Monthly Archives: April 2009

Girly Sock Monkey Birthday Ideas

The other night Katie Rose told me that she wanted a "pink monkey birthday party". Her birthday is in eight weeks and I was trying to think of something fun but small to have here at the house with a few other little girls around her age we know. So after she told me what ...

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180

"A good marriage is at least 80 percent good luck in finding the right person at the right time. The rest is trust." - Nanette ...

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Random Tuesday: Mandatory Background Checks For Children’s Coaches, Swine Flu and Facebook Addiction

I'm stealing from Captain Dumbass from Us And Them today. (edit: evidently this idea comes from The Un Mom!) Mr. K is slimming down on the DASH diet. ...

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Mr. K decided yesterday to scalp himself when we were out in the backyard doing yard work. I didn't see it happen but he said he didn't bend down far enough ...

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A sampling of books I should have read before I got married and had kids

Had I read this at sixteen, rather than at twenty this book would have saved me a whole lot of heartache. My children will be raised with the info that comes out ...

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It’s all about the moves

I might be two, but I got moves! You watch me and I will show you what to do with a hula ...

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We eats gator in Alabama

We decided that it was time for our children to experience one of the great delicacies of the Gulf Coast, alligator on a stick!

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Drowning – from my hand written journal

One of the most challenging things I have to deal with as a parent is having a child with mental illness. Some days it is like a peaceful river. There is good ebb and flow and little waves are made. Then without notice the river churns with a horrible under current, the waves swell, ...

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A running mate for Sarah Palin

Yes, I have an opinion about Miss California and her views on gay marriage. Someone wrote me surprised that I had not brought up the recent controversy on my blog since ...

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Plan B Revisited

FDA says Yes to Plan B for Seventeen Year Olds Last month I wrote this post about Plan B and having mixed emotions about offering it to seventeen year olds without prescription. Yet, today I feel relief that this passed. This is the time of the year when it really hits home to ...

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