by Robin | Jan 29, 2008 | Kids
I cannot tell a lie… To my knowledge, Paula Deen does NOT read my blog but it’s possible, right? When I posted "Paula Deen reads my blog…?!" the other day, it never occurred to me it might be read as anything other than tongue in...
by Robin | Jan 23, 2008 | Family, Kids, Mom stuff, Personal
Here for WW? Please scroll down 🙂 Poll most any parent, and I think you’d hear similar conclusion: being a mother or father is the hardest job they’ve ever attempted. It’s not really a "job", though, is it? It’s a...
by Robin | Jan 22, 2008 | Family, Kids, Mom stuff, Personal, Smiles
The middle child, said with all the drama he typically musters when he has "something" to say: "M o o o m,T H AAA NNN K YOU for buying two-ply toilet paper!" Me, amused, intrigued, that 1) the kid knows there’s a difference, 2) knows...
by Robin | Jan 11, 2008 | Faith, Family, Kids, Personal
{Continued from Reality Check || Thoughts From Our Night in Prison} When presented opportunity to serve a Christmas dinner to inmates at a mid-level security prison, my immediate thought was “of course”. When my father-in-law asked for our children...
by Robin | Jan 9, 2008 | Family, Kids, Personal, Photos, Wordless Wednesday
December, 2007, our back yard. Please meet Old Red, Blackie and Little Red, taking a little break from a thousand hours of raking. I found out in a round-about way my children had named our rakes, discovered when they were...
by Robin | Jan 5, 2008 | Family, Favorite things, Kids, Mom stuff, Personal, Photos
"N e w Y e a r ‘ s R e s o l u t i o n s" in my mind’s ear hears that phrase spoken s l o w l y and voiced authoritatively by James Earl Jones. Try thinking it again, but this time with him saying it, and you’ll know what I...