Dreaming of being the modern June Cleaver
Ack! Facebook has me bored, bored, bored lately. If you haven’t seen me active on it, there is a reason. I used to log on daily, as my morning, mid morning, lunch, mid afternoon, afternoon, early evening, evening & late night breaks. My brain got full. It was full of mush. Ever heard the saying “garbage [...]
Ahh Christmas 2012 and ringing in the 2013 New Year has come and gone. As Christmas break ended, structure and routine were simply old friends of mine. We hadn’t chatted since December 14th! They started knocking at my mental door on New Years Eve. I heard them saying..”these boys need direction..tell them what to do”..”stop [...]
Rudolph, our Elf on the Shelf, returns from the North Pole every morning from the day after Thanksgiving until Christmas Eve! In years past he would make his daily appearance in simple ways, such as on the tree or sitting on the coffee table. I have a nagging feeling with Trever being 9 & Tyler [...]
How often do you pack your child’s lunch? I have to admit that I pack my children’s lunch 5 days a week. They only receive “hot” lunch on a very special occasion or when I am out-of-town. Often times packing their lunches can get monotonousness for me. Every day’s menu consists of a sandwich, dairy, starch, fruit [...]
Trever and Tyler were out of school for 3 days due to teacher conferences. We decided to spend one of the three days at the Jacksonville Zoo here in in Jacksonville, FL. On our way to the zoo we picked up their cousin Wesley to come with us. Wesley is 2 and very into trains. [...]
Back to school started here, in Jacksonville, at the end of August. The weather was its trusty hot and humid self and unbearable at times. The kids back packs were full of sharpened pencils and new lunch boxes. My nerves were shot from a long summer home with the children. I couldn’t wait to get [...]
