Life Imitates Art, or the Other Way Around?
Wednesday night, after all the dog and website drama here, Baby Sister came over to hang the curtains she’d made for my room and Second Son’s room, only to find we had the wrong length of rod for mine and Second Son’s she deemed too short (thanks to me trusting the contractor who told me [...]
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Jealous of Our Dog
Tuesday, I got to school expecting to be teaching 8th grade and instead was asked to cover 6th grade math/reading classes. Aside from the fact that the 6th graders act like their parents feed them acid for breakfast, it was an ok day. But I came home to an email from a new web client [...]
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And We All Lived to Tell About It
Yes, we all survived Spring Break, hallelujah! It was touch and go a couple of times, but we made it.
No stretch of days seems to pass here lately without some serious life lessons involved. Life lesson realizations, more accurately.
You know, when I made the decision to take Adopted Son in, I knew what I [...]
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Spring Break May Just Break Me
Ok, I’m not sure if it’ll be my sanity or my grocery budget first, but Spring Break is gonna break something, I can tell you that, for sure.
We’re just finishing up Day 4 with 5 more to go. So far, I haven’t had to kill anyone, but if it’s rainy and cold again tomorrow – [...]
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Finding That Balance Between Making Money and Parenting
A recent commenter on Another One Bites the Dust said:
For parents, there are two most important things – money making and children…of course it is easier to say that we need to balance between the two…but how about the reality..?
Lord knows I’ve screwed up countless times in this department as a parent. I may be [...]
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