My grandmother once told me that 95% of the things that we worry about never happen. She said, “Worry is wasted energy.” How true that statement can be! After spending a week of worrying, everything seems to be falling into place.
We found renters for our house! After doing credit and background checks and speaking with [...]
Wow, April is almost over and I realize that I haven’t once written anything for this blog this month. Ooops! Guess that’s just what happens when life gets crazy and you don’t have enough time to stop and breathe, let alone blog. I’ve been interviewing interstate moving companies, finding/applying for/renting a home in Bend, setting [...]
Gaw. It feels like all that I ever do on my days off from work is laundry and trips to the grocery store. Yesterday was no different.
Following a nearly-two hour midday nap, Ryan finished his lunch and seemed in a perfect mood for me to drag him to the grocery store. So I jumped at [...]
As Easter approaches and I think about which traditions I’d like to start with my own child, it prompts me to think back on my own childhood.
When I was a kid, I both loved and dreaded Easter. Same goes for the Tooth Fairy. Why, you may ask? Because of my dad. He used to say [...]
There’s this weird phenomenon that women experience pretty much the second that they find out that they are going to become a mother. And it continues, for quite conceivably, the rest of that woman’s life. It’s called “Mama Guilt”.
Mama Guilt is essentially this overwhelming sense of guilt that makes a woman feel like [...]
I have finally discovered a food that Ryan will eat–Spaghetti!
I snapped a few shots of him following once particularly messy pasta experience. I forwarded them to my mother-in-law, who promptly responded back with, “I really think spaghetti was invented by Kodak rather than the Italians.” She may be right. Just look at this face!
Before my husband and I got married, he warned me about a curse that seems to be on his family. They lovingly refer to it as “PFL”. This abbreviation has a few different meanings: Poor Fucking Luck, Pathetic Fucking Losers, Poor Fucking Losers. Any of these descriptions pretty much sum up this strange string of [...]
Last year for my birthday my husband gave me a great gift–in theory. It was a gift certificate to a local day spa for a one-hour massage and facial. I was ecstatic! The thought of being pampered just 2 months after becoming a mommy was pure heaven.
Now it is almost a year later and I [...]
Just thought I’d let you all know how I’m doing with my “Things To Do” New Year’s list. I must say, I’m quite proud of how much I’ve accomplished in 4 days. If anyone wants to applaud, now would be the appropriate time.
These ones are DONE!
1) Eat more chocolate: I made double chocolate chip cookies [...]
So I have recently moved over to a new stage in parenthood–that of trying to reason with a toddler. Activities that were once simple, like changing a diaper or giving a bath, have become feats that are worthy of a Purple Heart. Now that he has learned to exert some independence, my once compliant and [...]