Dear Prospective Adoptive Parent
Dear Prospective Adoptive Parent, I know that you have so many questions right now. Is adoption the best choice for you? Should you pursue fertility treatment (if applicable)? What will your family think? Will you…
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If Only I Had a New Website (freebie and contest!)
This new website has been a LONG time coming. I’ve considered getting my own domain name for years, but finally took the plunge this spring. It feels so official for some reason! All new posts…
Pain-I-Am
A poem in honor of Professor X, inspired by Dr. Seuss’s Green Eggs and Ham. I-am-pain. Pain-I-am. That Pain-I-am That awful pain! I do not like Its horrid drain. Do you like Relentless pain? I…
Death by Fans?
Have you ever heard of Fan Death? Neither had I until recently. Apparently, it is a widely-held cultural fear in Korea of sleeping in an enclosed space with a fan directed on the body. There…
Summer School Home School
This post contains Amazon affiliate links. I should be busy packing and packing and cleaning. I mean… I am moving on Friday! But instead, I am starting on a new family adventure. Sorta. Why?…
A royal move
Clipart by: Kari Bolt and Creative Clips Once upon a time there was a young king and queen who were looking for a place to live. They found a ugly home in a nice neighborhood…
Because I just can’t leave work…at work.
The Flash may or may not be driving us crazy these days…. (hint: “may” is the correct answer!) And he may or may not be having a little bit of trouble being completely honest and…
How are the Supers doing?
I am about to post a vent and a rage. A sob and a woe-is-me. But I have to get if off my chest. Please stop reading immediately if you have negative things to say…
Scheduling meetings
I’m guessing that I am the only one in this situation, but I find that I spend a LOT of time trying to coordinate people’s schedules. I have to propose several possible dates for each…
New adventure???
For the first time ever, my husband and I may be selling a home. Our “starter home” was only supposed to be for the first 5 years. But we didn’t count on the busyness of…
The worry of having a spouse in constant pain
Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. I turned to my husband and read aloud: “Mostly, however, [they] are just immensely lazy. They spend up to twenty hours a day asleep, normally emerging to look for…
Crazy Paleo Stuff
I’m pretty sure that when I announced I’d been trying the Paleo Diet that all non-Northwesterners were like “What? Next are you going to tell me you do crazy stuff like make your own coconut…
It’s a Conspiracy
This is 12/25 in the United States. Gifts, gifts, gifts. Money, money, money. I want video games. I want sweets. I want bigger. Better. This is 12/25 in Cambodia. I want water. I want a…
Holy Socks, Batman!
Does anyone else get holes completely through their socks. All of their socks? And more importantly, can anyone tell me why this is happening???