I am excited to participate in Carissa’s meme. I have been reading her posts forever and decided this is a great way to ramble on update y’all on the goings on in the Smallwood house. We are all having the best time loving on Sweet Pea. She had her two week check-up today and is…
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Yes Mom
Geometry- check English 9 honors- check Spanish II- check Mama ready to burst into tears at scheduling her son’s classes for HIGH SCHOOL next year- check Every fiber of my being wants to shout NO to all this growing up stuff. No to girls that are way too forward, no to Facebook, no to later…
2009 Recap…Meme style
Well, I told my kids that I wouldn’t blog this week, as we are in Florida visiting family together. However, they have deserted me in favor of spending time with their uncles and grandfather so I was going through my blog reader (492 posts, show-off’s) and came across this fun meme at Musings of a Housewife. So, to quelch…
Say Cheese…
Yes, so I know I said today that I would be posting sporadically and now I’m posting twice in one day- but that is what happens when I take a hot cocoa break from unpacking boxes to check my Google reader…I discover adorable post ideas like this one from the Happy Housewife. She challenged us…
Monday Mingle #3
Courtesy of our host Eighty MPH Mom, here is my Monday Mingle. Have a great week everyone!
I am not a scrooge…
Image via Wikipedia To prove the fact that, despite the absence of a Christmas tree in our home right now, I am not Mrs. Scrooge I decided to swipe this meme from my friend Karie at The Five Fish. Feel free to swipe it yourself, I would love to know your answers =) 1.) Have…
Uniquely You
Today, joining with Laurie from Women Taking a Stand, we are being thankful for uniqueness. I think my readers are painfully aware of the things that make me unique so I thought I would point out some things I am thankful for about the ways the people I love are special to me, because of…
Mustang Sally
Tomorrow my YOUNGEST child will turn twelve! Officially gone are the days of car seats, double strollers, Happy Meals (although those didn’t occur often), elementary school, and Cub Scouts. I went through a (rather long but now over) phase period when the boys were smaller that I longed for another baby. That feeling has passed….
Thankful through the valley
This week, participating in National Invisible Chronic Illness Awareness week, I made a conscious effort to not grumble or complain. That is almost impossible but I did try. Then I remembered that today would be Thankful Thursday and I could utter (or write, really) the words that very few people understand…I am thankful that I…
You may not know..
30 Things About My Invisible Illness You May Not Know 1. The illness I live with is: multiple sclerosis 2. I was diagnosed with it in the year: January 2008, on my 29th birthday as a matter of fact 3. But I had symptoms since: 2003 4. The biggest adjustment I’ve had to make is: …
