Why Yes, I Am . . . .

. . . . wearing my seven year old’s GAP hoodie. You got a problem with that? (photo courtesy of Gillian Martin) It actually started out with me being silly. There were a couple of teenagers over here and we were joking around. I put on Liam’s hoodie and was like, “hey, I could do [...]

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Another Thing I Learned the Hard Way

There’s being frugal, and there’s being smart, and when you’re a busy mom, sometimes the two don’t work together. Like in that moment when you decide to finish off your kid’s orange juice because you don’t want it to go to waste. So you pick it up and start guzzling down that orangy goodness, only [...]

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Sickly

Oh, what to write when one is sick. When every thought is blaaaah, and ugh. Just trying to maintain a little sanity up in here where everything feels all germy and stuffy and out of control. I know what I need to do right now is rest, but I find myself instead doing random chores, [...]

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Did That Really Just Happen?

Liam: I love it when it’s buttoned. Gillian: I hate it when it’s buttoned. L: I Love it. G: I Hate it. L: Love it. G: Hate it. L: LOVE IT! G: HATE IT! L: LOVE! G: HATE! (Then, simultaneously . . . ) L&G: Love, hate, love, hate, love, hate, love, hate, love, hate [...]

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Hauling Out The Holly and Everything That Goes With It

As I mentioned yesterday, I don’t normally get my Christmas decorations up the day after Thanksgiving because we traditionally stay in GA with the Martins/Jacksons/Stovalls, etc. on the Friday after and I’m just too beat to use up my Saturday. This year though, thanks to VZW and Black Friday madness, Andy was working and there [...]

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Picture Moments

Just a few glimpses of the last couple of weeks. Gifts. Moments. Sweet babies.

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. . . . rhymes with Eliot

It really is Eliot’s fault. I started out so sweetly! I was scooping him up, planning cuddles and tickles, typical night time love-tank filling, when I put him on the changing table to change his diaper. I often make up songs when I’m changing him and this time was no exception. To the tune of [...]

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Spring Fever . . .

. . . . is upon us in every way. Homeschooling is hard, blogging almost impossible, breathing even a challenge. I’ve got a couple of drafts that I’m working on, but I need courage to post them. I need guidance to write the words that would serve. Hopefully I’ll have something up soon. All in [...]

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Not the Post I Planned On Writing

This morning I was crafting a beautiful, spiritual, probably moving post for you all, when Andy and I both locked into our own kingdom stuff and ended up bickering most of the morning. Bye bye post. Hello mess. Bye bye spiritual feeling. Hello selfishness. Thankfully, He is kind enough to remind me that feeling spiritual [...]

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Holidays (Liam and Gillian’s Perspective) and Monday’s Eucahristeo

I overheard the children talking about the holidays. I tried to get it down word for word. L: Easter is a better holiday than Christmas. Easter is the best holiday. G: A lot of kids think that Santa Clause is just a stupid, fat toy seller. (This is the point when a dashed to grab [...]

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