Category Archives: Life

The Miscelaneous drawer of thoughts

Name my baby and win!

No, I’m not asking you to name that baby. I want you to name this baby, my blog!
Dustin and I started our website in 2001. It’s purpose was to update out of town family with all of our wedding details so that they could stay informed. Over the years it’s morphed into [...]

$16 Stretch

Before the kids I was a full time home health nurse. One of the main things I did was visit the homebound, assess them and set up their medications for two weeks. When I was first called to set up someone’s medication I thought, “Is this a joke? How hard can it be?”. [...]

It’s not you, it’s me

I just don’t feel like blogging.
I’ve always been brutally transparent here. A lot of you have commented on how you admire and appreciate it. I’m grateful for the compliments, but it’s really not because I’m brave. It’s just because I don’t know better than to say half the stuff I do.
Lately, I’ve been afraid to [...]

My very first Podcast

I’m so excited and nervous….
Everyday when Dustin gets home from work we have “couch time”. It’s the time when we share our day with each other. Today Dustin’s eyes lit up as I started to tell him about my day. When I asked him why he was smiling so big he said “I look [...]

 
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When the voices start arguing

After thoroughly embarrassing myself and my husband in my last post (*Update 5/5/08 - I deleted that post after too many of my husband’s coworkers mentioning to him that I seemed like a crazy woman*), I swore I would never post emotionally again.
Yet, here I am. An emotional poster and an emotional eater. Awesome.
I’ve been [...]

At least I only threw up once

What’s worse than being awakened by the need to fling yourself over the toilet and wretch non existants?
Realizing that you have 20 minutes to shower, dress, wake the kids, dress the kids, feed the kids and drive 15 minutes to your OB apt.
What’s worse than that?
Showering, putting on make up, dressing, sweetly waking the kids, [...]

High of 76 with a slight chance of booger

The kids have been sick for two weeks now. The combination of fussy kids exploding with snot and a mommy sans coffee for 3 days has left me house bound. Well, I did manage to get a fantastic sunburn yesterday doing yard work, but other than that I’ve been home a lot.
What’s the biggest change [...]

Day 3

I haven’t had coffee for 3 long, head-aching days! During these three LONG days I also haven’t showered, nap more than I play with the kids, have had to take Tylenol twice a day for head aches, have been really snappy and with all this said…searching for my bra at this point would be [...]

For the love of breakfast…

Remember that scene in Apollo 13 when they had to shut off all power and choose only the few things that required energy? To be dramatic…I am that space ship. I feel that huge, that sick, and that hopeful. I haven’t had any energy lately.
I finally figured out what the books [...]

3 kids in 3 years!

Thanks to all of you that left me such sweet congratulatory comments. Y’all are the best!
I’ve been feeling really tired lately, like the “I think there is something wrong with me” tired. I mentioned it at a playdate with my friend Jodi and she said jokingly “Maybe your pregnant”. No, that couldn’t [...]