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I chose this

I chose to be a mom. Both boys were “planned”-no surprises. Of course, I didn’t choose to have two boys. But I have them, and I love them. Most days. Today wasn’t the best.

I work only two days a week, Mondays and Tuesdays, with the occasional half-day and/or weekend thrown in. I worked today, […]

Lapham Peak

I took the boys to Lapham Peak in Kettle Moraine State Forest today. It was another gorgeous day, about 80 degrees (in October in Wisconsin!), and too perfect to pass up. Andy was finishing sanding the deck, so he passed.

The first thing we did when we got to Lapham Peak was head to the […]

Here I am!

Yes, it’s been a while since I’ve been here. I just haven’t been that inspired. I also haven’t been taking that many “fun” pictures lately. My photography class is making me much more conscious of my picture-taking, so I find I’m not grabbing my camera as often. Doesn’t that seem backwards? You’d think I’d have […]

I can’t believe I let this happen

Tonight, I had a momentary lapse of reason.

We were at a 40th birthday party for Don, a co-worker of Andy’s. Don and his family are very much into hunting. The front room of their home has about 5 deer heads, a goose, a fox with some bird in it’s mouth, a duck, 2 […]

First days of school

Finally! School has started for the boys! After most of our other friends started last week (and the week before for a few (unlucky :)) friends, it’s been a bit of a waiting game for us. The boys love school, so they’ve been asking, “How many days now?” for a while.

Monday was Caden’s first […]

It started innocently enough…

The boys and I spent the morning at a “new” park today with Amy, Kylie, and Andy. The three “big kids” did great running on their own, while Andy was a little kamikaze and kept us running after him. There was a nice, shady area just beyond the playground equipment, so to get out of […]

Better

That’s what I would call today-“better.” The boys were infinitely better today! We had playgroup here this morning, and they were very excited about that, so I think that helped keep them on their best behavior. All of the kids had a great time. They played on our neighbors’ swingset, in our sandbox, and on […]

Cheap therapy

For a mere $6, I had a very nice therapy session tonight. All it takes is a house margarita, a “Triple Chocolate Meltdown” (to share), and a couple of hours with three of my best friends to help take some of my worries and frustrations and put them on the back burner.

This was a […]

Back home!

I’m just back from California, and even though my internal clock is still on California time and it’s 8:30 pm there, I’m exhausted!

I couldn’t get off the plane fast enough tonight. First, I had to go to the bathroom! But really, I just wanted to see my boys-all three of them! There is nothing […]

Noah’s big job

Okay, maybe it’s not such a huge deal, but tonight at McDonald’s (Andy was golfing, and I was too tired/lazy after work to try to figure out dinner), I let Noah go up to the counter alone (I was across the restaurant) to order our cookies. He did a great job, and was very excited […]