Posts under ‘Mom memoirs’

Well, it is that day.
The day I move over to the new blog.

I’ll also let you in on a little secret….I slack, therefore I am…usually.
So, check out the other site I’m launching with some of my very best bloggity buds.  It’s cool and funny and I like to think of it as the mothership blog [...]

Family.
Food.
Fireworks.
Fun.
Fiftybazillion kids.
We hosted.
We cooked a lot.
We ate a lot.
Bang! Boom! Pow!
Ohhh. Ahhh.
I are teh tired.
So, here are the highlights of my weekend. In order of age.

Elaine

Katie

Stephanie

Nathaniel

Rosemary

Rachael

Peyton
We had a pretty good-looking weekend, wouldn’t you say?

My worries about Peyton’s upcoming clinic visit and my excitement about the upcoming trip to Chicago for BlogHer collided in my dreams.
I dreamed that she relapsed and I couldn’t go on my trip. I was suddenly plunged back into the world of chemotherapy and treatment and being a fulltime nurse and you know what I [...]

It’s ON!
The truck is here.
The movers are picking up the boxes.
We are going to be piling into our vehicles shortly and rolling out of here.
Goodbye to our house…our friends…our family…all that has been our lives for the past nine years.
HOLY CRAP!
As I am expecting to have all hell break loose with the unpacking and organizing [...]

I’ve already voiced my issues with driving a mini-van and have come to terms with it.
And THEN.
My husband opens his mouth and jams his foot SO deep there are tread marks on his liver.
“You are so much hotter in the Suburban.”
“Really?”
“Yeah.”
“So, what you’re saying is that I’m ugly in the minivan.”
“…..NO…I didn’t say that…YOU said [...]