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How to run errands with children…
I ran errands today. Not shocking. I do that from time to time. What seemed to be noteworthy to a friend I ran into at the grocery store was that I did it with five children en tow. Only three were mine, two were on loan from a friend since the summer program her two children had been attending terminated a week before school began (crazy) and she needed someone to fill in the gap. That someone was me!
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Pool of trouble…
We bought this house a year ago, particularly because it has a wonderful in-ground pool in the backyard. We have three active children, of which the youngest two aged 9 and 7, are full of energy and love to be active having fun. The oldest one, 14, is more at ease with his nose glued to his computer screen or a video game console. So last summer, the two youngest spent every waking moment swimming that they could. It was great for me, because with the stress of having just moved in and not being able to find most of our stuff, I wasn’t happy leaving the house knowing I…
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Been a long time…
Well, I just noticed that it’s been an indecently long time since I have written. And I guess it’s high time I got it together and updated. Its down to the last weeks before my husband returns from this latest deployment. I am excited and nervous. Nervous that he has a mental image of what the house we moved into almost a year ago looks like, and that the expectations are high. There’s still a lot of unpacked boxes and odds and ends I haven’t quite figured out what to do with in this new house. It has been busy. It seems like every day a thousand things are on…
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Haze Gray Matter
I think the most irritating thing about my dear military husband is that he likes to pretend that I don’t know what he is up to. Let me explain: I took a short trip this past weekend to visit my mother. He was supposed to have been on that trip, but his ship’s schedule changed at the last minute so he had to stay behind to get underway while I was gone. I left a small “honey do” list, and on it I requested that before he left the house, could he please take out the trash? Nothing major, I wasn’t asking him to redo my kitchen. Why is it…
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Summer Doldrums
I am guilty of packing too much busyness into my days. I get all caught up in the “To Do” list that I forget how much fun it is to just take a break. I wish now, as the month of July comes to a close, that I had been able to have more of a break these last few months.
