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Booty Call

The phone call came when I was 10 minutes from home.“When are you coming home?”“I’m on my way now. Why?”“Where are you?”“I am going past the elevator; do you need me to get something?”“No, Leo pooped and I wondered how …
Feb/March Edition, Useless Information

This picture came from a 4000 year-old tomb in Egypt. As you can see, women have been juggling for a long time. The art of juggling is also recorded in early civilizations as far flung as China, India, Greece, Mexic…
Team Meeting

A friend of mine has been asked to teach a parenting class, focusing on discipline, to our local homeless shelter. Tonight I was reminded of my biggest triumph as a parent.We were at my grandmother's house, she was 90.…
Another unsolved mystery

We broke through a wall today. We have been pushing against it for over a month. Leo is potty training. We have learned that if he is naked from the waist down, he uses the potty. If he is wearing cotton training pan…
The View

The view from behind the Wildflower pew at church. I know, don't quit my day job. Sometimes it just seems like everyone is moving and rustling around and it is all I can do to keep them semi contained. They aren't rea…
Good Mother? Bad Mother?

I fed my kids cookies for a snack, then made peanut butter celery sticks for myself. Pretty soon the kids were eyeing my snack wanting some.I organized a home circus complete with elephant, tightrope walker etc.I made th…
Time for a reality check

Every once in a while my kids give me a reality check. I stay at home with my them and since my husband is gone often in the evenings as well as all day, I have a huge influence on how my kids will turn out. That is a lo…
What to wear, or red boots and white calves

Growing up, my brother and I made wardrobe rules for ourselves. The biggest rule, never wear cowboy boots with t-shirts. He still doesn’t. He lives in Korea so I don’t see him often, but when I do, he always looks nice, …
Love, Hate and Forgiveness

A friend of mine jokingly told me that she chose her children’s names by how they sounded when she scolded with them. You know, used their first and middle names to let them know they were in trouble. Looking back, my mo…
OurFamily, Inc.

My children are very different from each other. We think of Mae as the Manager of the crew. Jane is in Research and Development and Leo currently serves as the Beta Tester. Mae will decide what they should do, Jane will…