In a quite moment cuddling with Monkey See today, I asked him if I was a good mommy. When he said yes, I asked why. Here’s his list (and a few of my thoughts):
1) I make them do easy chores (easy for him, maybe, excruciating for me to see it completed).
2) I make good dinners (except the [...]
Archive for October, 2008
Mommy Monday: Ego boost
Posted in Mommy Monday, hearth and home, stay at home mom, tagged family on October 19, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Mommy Monday: Boris Yeltsin, balloons and little bits of fleece
Posted in Mommy Monday, hearth and home, stay at home mom, tagged family, russia on October 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Russia is resurgent, and recent reports from friends have led me to believe that life in the motherland is better than it was when I served a church mission in St. Petersburg. Back then, Yeltsin was a drunken louse, pensioners were eating nothing but plain macaroni, and the infrastructure was in shambles.
In my first area [...]
Mommy Monday: Inevitability knocks at the door
Posted in Mommy Monday, hearth and home, stay at home mom, tagged family, general conference, humor, LDS, stay at home mom on October 5, 2008 | 2 Comments »
It was like Monkey Do knew I didn’t have any ideas for my Monday post. He took a running start from the kitchen, straight for the bean bag and overshot it, slamming his head into the wooden rocking horse.
Let me back up a bit. Sunday was General Conference, the biannual church conference that means a [...]
5 reasons to like Joe Biden
Posted in politics, tagged election 2008, Joe Biden, Obama, politics on October 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Gaffes Joe’s greatest laughs reveal a man who asks a person in a wheelchair to stand up and a middle class bumpkin digging a himself into a hole as he goes on and on about Indians at 7-11 and Dunkin’ Donuts. He’s exuberant and well meaning, and after 6 terms in the Senate still a little [...]
Palin-induced buyer’s remorse
Posted in feminism, politics, punditry, tagged John McCain, politics, Sarah Palin, stay at home mom on October 4, 2008 | 8 Comments »
I want to throw my weight behind Palin. She’s is the kind of politician I’ve wanted to see go to Washington since Mr. Smith made his big splash. The problem — there’s more at stake in this election than the end of a feel-good Jimmy Stewart movie.
The Village People were wrong
Posted in hearth and home, politics, tagged family, fitness, politics, YMCA on October 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This week marks one year in our house and, wow, it has been fantastic. I started writing for pay, have more piano students than ever before, the kids have great friends in the cul de sac, Joseph’s store is doing well, we have Rockwellian relationships with our neighbors, and grandma and grandpa are just an [...]
