Sweat the Small Stuff: Ranting about the little peeves in life
Posted in Family on Oct 31st, 2007
Generally speaking I have my own vehicle to drive to work. I feel fortunate to have this, but of course I am very used to it as well. I drive the truck, my wife drives the van. It is not something chauvinistic or anything, it just works out because my wife does most of the [...]
As a parent you always live in a balance between hope and fear for your kids; at least I do. I hope for the best and try to provide every way for them to enjoy and succeed in life. I always live in fear that they will hurt themselves, fail at anything or [...]
Posted in Family on Sep 26th, 2007
If you have raised kids past the age of learning to talk, then you are familiar with the phrase “guess what?”. In fact, I would submit that you are not only familiar with it, but the mere beginning of the phrase sends chills down your spine. Every newly enabled talker in our family has employed [...]
Posted in Family, General Rants on Jul 11th, 2007
Any husbands/men here you might want to not continue on…there will be some ranting, complaining and speaking about the current loathing I have at the moment for men in general…my dear sweet husband of 22 years in particular. Ok…any men still reading on you have been warned…ladies…I know you ALL can relate!
I have four kids, which means I have four distinct little personalities that are growing in my home. Each is unique in the way they approach life, especially trying out new things. My oldest boy is disabled, so he is of course different than the norm, but the others fall into more typically known categories.
The [...]
I am currently traveling to the merry land of Disney for a family vacation, so we are getting plenty of “quality” time in the car on the trip there. Quality of course is a loose term to describe the periodic calm between the kids grumpy phases from so many hours in the car. [...]
Posted in Family on May 1st, 2007
This last weekend I went camping with my family and a neighbor family. We both have camp trailers, so we decided to reserve side-by-side spots at a campground and make a weekend out of it. We all had a great time and the weekend was great. Camping trips take a fair amount of effort on [...]
Posted in Family on Mar 20th, 2007
–UPDATE— I Received A Reply & Posted It At The End —Update—
First let me tell you the brief story. My wife and I have a 6 month old son and we have been using Pampers Swaddlers diapers since he was a newborn. We absolutely love them! They don’t leak, they stretch when he moves, and [...]
Posted in Family on Feb 24th, 2007
One sister for sale!
One sister for sale!
One crying and spying young sister for sale!
I’m really not kidding,
So who’ll start the bidding?
Do I hear a dollar?
A nickel?
A penny?
Oh, isn’t there, isn’t there, isn’t there any
One kid who will buy this old sister for sale,
This crying and spying young sister for sale?
Part of “Sister For Sale” from [...]
Posted in Family, General Rants on Feb 19th, 2007
I have four kids, all 10 and under. My youngest is one year old, so that translates to early bed time for most of the household. Early bed time is for a few reasons. FKids need plenty of sleep. if you want to have a pleasant following day, you have to get your kids to [...]
