and baby makes 6!

I feel so scattered and out of control.  Like I can’t do one thing right. 
I want to be a wonderful mother, loving wife, and a competent RN…. an angel of mercy.
Instead I find myself yelling at my kids, feeling annoyed at my husband, and inadequate as a nurse.
And then there is this blog.  I am amazed when I [...]

Do you know how very fragile life is?  The miracle of how a human body forms, takes its firt breath, cries and begins the process of being alive is so damn unreal.
I could attend one million births and it will never cease to amaze me how miraculous it all is.
As humans, we just will never [...]

That’s what little boys bring home to my house.
Colorful snakes
 
(No, not a coral.  Remember….Red on yellow, kill a fellow, red on black, venom lack.)
Isn’t my life interesting?

I made it until 2pm, and couldn’t stand to wait another second.  I had to call Bill and see how the morning went with me gone.  Mia had had a rough night, and had acted like her throat was hurting, so heading off to my first day of work was stressful.
Me:  Hi hon.  I just [...]

We took a day trip to Port A on Sunday.  It was a gorgeous day, complete with some little waves. 
Heading to the beach
 
Sunkissed face
 
My middle man
 
My little man
 
Skimming for fish
 
My man, heading for the water. He was not posing….he was looking up the beach and was pissed at something Cory was doing to his brother. Lean, mean surfing machine!  LOL!
 
Now, go [...]

Dear Captain Morgan,
We love you blended with ice and Bacardi Real Lime Mixer………..even if you aren’t a real Captain. 
Love,
Bill and Jody

Yesterday was the first day of school.  On August 10th. The peak of summer, and my kids were going to school.  I think that should be against the law.  Heck, it didn’t even feel like back to school.  No fall colors.  No leaves on the ground.  Only a temperature of 98 and cicadas screeching in [...]

I just don’t get it. This article states that 25% of all BabyTalk readers were offended by the cover picture of a boob and a baby nursing on it. It is called “BabyTalk” for crying out loud. What the hell do you think is going to be on the cover? Strategic missiles? [...]

I heard crying and my daughter came running in.
She said “I fell down. Whhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa”
I hugged her and kissed her, and she stopped crying.
I wiped the tears from her eyes and she said in an adorable, pouty voice, with an expression that brought to mind pink frosted, angel food cake: “Mommy, [...]

Since I have been a menstruating adult, I have had to go to the salon, turn over my husbands paycheck and our firstborn child, to get the blond that I so desire.
Yes, the summer sun would give it a glimmer here, and a glimmer there, but nothing substantial. I always had to [...]

Last year, for Cody’s 8th birthday, one of his best friends found the perfect gift to give to him. He had caught, at his house, a green tree frog, and was totally jazzed about presenting it to Cody. He knew that Cody was a tree frog fanatic. Talk about the gift [...]