We squeezed in one last car show this last weekend. I only go to car events for the camping. However, for my husband’s sake, I spent all of Friday sitting next to a gazebo in one of the few patches of grass in the booming town of Long Beach so he could enjoy watching all the cars drive into town
It was a wondrous morning on Monday, the day school started. Of their own volition, my youngest and her friend, who is living with us, with no prompting from me at all, packed their backpacks, laid out their clothes, made breakfast smoothies and put them in the fridge, made lunches and filled water bottles all the night before
We’ve been reorganizing our house these last three weeks or so. My youngest daughter’s friend moved in with us and we’ve flipped rooms around to accommodate her. The final outcome has been an unexpected thrill even if the process was stressful. I’m not one of those people who enjoy the journey more than the destination.
I wish I was about to impart some amazing bit of information, like I know the best places for Friday night karaoke, or I’ve pinpointed the greatest hiking trails for different seasons of the year. But no, I’m referring to hot spots around my home.
We’ve been reorganizing our house these last three weeks or so. My youngest daughter’s friend moved in with us and we’ve flipped rooms around to accommodate her. The final outcome has been an unexpected thrill even if the process was stressful. I’m not one of those people who enjoy the journey more than the destination
I have my house back! After the uproar of flipping the bedrooms and my office/craft room around the last couple weeks, I have finally settled my living space and taken my house back.
My whole house has been turned on end as we prepare to welcome my youngest daughter’s best friend into our home to live with us during their senior year.
I’ve been lamenting my children haven’t been camping with us in a couple years. I’ve missed them.
When I was growing up, I didn’t always know where my parents were. I’m beginning to rethink society’s parental penchant to know where our kids are 24/7. It’s not just about us keeping track of them, it’s also about their ability to find us in an instant
For years I have been performing the same task every weekday morning of every summer. I have now given it up. I find I really don’t seem to care and I can’t figure out why it was so important in the first place
I took my husband out for Father’s Day to the Testy Chef Cafe in Maple Valley. There wasn’t a kid in sight
Soon my youngest will be out of school for the summer and it won’t matter and I can quit disciplining from my room (as if it’s effective)
I’m a big recorder of memories and I really like to have my two daughters’ personal albums (baby books, school albums) similar to each other. I have this innate fear that if their photo albums aren’t similar they will think I don’t love them as much as their sibling.
The sun has started to make an occasional appearance signaling the end of the school year. However, our kids have been stuck in spring break mode for weeks, meaning they don’t mentally check back into school and homework.
I was vacuuming the carpet the other day, getting ready for Mother’s Day. I’ll be having my mother and my mother-in-law over for a nice luncheon.
College is kind of a catch 22 for parents. Once you have one kid in, it’s hard to get your head around letting the other one go. Not because they’ll be leaving, but because of the cost.
My youngest daughter’s big conventions this year were within a week of each other. Comicon (dressing up – oops, excuse me, “cosplaying” like comic book characters) was the last weekend in March and Sakura-con (dres- uh, cosplaying like anime or Japanese cartoon characters) is always Easter weekend
I just got home on Saturday from California. My husband, youngest daughter and I went down there for spring break to visit a college she is interested in. Since we were there, we also went to Disneyland and Universal Studios
I just got home on Saturday from California. My husband, youngest daughter and I went down there for spring break to visit a college she is interested in. Since we were there, we also went to Disneyland and Universal Studios.
For awhile breakfast was a piece of bread spread with Nutella hazelnut/chocolate spread. I let this go even if it was essentially a piece of bread with sugar on it, because it was at least something in her stomach
