Mom Sends the Msg: Never Drive Faster Than Your Mom (or Dad) Can Text
on Nov 16, 2009 in It's called Retail Therapy! It's not the years, HONEY - it's the mileage! Raising Kids and Killer Dust Bunnies School Daze So, You From Joisey? Who's Parenting Who? If you were to ask me to list the scariest words in the English language, a few years ago, it would have looked something like this: Strep throat It's probably viral Check E. Cheese Parent-teacher conference I couldn't find any...

Bittersweet Sixteen
on Nov 12, 2009Happy Sixteenth Birthday, Holly! Today, you are sixteen. Sixteen; how is that possible; I mean, wasn't it just yesterday, I blogged about how frightened I was about becoming a mom of a teenager? I still remember blogging about the year...

Veteran's Day Project: Children Give Thanks
on Nov 11, 2009 in Raising Kids and Killer Dust Bunnies School Daze Who's Parenting Who? Her 3rd grade class was asked to create posters, giving thanks to a soldier, for the Veteran's Day Parade, today -- she chose her Uncle John. Each of her classmates has a poster, just like it. A special thanks to...

Classic This Full House: I don’t think early Native Americans even ate salty corn chips or spoke like Scooby Doo, did they!?!
on Nov 9, 2009 in Being Grown Up Sucks! Classic This Full House It's not the years, HONEY - it's the mileage! Raising Kids and Killer Dust Bunnies School Daze Sick Days and Mondays Always Get Me Down Who's Parenting Who? In kindergarten, I used to call her Mini-me! I'm starting my new job, today (YIKES!) and, well, Garth [not his real name] took the day off and, since the kids had him last Thursday and Friday, too (love when he...

Into the Woods
on Nov 7, 2009 in It's not the years, HONEY - it's the mileage! Raising Kids and Killer Dust Bunnies So, You From Joisey? Who's Parenting Who? Over the river and thru the woods, Oh, how the wind does blow! It stings the toes and bites the nose, As over crispy ground we go. Sometimes, you just have to grab an extra blanket, maybe even a fishing...

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY: Times When You Just Can't See Your Desk for ALL the Unfolded Laundry!
on Nov 4, 2009 in Extreme Homemaker Raising Kids and Killer Dust Bunnies Wordless Wednesday Laundry...FOLD THYSELF! Check out the Official Wordless Wednesday HQ Tag, you're it: Wordless Wednesday © 2009 This Full House - All Rights Reserved.

All I Want for Christmas
on Nov 2, 2009 in It's called Retail Therapy! It's not the years, HONEY - it's the mileage! Queen of the Dorks Raising Kids and Killer Dust Bunnies Sick Days and Mondays Always Get Me Down This Full House Video Blogs Vlog This! In case you're wondering whatever happened to Monday Mornings the Doofus-Dawg? He's lost in a pile of laundry. Aaaaanway, I was supposed to start my "real job" today (YAY!) but. they offered to give me an increase to 4 hours,...

Not So SAHM, Anymore
on Oct 30, 2009 in Extreme Homemaker It's not the years, HONEY - it's the mileage! Queen of the Dorks Raising Kids and Killer Dust Bunnies Who's Parenting Who? mommywars Mom, but what BIG ARMS you have -- why, yes, the better to hug you with, my dear! For years (or, as long as this blog has existed...anyways) I have considered the phrase, "Stay-at-Home-Mom" an oxymoron, like: The Great Depression...

It's Not the Years, HONEY - It's the Mileage!
on Oct 28, 2009 in It's not the years, HONEY - it's the mileage! Raising Kids and Killer Dust Bunnies School Daze Yeah, well, YOU shut up and drive! I have ALWAYS thought the acronym SAHM (stay-at-home-mom) to be an oxymoron. Yes, I have kids. Yes, I am home (right now) and yes, my kids are also in school (full-time) but, I...

Monday Morning With Doofus-Dawg: Mama Always DID Like Me Best!
on Oct 26, 2009 in Being Grown Up Sucks! Doofus-Dog In Case of Emergency, Send Chocolate! It's not the years, HONEY - it's the mileage! Raising Kids and Killer Dust Bunnies Sick Days and Mondays Always Get Me Down Who's Parenting Who? D'oh, Ah loves it when Mama does that... Mah moms is not heres, right now and...d'oh...excuse me a minute, puh-leeze. BARK-BARK-WOOF-BARKITY-WOOF-WOOF! D'oh, sorry 'bout that. Ah hates squirrels. Don't yous? Anyways. Mah moms is not heres, I think an...