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The Top 10 Things My Kids Do That Drive Me Crazy 1

Oct

2011

All in all, my kids are good around the house, pretty responsible and somewhat helpful. Now, don’t get me wrong, there are the days that they don’t make their bed or leave the bathroom light on but, in light of everything they do, I can handle that. Now, there are some little things they do that drive me absolutely bananas that I thought I would share. I’m curious to see whether any of my top 10 are on any other moms list! When the toilet paper roll is done, they sometimes leave it just as it is and leave the ...

What Is That Thing In My Living Room?

Mar

2011

I’ve come to accept the fact that with four kids comes a lot of stuff around the house. No, we don’t live in the house that looks like the museum, but rather, our house gives “lived in” a new meaning. Let me paint a picture here for all you of. In the dining room not only will you find a dining room table but a giant remote control R/C car along with a tackle box full of extra parts, a 1000 piece puzzle that was FINALLY just finished, a pile of squeaky dog toys and more (I honestly can’t tell you the last ...

Halloween Wrap Up 1

Nov

2010

Halloween has past, the hype is over, the clean-up continues and the candy once again has found it’s way to my kitchen counter still in the pillow case from two nights ago. Most likely a few pieces will be eaten (by me that is) and then we will donate the pile. Two of my kids this year didn’t even trick or treat, they did dress up but stayed around the house to scare the trick or treaters. The other two went trick or treating with their friends without mom following behind, leaving me feeling old and left on the porch to hand ...

Traits We’d Rather Not Pass Along to Our Kids

Sep

2010

There are certain traits that we hope we pass on to our kids and a few that maybe we would rather not. In my case, I passed along a horrible trait to my daughter….my stinky feet! The boys feet are bad too but my daughter, wow she takes the cake, I actually think she is worse than me. When her shoes come off, we all know it. But, there is nothing worse than when she comes home from soccer practice and her cleats are removed. Her socks are soaking wet with sweat and the stench is actually unbearable and she clearly ...

It’s An All Out War!

Aug

2010

Our family goes all out when it comes to certain things. Airsoft wars are one of them. Check out who I found lurking around the side of the house yesterday complete with camo paint on his face and leaves on his helmut. My own son, ready to attack mom and take me out in the first 5 minutes! No worries, we do wear protective headgear, I just had to capture this photo!

A Quiet House 2

Mar

2010

For the last three days, my house has been eerily quiet. My husband took the three boys to Phoenix with some friends to watch some of the MLB teams during spring training. While they had a blast and spent some quality time with dad, hanging out here at the house was a little weird because it was so quiet. Now most would probably say to enjoy it while it lasted but I found it rather uncomfortable. I guess I just don’t know how to react without all the chaos around me. Even my daughter found it kind of strange and ...

My Dog Does It Again!

Oct

2009

We left the house early on Saturday to get the kids to all their games on time. I know my little beagle Harley was just a tad bit pissed off that I didn’t have a chance to walk her before we left. In the past, leaving Harley alone and upset in the house has spelled disaster but I thought all would be okay. As we ran out the door, I accidentally left my bag full of plastic bags that I was going to recycle down at the grocery store on the kitchen counter. What a mistake! Harley saw this as an ...

Is He For Real?

Sep

2008

While my house may not be the neatest on the street, I do my best to keep it clean. It’s certainly not a home where the neighborhood kids are not allowed, my house is lived in. With that being said, I was appalled last night when my husband came home and said, “you need to start de-cluttering the house.” For a moment I was speechless and then came the “you have to be f’ing kidding me!” As a pulled him into different rooms around the house I pointed out that many of the piles of clutter indeed belonged to him. Thus, it is not ...

The New House is DONE

May

2008

After almost 3 years, our new vacation house is FINALLY done! I haven’t been sharing too much about this on my blog, partly because it has been such a long on going saga, even before I started this blog, that I never wanted to have to try and bring everyone up to speed, but also because it has been so stressful, I was afraid writing about it would only be rubbing salt in the wound. But the house is finally done! The only thing is…I haven’t seen it. See, we live in LA and the house is in southern Oregon, ...