Empty Spaces
My Dad wasn’t much of a cook growing up. Our dinners almost always consisted of one of the following options: Dinty Moore Beef Stew Frozen Fish Sticks Frozen Egg Rolls Sandwiches Canned soups About once a year he would buy a pot roast and throw it in the crock pot with some potatoes. That was always awesome. And then there was Thanksgiving. Dad would buy a turkey, stuff it with boxed stuffing, and cook it with no extra or fancy treatment. He would usually put it in early... Read More
Spending The Day Taking Deep Breaths and Counting To 10
My grouchy fuse has gotten shorter lately. I notice the last few weeks that I’ll wake up with a lot of patience and tolerance but that gets distinguished quite early in the day. Earlier than usual. I find myself entering into the Grouchy Grumpy Mom Mode earlier in the evening and I do it every day. It used to be a mode I’d switch into after several long days in a row. Now? It only seems to take several long hours. And suddenly I’m griping at my kids for being... Read More
Holiday Prep
My family has typically come into town for Christmas OR Thanksgiving every year. This year they come in for both and I couldn’t be more happy. I have always used this visit as my motivation to update pictures in frames around the house. I twittered about doing this one day and it seems that I’m slightly unique in this endeavor. Yay! Finally! Something I might be able to throw out to the internet as a Good Idea to pay it back for all of the Good Ideas I’ve gotten... Read More
