I am so upset!! The black-tutu girl never showed up last night, and around noon, I called and left another message saying how upset I was about the tutu. She finally called me around 1330, saying she was sorry and... Read more →

If you're playing along today, be sure and link up with Cate. My six words this week are: May be Halloween; I'm craving Thanksgiving! Have a good weekend. :) Fin. Read more →

...Because it's easier to blame my day falling apart at the seams on him than it is to accept it myself, I'm going to go with that. Yeah. Yesterday ended, and today began, here. Pretty much. Picture it: Living room,... Read more →

Link up with Mrs4444 of Half-Past Kissin' Time and Sara of Ordinary and Awesome if you're dropping brain turds today! I am sick AGAIN (flu, this time), so this will AGAIN be pretty short: ☼ Chloë, 8, had to do... Read more →

Link up with Kailani if you're playing along today! So my question for you this week is (and I'm sure you'll get this a lot):Do you get a lot of trick-or-treaters? Do you have to buy a lot of candy?... Read more →

So... after three days of cleaning up puke (not counting last week's Sophie episode), and a good day of rest today, the kids are going back to school tomorrow. Hallelujah!! Unfortunately, now Rob and I have the flu. I've been... Read more →

...to school, that is. We kept all three home from school today. Chloë was a given, after yesterday; Sophia was a pretty sure thing, and Jack was the surprise sicky this morning. All three had a fever, all three were... Read more →

Link up here if you're Wordless today. Here's a shot of Sophia passed out on the couch, that Rob took with my iPhone: Poor little chickadee; she's up with me now at 0200, coughing her brains out. :( Fin. Read more →

Holy fuck. I think I've finally had some sort of epiphany, and here it is: I don't believe in Christian Science. I really don't. (For those who haven't known me my whole life or more than an hour, I was... Read more →

So much for a relaxing day off.Rob let me sleep in 'til 1100 or so, and when I woke up, Chloë was sound asleep next to me. I got up and felt her cheek, and she was burning up. Took... Read more →

Well, I've done it. Remember a month ago, at my 8-month post-surgery mark, I said I was hoping to be in "one-derland" (ie, under the 200-lb mark) by my one-year surgiversary in January, 2010? (I didn't make up that term,... Read more →

Link up with Cate if you're playing along today. My six words this week are: Obsessively thinking about that breast lump :( Hopefully things will turn out just fine, but it's always on my mind... Fin. Read more →

Link up with Samantha if you're playing along! 1. Tell us a story when you got jealous. I don't really get jealous, actually. It's just not a trait I really have, for better or worse. 2. What is your least... Read more →

I have a few minutes, so I thought I would post this now and get it off my brain, so I can continue with my day. I had my dr. appointment this morning. During the breast exam, the doctor found... Read more →

As in, quick. For me. We shall see... I've jumped back into the grind at work. The Z-pack has really kicked the pneumonia/sinusitis/pharyngitis/bronchitis' ass, and I'm feeling pretty good. Except for having to run to the bathroom every so often... Read more →

I like that word. Spackle. Say it. "Spackle." It's fun. Anyway. Let me (try to briefly) recap: Friday. Still sick, still feeling miserable, I didn't accomplish much. However, I did transform this monstrosity: into this beauty: Looks good enough to... Read more →

Presenting.... Lucas Wayne G., born Sunday, October 18, 2009! I'll let Stephanie share all the details of their birth story with you, but Luke was born this morning after an unplanned c-section, when it was determined that he was in... Read more →

Link up with Samantha if you're playing along today! 1. When you were young, what did you want to be when you grew up? A marine biologist 2. Did you ever pursue that career? I sure did, got my BS... Read more →

is hosted by Mrs4444, and is hosted by Sara Be sure and check 'em out, linking up if you're playing along this week! { I'm sick, so this will likely be a short one for me. } ☼ First, I... Read more →

Be sure and link up with Kailani if you're joining in this fun weekly carnival! You may have already read here that in a few years, my husband will retire from the Navy. We're going to sell our house and... Read more →