Five Days Sans Children: A First.
Tomorrow MrZ and I are leaving on a 5-day trip…by ourselves. We are going to Tucson to visit my brother and I can NOT wait. We have not ever gone a trip that long without one or all of our kids. Ever. The most we’ve ever done is an overnight trip here and there, and one 2-night trip before NikkiZ was born. We’ve been together for almost 10 years now and have never taken a trip alone. It’s weird to imagine that. The funny thing is…it didn’t really... Read More
Daily Dose Of Cuteness
AndyZ does this adorably cute thing when he hears a noise outside of the norm in a given situation. Whether it’s the ice cream truck in our neighborhood or an announcement over the loud speaker at a store. Sometimes he does it when he hears someone mowing grass or a dog barking in a neighboring yard. Either way, it is the CUTEST THING EVER. And of course we encourage it by all responding in like which I’m sure would make it’s own type of cute photo. It’s... Read More
Snow!
I woke the kids up early on Saturday morning because I wanted them to play in the “snow” before it all melted. Yes, I’m aware that this is not a real snow, hence the previously used quotation marks, but this is probably the best my kids will get all winter and I wasn’t going to let them miss it…dammit! Of course, because it was just enough to be cold and wet, but not enough to do anything fun with, they were not at all impressed. As a matter of fact,... Read More
Newbie in the Kitchen Thanksgiving
Well…I’ve been meaning to brag about the cooking I did on/around Thanksgiving but my crankiness and bitchiness has gotten in the way. So, let’s try it today! Since I had family visiting in the days surrounding our Thanksgiving, I made several things in four days. The Non-Thanksgiving Dishes I Made Over Four Days Around Thanksgiving White Chicken Chili (recipe on the back of the Northern Beans can) PDub’s Pinto Beans and Cornbread (I make sweet cornbread... Read More
Operation Maintaining Patience: Success! (At least for one day…)
I made a deliberate effort yesterday to take deep breaths and count to 10 more often to try to see how long I could stretch my patience. I was proud of myself as I had a much better day with my kids than I’ve had the last few weeks. And let me tell you: The Universe was trying to thwart my efforts ALL DAY! There was the rain, first and foremost. The rain that would stop completely on my way into a store while I was running errands but became a torrential downpour on my way... Read More
