Posts Tagged: marriage pact series

This ‘Marital Moment’ Brought to You By….

posted on 12/19/2010

ME: Urrgh! You keep complaining about stuff, but you won’t accept any of my solutions! DH: I know, I’m really frustrating that way. It’s a character flaw. ME: Character flaw? Really? Are you sure it’s not just a consistent, annoying choice? DH: Hmmm… [Thinks]. Nope, it’s a character flaw. ME: *Sigh*

Dear PTA Lady: A Protest!

posted on 12/17/2010

It’s Teacher Appreciation Week at Monkey’s school. Sounds nice, doesn’t it? I think so. I love teachers. I worked at a school for almost three years and teachers were the majority of my acquaintance. My best friend is a teacher. I know first-hand what a hard and often thankless job it can be. So I […]

Feeling a Bit Like Tippi Hedren

posted on 12/08/2010

And, yes, I had to look up how to spell her name. It is so cold outside today that the birds in our backyard seem to be actually trying to get into the house. All morning I’ve been watching an aerobatic display in out the window — we are fortunate to have a yard that’s […]

With Thanks to a Friend…

posted on 12/01/2010

… for a trip down Memory Lane (more like Memory I-85) that made me smile and reminded me of a period of real growth in my own life. Reading her blog, I felt like a much better person than I really am most days. It’s nice to have friends with good memories around at your […]

Rainy Days and Tuesdays…

posted on 11/30/2010

It’s funny how sometimes the weather changes your mood; and other times it seems to simply reflect it. As though the gray skies and dripping leaves are just an extension of what’s going on inside. For me, today is one of those days. I had a wonderful Thanksgiving break – time with family, time in […]

Life’s Questions Answered… Or, Not

posted on 11/16/2010

A mommy first today… I got a call about an hour ago that my sweet baby was vomiting “everywhere” and I needed to go pick him up from preschool. Yuck. And poor baby. So I am busy scrapping my plans for the afternoon, desperately rearranging my work schedule, and waiting for a call back from […]

The Very Cluttered Diaper Bag

posted on 11/10/2010

The latest obsession around our house, edging out the toy vacuum cleaner that a girlfriend let us borrow, is Eric Carle’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Before MLM was born, people warned me that this book would be the object of pure passion, and that has certainly has been the case. I now read that book, […]