Our kids ride the same bus as the kids from the group home. For the most part, other than learning how to use swear words in context, this has not been a problem. One of the benefits of sharing a bus ride with inner city kids is being up-to-date with one’s gang signs. This morning...
Monthly Archives: October 2008
“Did you put the picture of my new squirrel on the internet, Mom? I want the world to see that I’m a great hunter!” “I’m not sure the internet can handle another dead squirrel picture, Nathanael. How about if we use a different one?” I showed Nathanael, the Great Hunter the above photo and as...
Elly came home from school today with a story her teacher told the class. “My teacher was making her bed and her little boy came into the bedroom with brown stuff on his hands. The brown stuff, upon closer inspection, was smelly! She called her husband to help and they discovered that the little boy...
Each autumn my body decides to rid itself of some excess weight. Most people struggle with putting on the pounds at this time of year which is only natural, in Minnesota at least, since nature dictates that we actually attempt to survive the frigid temperatures of the approaching winter by padding our “pockets” with an...
Driving home after grocery shopping with Darren: Me: Man, Halloween is going to suck this year. Darren: Why’s that? Me: Because it’s on a Friday. Darren: So? Me: That means that we are going to have to deal with the sugar-induced hyperactivity instead of just sending them to school the next morning. Darren: You’re right....
If I could do this and this all day, every day, I would be in heaven. Both Jake and James’ moms have expressed to me the sadness they feel that their boys are graduating this year. It’s a heart wrenching event no matter how much you prepare yourself ahead of time. We spend 18 years...
There are days when Kevin realizes that he actually likes his little brother and I’ll catch Kevin teaching Nathanael some sweet wrestling moves or witness Kevin carrying him around on his back. This day I caught them teaming up to defeat zombies on some video game. It’s like they found a way to channel their...
“I GOT ONE! I GOT ONE!” We are a hunting family and it’s been hard on Nathanael to see his older brothers come of age and join the older men in our family on hunting trips. He so badly wants to keep up with the big boys. It’s squirrel hunting season in Minnesota and after...
Today, Elly and Isaiah are attending a Kindness Retreat with their class which is being held at a local church. Given the fact that my school district is attempting to make the world a better place by advocating kindness, and also the fact that our elementary school’s music teacher is teaching a whole grade of...
We spent the day at my parent’s home, celebrating fall by picking apples from their apple tree and harvesting grapes from their grapevines. Mom made the best tasting chili I’ve ever had, made homemade caramel sauce for the apples and served hot apple cider to everyone. After spending the day being pampered and spoiled by...
While on our way to a football game near Duluth, Minnesota, we spotted this animal darting in and out of traffic on the freeway. Darren and I are trying to decide if it’s someone’s dog or a Timber Wolf. What do you think?
Today is Kait’s birthday which means that I’m a mother of a 20 year old. When did I get this old?? I feel like hip replacements are suddenly just around the corner. Anyway, we spent the afternoon together and she reminded me of something Logan said that I never want to forget. When Logan was...
Are you having a crappy day??? Click here and go read what my friend Jeff just posted on his site. Trust me.You’re gonna laugh.
It seems that AIG isn’t finished holding out its greedy hand to the federal government. From the Washington Post: “Only one day after it was revealed that AIG had sprung for a $440,000 spa vacation shortly after getting an $84 billion government-loan bailout comes this report: The government is loaning AIG another $38 billion.” Our...
After a $700 BILLION DOLLAR bail out (which I opposed), I read this from the Washington Post: AIG has issued a clarification to the report that its executives enjoyed a luxury hotel stay a week after the federal government threw them an $85 billion lifeline. The gathering was a previously planned reward for life insurance...
Mid-terms for this first quarter were handed out last week which is unbelievable to me since it seems like only yesterday we were shopping for school clothes and supplies. I never took school seriously and I recall dreading those times when my grades were reported to my parents. It was a stomach-churning, migraine-inducing event when...