There is just something special about toddlers. It’s fun to watch your kids grow up, sure. When they can finally have a conversation with you about things other than “I’m hungry” or their favorite toy du jour, it’s magical. When they are so proud of themselves for riding their bike without training wheels, or swimming without floaties. It’s all wonderful.
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Last night was “date night.” Or our version of a half assed date night. We ate dinner at home with my MIL, who was going to watch the boys. We opted to grill our meal rather than eat out, or just do a rushed drive thru Taco Bell meal and calling that eating out. Now, I love me some Taco Bell, don’t get me wrong. It’s just that a few steaks, baked potatoes, and our home grown asparagus tallied up to much less than two dinners at a real restaurant would cost. If we had time to eat at one, which we wouldn’t, because MIL was running late.
Category: Humor
Finances can be tight when you are doing the whole SAHM thing. I try not to look at the Sunday sale ads beyond groceries, because I hate to have something catch my eye that really isn’t necessary. Shiny, new things that really aren’t in the budget, you know?
Category: Just Journaling, Life's Lessons
Life has a funny way of saying, “Hey, what the heck. Are you an idiot?” And often, I’ll reply, “Yup;” sometimes when someone is looking… just to make them think twice about sitting next to me… because everyone needs their space. Yes, I’ve been walking in a daze. Let me add to that…for the past year and a half. Half exhausted from my non-sleeping one-year-old (and the whining and tantrums of the six-year-old); half carb-induced because I can’t seem to stop shoveling in chicken nachos. What is it with that stuff? Umm…yes, I’m eating a heap now.
Category: Fashion & Style, Life's Lessons, SAHM, Self-Actualization
I love to get my fry on. Sure, I try to feed my family healthy foods. We have a garden that provides us with many of our vegetables; plus strawberries, grapes and apples grow in the yard. We don’t eat out all that often, but enough that my youngest knows to say “mmm” when he sees the Golden Arches or any given fast food joint. I watch Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution and rejoice that our children’s private school serves primarily “homemade” foods.
Category: Cooking & Baking, Marriage
