time favorite pictures ~ First born June 1995, Night Heron Park on Kiawah Island The Middle Child Our back deck, Summer 1996. Cowboy to the core, loyal to his best friends Woody and...
by Robin | Jul 29, 2008 | Blog Carnivals, Exercise in Frustration, Family, Favorite things, Kids, Personal, Photos, Wordless Wednesday
f l o u r. My kitchen/pantry floor, this afternoon. The largest in a set of four cannisters, filled just last night with five pounds of unbleached, all-purpose Gold Medal. A wedding shower gift from my mother-in-law over 20 years ago; I loved this set,...
by Robin | Jul 29, 2008 | Family, Funny Stuff!, Kids, Mom stuff, Parenting, Personal, Random, Recycle
When you’re a fly on the wall of my kitchen, this is the kind of thing you might overhear: Conversation #1: Sitting at the kitchen table the other night, my 11-year-old and I were playing gin and he was decidedly spanking my behind in the process. Because...
by Robin | Jul 28, 2008 | Family, Kids, Parenting, Personal
Time is a fickle creature and sometimes I don’t like her one…little…bit. She toys and she taunts at her leisure and her pace is hardly fair–she creeps along at a slug’s pace when A Big Day approaches, but in the lives of my children she...