Monthly Archives: January 2006
To my beautiful curly haired child
When I said you could have some graham crackers, I did not mean that you could use a scissor to cut them into shapes. I do feel that I must thank you for filling in the cracks between the wood … Continue reading
We are not really here. Well, just our bodies are.
We do not exist in this world anymore. We exist in the world of the perpetual vacation. We hustle on Friday to pack the Little House, pick up the kids from school and get the hell out of Dodge. We … Continue reading
My new home
Okay, so I am giving this a go. Here is my new home! hang in with me while I wet my feet with WordPress
Goose Island SP
We took off again in the Little House and enjoyed the beauty of Goose Island State Park. Oh, it was….well, a picture says a thousand words so, here ya go: The pier that went on forever: The Great Egret: Camp … Continue reading
Morning routine
Chris and Carmen have teamed up to do posts on “The day in the life of a larger than average family” each Wednesday. Today’s topic is The Morning Routine, and everyone is invited to post their routine, then link to … Continue reading
While I waited, God created
How does God answer prayers? In His time, so they say. Just one look at her and you must admit, It was time spent perfecting her smile.
Sing a joyful song…….
Quinn was overheard singing a special song this morning. Notice the ad libbing of the 2nd and 4th verses. La cucaracha, la cucaracha, Eeny meanie miney mo; La cucaracha, la cucaracha, Eeny meanie miney mo; Can the cuteness get much … Continue reading
24 hours of grease
Can you inject Dawn into your arteries? I need some de-greasing. I cooked 2 pounds of bacon yesterday morning…………it is gone. After having consumed , oh, say 6 pieces of bacon yesterday morning, in the chaos of my day I … Continue reading
The low down and for those who do not like cursing, please cover your eyes
Why, oh why do we have to have real life, with jobs, bills, cat litter, school, etc. Coming home from our little trip this weekend was about as enjoyable as having all of my eye lashes removed with a tweezer. … Continue reading
Even ponies can be trailer trash.
Ponies on vacation, Aransas Pass, Texas
Photos, photos and more photos………..errrrrrr
If you go to my Flickr page, be prepared to be assaulted with a kazillion newly loaded photos. It is bad….real bad. Worse than the home movies of your great, great Aunties trip to Maui. When I moved my site … Continue reading
Is this in the Little Book of Manners?
How my daughter signals that she is finished eating:
Step out from behind that IP #
Who are you people?? I need to know! I have had almost 50,000 hits since I moved to this domain, so I know you are there, lurking and such. I want to know who you are! I want to visit … Continue reading
Dialogue….if you can call it that.
Me: “Do you want to watch Animals?” Mia: “Yesh, Amnimals” So, I place “Amazing Animals” into the video recorder. Mia explodes into a screaming, stomping mess. “NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!” Me: “What, I thought you wanted Animals on…okay, out they go” and I … Continue reading
Meme
I have been tagged by Jennifer! This is the first Meme I have ever done. Five weird habits of yourself: “The first player of this game starts with the topic ‘five weird habits of yourself,’ and people who get tagged … Continue reading
10 Things to remember
1. Memory foam will not only remember a comfortable position you placed your body in, it will also remember the breast feeding contortionist position in which your spine was shaped like a section of Dead Mans Curve……it will mold around … Continue reading
Hope
A recent search brought someone to my sight looking for hope. These simple words speak for themselves and brought it all back to me, awash in tears: -4 miscarriages hope My heart goes out to you, and yes, there is … Continue reading
We need a bigger driveway
And I thought the truck was big………….. The very long 5′er arrived in Shiner at midnight last night. 3 very tired and excited boys woke me up to show me what they dragged home from the Almost Great North ;*) … Continue reading
I really need to do some house work!
My son and daughter love to get the foot lotion out and play with it. One perk for me is I am the recipient of copious amounts of lotion lathered all over my legs and feet. I present to you … Continue reading
They’re on the road again!
Just got word from Bill that they have picked up the 5′er and are on their way home! He said that the truck pulls it without any problems! Big relief to me! He said the RV is beautiful. The furniture … Continue reading
Travels to the Great North
It has been a frenzy of planning here. We decided on the Ameri-camp, got financing, then insurance etc. Then had to find a 5 day window in which to drive to Indiana and pick it up.* That 5 day window … Continue reading

