Daring Young Mom

“I grab the produce quickly, not taking the time to pretend I know what makes a watermelon good, and I rush back to hug him dramatically. ‘OH BABY!’ I fake-sob…”
I’ve decided to keep my baby. Read more at Parenting.com.

…this is the first time in my life I’ve ever been able to successfully wink my right eye.

Then again, it’s completely glued and swollen shut so winking my left eye has lost its charm.

Things are strange around here.

In ocular health news… it still kills! I’m giving the antibiotics a couple of days before going back to my neighbor’s house for things which I don’t know what they are. (If you comment on my funky eyebrows, I will FIND you.)

This morning I came down and found Belle [...]

My awesome new biologist neighbor has been teaching me all sorts of interesting things about gardening, healthy living and home décor. She took me on a tour of my backyard introducing me to all my botanical friends, makes the most amazing organical foods and I plan on stealing several of her decorating ideas for [...]

This weekend we wrangled all six bebes into our minivans and headed downtown for the obligatory Guests-In-Town-Must-See-Water visit to Pike Place Market and the pier in Seattle.
Shortly into the drive I noticed my cell phone was missing. Should we go back? Not by the peanut butter smears on their chinny chin chins! [...]

My kids think I’m a little slow and with my left eyelid swollen up like a kalamata olive today, I may look a little dim but I’m actually quite a smart lady.

And now for installment 4 of The Series:
Finally a shelf big enough for my VCR!!

“TV Topshelf - Sturdy shelf lets your TV do something handy!”

After Gandalf was reborn, he invented his own line of cleaning products.

White Wizard Stain Remover

The trees are lonely.

“Sweet William Floral Ring - Pre-seeded floral ring spruces up lonely trees instantly!”

Whoever said [...]

Mine screams “THERE ARE CHILDREN HERE AND THERE’S NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT PUNK!”
I claim the land. They reclaim it. I install patio lights (or Dan installs them but the blog’s about me and they were my idea so I’ll say I install them) and the kids sprinkle tiny sand mounds on [...]

Sometimes I’m glad that my sister and good friend are willing to drive for eleventy billion hours to come visit me this whole week.
Sometimes I’m glad to have grownup ladies with me everywhere I go for a few days. It allows me some wiggle room on the whole “mature responsible mom” thing. These [...]

So my blogging slump is largely due to the week being dominated by my total lerve of So You Think You Can Dance. I so very much enjoy that show. Jeana can mock if she wants but I’m working out and when I get back in shape I will totally learn how to [...]