CA Girl

I am going to the grocery store today.  It's my least favorite chore. Actually it is in a dead heat with laundry. Yesterday while I made lunch, Ryan told me he was going to write. I was all for it. I thought he would draw pictures and make scribbles.   He wrote his name first, then his sisters. I helped him with some of the letters. I didn't know he had come so far. Before my next thought, I apologize to teachers. I think you are awesome. That being said, homework totally sucks, and projects are sheer torture. Exhibit A: A book report made into a filmstrip.   Well thank heaven for Emmy and her Time for Tots!   Without her, it would have been an all nighter. It's true, the weather out here has been grand. Take a few minutes to hate us. I will wait. I do not take a nap in the morning on the couch. And it is not because I go to bed past midnight most nights. My mom's aunt sent her this: Women are Angels. And when someone breaks our wings.... We simply con...

It's the Writer's Workshop with Mama Kat.   I chose prompt #2. 2.) Brea from Tomika’s Treasure Trove wants your advice: Quick question. I am new to the blogging world, having clocked up less than 2 weeks worth of posts, and I have just had an ‘Anonymous’ commenter slam me for blogging about my daughter, mentioning her by name, posting photos and up-to-date stories about her. I have not mentioned anywhere in my blog where we live, Country OR State, or what school she goes to. I have also seen, on several other blogs, that other parents do the same thing as me. Some even mention where they live. I was wondering, as a fellow blogger who posts about your family, what are your thoughts on the subject? This is a great topic for discussion.  When I first started blogging, I was reluctant to post pictures online.  But then I realized I was being...well...paranoid.  I don't name my city, or even county.  I do reside in CA, but let's face it...CA is very big.  ...

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I have been a very ungrateful bloggy friend.  I am ungrateful because I was awarded twice last week and I haven't done anything with them.  Last week was one of my crazier weeks filled with multiple doctor appointments, sick kids, yadda yadda yadda.  So now I will begin....*ahem* The first award comes from Joy at The Practical Mom Guide. I enjoy her site very much. Go and visit her.    The award is the Happy 101 Award! To accept the "Happy 101 Award" I need to: 1. Acknowledge the person who gave it to me 2. List ten items that make me happy, and 3. Award it to other bloggers. 10 Things That Make Me Happy:  In no particular order 1.Chocolate. 2.The beach 3. When my son grabs my cheeks and smushes my face. 4.When my eldest cracks a joke 5.When my little middle draws me a picture 6.When my hubby tells me that I do a good job 7. Shoes (There is no such thing as too many shoes.) 8.Floating in a pool, on my back, eyes closed.  9.warm homemade r...

When I was 16, I had it all figured out.  Of course I did.  Don't all 16-25 year old people have it all figured out.   It's that time in your life when you know more than your parents could ever dream or hope to know.  Yes, I had it planned out.  I was going to have a career...in....well it be something good.  Something that makes me lots of money.  I will probably get married and IF I do have children, well then my husband will be the one to stay home with the kids.  I am not going to do all the homemaker junk!  I am woman hear me roar!  I met my husband when I was 21.   We were married three weeks after I turned 23.  Then just 4 years later something happened that changed who I was forever.  When they first handed her to me, I thought she looked kind of funny.  Nobody ever told me that they don't come out looking like a cherub.  They actually are kind blotchy and wrinkly.  No matter, once I h...

I want to apologize on behalf of Southern CA to any all readers who are buried in snow, getting more snow, or has snow on the way. The movie RED DAWN scared the you know what out of me.  I was convinced for weeks, possibly months that we were going to be invaded. I love Peanut Butter Captain Crunch cereal.  I know it's disgusting and terrible for you, but I like it. We (me, mom, Kristin and Ryan) went to Wally.  It was time to restock supplies.  We had both finished up and Kristin wanted to show me some dresses that she liked.  I told my mom to get in line, figuring we would finish long before they would even begin ringing us up.  Ryan followed close behind.  Kristin showed me the collection she liked and I told her she would need something over or under that style.  We looked at a couple of other things and I pointed out that they were too short.  We headed back to the registers to meet Grandma and I started to unload my half of the ca...

For the Writer's Workshop this week, I chose prompt #4 Childhood memory. If you want to learn more about the workshop, visit Mama Kat. My son has a shirt that says, "I do all my own stunts."  It suits him since he has already chipped a tooth and broken his nose.  Oh and then he hit himself in the head with a rock.   So this shirt definitely suits him.  Where does it come from?  His father?  Rich would laugh at that one.  Oh no, his mother is the guilty party.  Yes, I do all my own stunts.  And I have the x-rays and the glow to prove it. When I was 5, I learned to skate.  I remember skating up and down our very long driveway.  I was so happy.  I could skate!  I had those metal wheels.  Yeah.  Old.   I skated every chance I got.  I wore through skates faster than shoes it seems.  I remember my first really cool pair of skates.  I bought them myself with my own hard earned money.   ...