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I really HATE Facebook on days like Mother’s Day. All those pictures of beautiful families showing their moms such gushing appreciation with all the flowers and the pretty church dresses and the meals out or the meals in, cooked while mom sits in her chair and doesn’t lift a finger… Mine was Continue Reading...
I am FREQUENTLY overwhelmed with all the things I have to do. The house is a mess, I have a to-do list for the blog a mile long, I’m way behind in grading, and the kids have to be driven to Kingdom Come and back three times today. And lately, I have to go to work, too. Can you relate? Today’s Continue Reading...
Making a to-do list is such a satisfying thing, isn’t it? THIS is what I’m going to do today. I’m SO organized, because I’ve made this list. I feel great!! Fast forward to the end of the day: Well, I crossed off two things and the rest are all re-written on tomorrow’s list. I feel depressed. Life Continue Reading...
He that has a choice has trouble. --Dutch proverb Haha sometimes I find that to be so true. And we have SO MANY choices and decisions to make each day. What to wear, what to eat, where to go or which way to get there, whether to say yes or no to our child this time, whether to say yes or no to Continue Reading...
How long is your to-do list for today? If you’re like me, you cram it full in the hopes that you can get to all these things that really should get done. And then you get done about three. And then all the others are still staring at you for the next several days. And staring. And Continue Reading...
When you forgot that today was the homeschool co-op field trip and that you had signed up to bring snacks for afterward. Equals trying to apply mascara while simultaneously screaming at everyone to get in the car NOW and arriving late cuz you had to stop at Walmart to pick up some Oreos. When you Continue Reading...
