MY RECENT POSTS
- Looking For Easy
August 08, 2012 10:52AM - The unedited version or our
home on most days.
July 25, 2012 03:49PM - For Katie
July 20, 2012 04:47PM - Perhaps An Awkward Time To Be
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July 19, 2012 09:21AM - To Record or Not
July 17, 2012 10:08PM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “Thanks:)”
February 09, 2012 01:23PM - “Amen Unbreakable!
Scanner, light beer so as not
to gain back
all the weight
I'm w…”
February 03, 2012 05:46PM - “What do lady's like you
like?:)”
January 31, 2012 08:36AM - “That is a huge
compliment! Thank you:)”
January 16, 2012 05:54PM - “Thanks! I do love the
way they get lost in
projects.”
January 11, 2012 07:59AM
Gremadcha's Links
FEBRUARY 27, 2012 9:47AM
It has come to this, a gym upgrade and a 5 day work out plan
If I haven't been blogging a ton lately this is why. I am now carefully scheduling life around gym visits and on the off chance I have a spare minute I research athletic pants that don't shine when stretched and thus highlight your unflattering parts. Although the scale will NOT move/…
FEBRUARY 22, 2012 6:38PM
Girls, Friends, Puppets and Front Porches and a Boy Room in No Particular Order
Charlie has been living in a violet slash periwinkle room with a
vast assortment of nail holes and random decorations like a pastel
needlepoint bunny among other things since birth. This weekend we
filled in all the holes (me) and painted (Sam) the room jade green.
Then I spent about 40…
FEBRUARY 16, 2012 12:46PM
In Response to Bloom
Oh to be a woman in this world we live in! Obviously I am not the only one who struggles with self image and how it relates to self worth. I feel the need to explain that when I write about my weight I am not writing about an extra pound/…
FEBRUARY 14, 2012 6:30PM
Bloom
Blooms tend to quickly fray and fade with bad decisions.
Then college and cheap fast food and more decisions some/…
FEBRUARY 12, 2012 5:36PM
Dear SAM,
I will forget this in a few minutes, an hour, a day. I will forget looking around the kitchen that you cleaned for us while the girls and I were making 57 Valentines Day cards for their classmates. I will forget feeling like without you I would not be able to/…
FEBRUARY 9, 2012 9:24AM
In case you were wondering,
Poppy
did in fact turn four. I've been underwater in household chores and
Etsy promotion (hit
200 sales yesterday! Thanks M).
Dear working mothers,
I think you are actually super heroes disguised as regular people. This also applies to wives that have husbands who travel for work and all single p/…
FEBRUARY 7, 2012 2:59PM
TO 200!
FEBRUARY 3, 2012 3:00PM
Revelation and Counting Points
I am at a peculiar stage in my life right now. About to turn 35,
regularly exercising, counting food and activity
points and studying
Revelation. This has led to completely bizarre mind dramas
where I am training for the apocalypse and memorizing nutritious
sources of protein. At night I dream of…
FEBRUARY 1, 2012 8:22PM
In my defense,
I am
their mother and I have to prove that 36 months of
pregnancy and jeans four sizes up from where I started in
2003 produced adorable results and sorry if you have already
seen these on Facebook. I'm finished after this I promise!
Dear
Children, I apologize for displaying your quirky face… Read full post »
JANUARY 31, 2012 2:18PM
I Never Was Good At Math
So it turns out that losing weight is a simple matter of math. Forty-five minutes of jogging does not equal eat whatever you want and still lose weight even if you HAVE sweat through three sports bras. Darn. I was really hoping that would work. So I am now keeping a/…
JANUARY 30, 2012 6:08PM
Behind The Scenes
As long as I can remember I have been happiest when making things.
Sewing, knitting, crocheting, stitching. For as long as I can
remember I have had the challenge of making all my supplies fit
into a small space without becoming hopelessly disorganized. My
best friends? Plastic bins of all shapes…
Thanks Jen for sharing that illustration with me!
JANUARY 26, 2012 9:00AM
Ryan and Laura
I met Ryan when Sadie was still a baby in our first house group (a
group of folks that go to the same church who meet together in a
smaller group). He was so handsome and funny and in graduate school
and he always made me laugh and used interesting words…
JANUARY 24, 2012 4:57PM
And So The Humiliation Begins For Real
On
this quest for fitness (and weight loss, please dear God weight
loss) I came to the realization that I needed some help. Since
personal training is outside my fitness budget of $10 a month I
enlisted the help of a very sweet (trainer) friend. She took my
measurements asked me… Read full post »
JANUARY 20, 2012 1:38PM
Little Cups of Milk
I'm aware that I complain about my kiddos. I do. Sometimes it's
because I don't think there are many voices out there speaking the
truth of motherhood. Sometimes it's because I am tired and
frustrated and need an outlet. Underneath the venting and humor of
what I write is love almost…
JANUARY 17, 2012 4:58PM
I'm fairly certain my sarcasm is lost on the children.
Except I do it anyway. For every whining lament I receive from Ruby this is my usual response:
"Ruby, I have a great idea! Why don't you see if whining will help get you what you want?" I'm sure it will work this time."
Ruby has got the quizzical frown mastered. She pays me/…
JANUARY 16, 2012 2:09PM
What Saves Me
I am going to conclude this post with Jesus. Inevitably when I do
that I lose followers, which is fine but I have this need to give
fair warning. Consider yourself warned because we are going there
today however unpopular and uncool. Does the desire to be popular
and cool ever… Read full post »
JANUARY 13, 2012 9:01AM
So, there is this girl Jodie,
and she is really awesome and talented and when you grow up in St.
Louis, especially the smallish suburb where I resided everyone
knows everyone or is married to someones cousin or went to the same
school or had the same dentist that also had a daughter in your
sisters grade…
JANUARY 12, 2012 5:10PM
Uni-boob
JANUARY 10, 2012 6:50PM
Adventures In Newborn Knitting and Dutch Oven Chicken
I'm still on the ear flap hat kick. This weekend I tried my hand at pattern designing, heavily borrowing on patterns I already know. It still needs some tweaks but here is the end result, a lovely newborn baby hat that should fit a 7 to 9 pound baby.
JANUARY 9, 2012 1:57PM
And then there was that time Poppy opened and spilled a whole box of jelly beans in the wine aisle at Trader Joes.
Friday night Sam and I took Poppy (and Charlie but he's little and mostly quiet) on a date to the very fancy Macaroni Grill. It was a little before 5pm, our preferred time to eat at restaurants with small children because really no one else is there besides older people who/…
JANUARY 6, 2012 11:41AM
Wood Burner Project
A couple of days ago the girls and I tried out some wood burning. They sketched out their ideas on wood blocks and I traced them with the wood burner.
JANUARY 4, 2012 9:39AM
Proof that I may need to explain Christianity in more detail.
Last night the girls prayed before bed. Actually it was more like me shushing 2 of them so 1 could be heard and then round and round with eye squints directed at the loudest offender to show I meant business.
Ruby- Thank you God and Jesus and all of the God persons/…
JANUARY 3, 2012 6:02PM
On Dora slippers as regular footwear and other really important things.
It has always been a family rule that kids get to pick out their own outfits (as well as headbands, fantastical baubles and belts of all sorts) as long as it is weather appropriate and somewhat modest. I am a huge fan of Lands End and layering. We have remained firm on a/…
JANUARY 2, 2012 12:05PM
Just for Pretend
This year my mom created a playroom in one of her upstairs bedrooms
as a Christmas gift for all of the grandkids. My brother-in-law
installed mirrors and hooks galore and apparently that is all you
need between the ages of 2 to 7 for entrance into the magical world
of pretend…
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