Category Archives: Rants
Shovel It In, Kids. And Quiet Down While You’re At It.
How long does it take you to eat your lunch? And what’s on your lunch menu, generally speaking? Today I surprised my oldest and snuck up to school with a bag of processed goodness from a certain “Clown-Based Establishment” in … Continue reading
Posted in CRAZY kids, Discoveries, Education, Family, Food, Kids in School, Motherhood/Mommy Duties, Rants, Things I Don't Understand Thursday, Things that are STUPID
Tagged Capri Sun, Chips 'Ahoy, cookies, Eating, Food, Golden Arches, Lunch, lunch box, McDonald's, Potato chip, school, school cafeteria
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Peanuts in the Morning
Do you remember the sound of Charlie Brown‘s teacher on The Peanuts? She had that muffled “whaa-whaa-whaa” of an expertly muted trumpet combined with some sort of nasally resonance never before heard on earth–much less in a classroom. How Linus ever … Continue reading
Posted in CRAZY kids, Discipline Issues, Family, Home, Kids, Motherhood/Mommy Duties, Random Fun, Rants, Seasons of Life, Silly Lists, Uncategorized
Tagged Arts, Charles M. Schulz, Charlie Brown, Christmas, crazy mornings, Kids, miss the bus, Peanuts, Peppermint Patty, school, shopping, Snoopy
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“What’s Included” In Mexico
Next month my husband and I are leaving the mess in the kitchen, turning on our heels, locking the doors, and escaping into the wild blue yonder together. Along with some of our best friends and our new friend, the … Continue reading
Posted in Friends, Nature/Outdoors, Play, Random Fun, Rants, Vacation
Tagged Cancún, Carnival Cruise Lines, Cozumel, Florida, Mexico, Punta Sur, Riviera Maya, vacation
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A Slow Unraveling
This fall my kitchen windows have seen more than just leaves changing color outside; they have stood witness to exhausting and unwelcome changes happening within our walls, around our table, in our kitchen. It’s taken me a more than a … Continue reading
Posted in Chores/Duties/Jobs, CRAZY kids, Family, Following Jesus, God, Growing Pains, Heartbreak, Home, Marriage, Matters of the Heart, Motherhood/Mommy Duties, Nature/Outdoors, Neighbors, Play, Rants, Seasons of Life
Tagged BSF, BUSY FAMILY, calendars/schedules, College and University, College football, Help!, parisian tourist, preschool, rocket football, school, subway, Time
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Should’a Would’a Could’a
Sure. There are lots of reasons I should have stayed home today: 1. A sink that appears to have vomited up fruit particles, dirty pans, and filmy glasses. You’d think that with a dishwasher directly adjacent to the sink I … Continue reading
Balance Beams at Summer’s End
A Confession: Lately I feel as though I’ve been walking a balance beam–clumsily and epically unsuccessfully. Locked between walls of my own architecture and construction, I find myself scurrying from thing 1 to thing 2, trying to fit it all … Continue reading
Things I Don’t Understand Thursday: TMI at the Salon
Allow me to set the stage: I decided to indulge yesterday — enjoy a little piece of the relaxation pie on my last “free” afternoon before the kids explode into the neighborhood, fleeing big yellow buses and running loose on … Continue reading
Posted in Random Fun, Rants, Things I Don't Understand Thursday
Tagged boom box, nail salon, Nail Technicians, nightmares, Richard Marx, toenail fungus, toenails
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Living with Prepositions
It seems this blog has become my own private confessional. Be warned: you are all priests and I expect absolution at the end of this post. I regret to inform you, as I’ve regretted admitting to myself, that I’m living … Continue reading
Posted in Chores/Duties/Jobs, Decor/Organizing, Discipline Issues, Faith, Family, Fitness, Following Jesus, Friends, God, Growing Pains, Home, Literature/Books, Matters of the Heart, Motherhood/Mommy Duties, Rants, Seasons of Life
Tagged "Make It work!", 5K, absolution, bulletin board, cleaning toilets, confessional, goals, high thread count sheets, Nate Berkus, People Magazine, prayer, prepositions, priests, reading, Richard Simmons, Running, verbs
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Things I Don’t Understand Thursday: Cobwebs In The Christmas Tree?!
How can it be, Friends? The tree hasn’t even been up for a month, and apparently an army of spiders has covertly taken taken up residence in its branches. These busy little web-builders must be decked in green camo for … Continue reading
Things I Don’t Understand Thursday: Ambiguous Deodorant Names
My girlfriend first raised this topic with me ages ago and I thought it was so true–and humorous–that I’m recycling it for today’s topic. Thank you, LEJS. What I don’t understand today are ambiguous deodorant names. I went to my … Continue reading
Posted in Discoveries, Random Fun, Rants, Things I Don't Understand Thursday, Things that are STUPID
Tagged ACL, Adidas, Adidas Deodorant, ambiguity, candles, chicken wings, Da Bears, fragrance, Meijer, Old Spice, SNL, Toughskins
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Things I Don’t Understand Thursday: Toy Packaging
Last week my daughter decided to use her long-saved-up birthday money to buy a new doll at Costco. Maybe you’ve seen them? They’re adorable American Girl look-alikes at about a quarter of the cost…which only makes them more adorable. Of … Continue reading
Posted in Chores/Duties/Jobs, Family, Gifts, Holidays, Kids, Rants, Things I Don't Understand Thursday, Things that are STUPID
Tagged American Girl, Christmas, Costco, Gifts, girls, ridiculous, thief, toy packaging, toys
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O-for-2: What’s new?!
Prepare yourself for shocking news. My little recipe experiment is heading straight for the toilet. Do not pass, go, do not collect $200–head straight for the toilet. On the double. Episode 1 Tuesday night I made mushroom-Swiss burgers with sweet … Continue reading
Posted in Chores/Duties/Jobs, CRAZY kids, Family, Food, Kids, Kitchen/Culinary Woes, Motherhood/Mommy Duties, Rants, Uncategorized
Tagged allergic reaction, Antitrust, Asian food, Dinner flops, Ezekiel bread, fresh mozzarella, Mushroom-Swiss Burgers, poison, Ryan Phillipe, sesame seeds, sweet Potatoes, Tim Robbins, Wednesday Nights
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Vacation from my Vacation
If you’ve read any of my previous posts from this week [thank you, dear faithful 7: your checks are in the mail], you already know that I was blessed with a few days away with my husband. I tagged along … Continue reading
Posted in Chores/Duties/Jobs, Discipline Issues, Family, Food, Growing Pains, Kids, Marriage, Motherhood/Mommy Duties, Neighbors, Random Fun, Rants, Seasons of Life, Vacation
Tagged Aldi, Apollo 13, cavity, charades, chiropractic, Christmas, Dark side of the moon, Great White, Pacific Ocean, Shauna Niequist, Swanson's broth, Sweet Baby Ray's, Tom Colicchio
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Things I Don’t Understand Thursday: Gambling
Maybe it’s because we’re a one-income family or because I try to squeeze my grocery dollars as far as they’ll go. Maybe it’s because I feel a sense of accomplishment when I can produce an edible meal out of rice … Continue reading
Posted in Finances, Heartbreak, Kids, Rants, Travel, Vacation
Tagged Arby's, Benjamin Franklin, casino, chain smoking, craps table, dice, felt, gambling, High Roller, hot lunch, Little Caesar's Pizza, luck, Michigan economy, oxygen tank, slot machines, Wheel of Fortune
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Casino Life 101
This is one of those signs that you just can’t walk past without stopping. And staring. Perhaps briefly taking a picture with a camera phone [hypothetically speaking]. Scratching your head and letting a “Hmm” escape, slow and ponderous. Really? We … Continue reading
Posted in Kids, Motherhood/Mommy Duties, Random Fun, Rants, Uncategorized, Vehicles
Tagged AquaNet, Camel Unfiltered, casino, childcare, Payless Shoes, slot machines, Torino, Wet-n-Wild
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Things I Don’t Understand Thursday: No-Shows
We’ve been trying to sell this sweet little kitten for a couple of weeks now. I would’ve thought that some eager high-schooler would’ve snatched her up like a Dutchman crossing a penny in the street, but alas, no. There have … Continue reading
“Things I Don’t Understand” Thursdays: Actual Yahoo.com posts by people who don’t believe in grammar
“Open Question Hey guys my kid watch lazy town in his frend its calld nogin chanel ıhave verizon tv what is the chanel number?” If you don’t believe me, here’s the link. My high school English teacher would gauge her … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Random Fun, Rants, Uncategorized
Tagged channel, English, grammar, high school, Lazy Town, Nogin, OOPS!, run-on sentences, spelling mistakes, teacher, Verizon TV, Yahoo.com
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