Published on Sunday, March 21, 2010 by Katherine Just before the school year began, I wrote about holding on to your heaven.  My heaven?  The beach.  Corolla to be exact.  Through these winter months, the ocean seems a lifetime ago. Until today.  For a brief period of time, my heaven returned.  And reminded me that today is the first day of spring.  And that after spring comes summer.  And peace, once aga...

Published on Sunday, March 14, 2010 by Katherine If you follow me on Twitter, you know that the last seven days of my life have been a barforama blowout.  Do all three kids do it at once?   No, that would get everything out of the way too quickly.  My kids chose to spread out the joy for seven glorious days.  If you don’t hear from me tomorrow, you know where I’ll be. Needless to say, things have been ve...

Published on Friday, March 12, 2010 by Katherine My favorite blog pal Jen gave us excellent advice on how NOT to leave a comment. If only I had absorbed her great words of wisdom. For today, I went one step further. I tweeted about my breasts. By accident. You may remember my earlier post about a great urge I had to blog about a handsome young black man doctor and a particular part of my anatomy. Now, the an...

Published on Thursday, March 11, 2010 by Katherine My house is falling apart around me.  I need to pull everything out to scrub, build and paint.  But home improvements mean money.  And time.  Both of which I simply do not have. But today, I have a great need to tell you about my toilets.  I have two in the house, and neither work correctly.  The children’s toilet?  Constantly dripping when the water is tu...

Published on Tuesday, March 9, 2010 by Katherine This weekend my mother and I took my daughter shopping for a First Communion dress.  Because we never EVER go shopping, my mother suggested we start with a special lunch, her treat. I rattled off a few local restaurants, throwing out Olive Garden in the mix.  To my surprise, my daughter piped in that Olive Garden sounded like a great place to try. Now, I’m n...

Published on Sunday, March 7, 2010 by Katherine Sunday.  A day of rest.  But normally, not for me.  Sunday is the day I panic, realizing Saturday went by way to fast and gosh, the house is a mess.  The paperwork isn’t done.  The van is still a toxic waste dump! I assumed this Sunday would be the same.  Until my nine year old daughter nudged me in bed and said, “Mom!  Mom!  I have a great idea!”  T...

Published on Saturday, March 6, 2010 by Katherine OK, when you have a post that you really shouldn't write - a post that involves very personal information, a description of your body parts and a young handsome doctor who turns out to be much better looking than he is smart - a post that would definitely keep readers interested, especially when you mention a body part name over and over - but again, you know you shou...

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Published on Tuesday, March 2, 2010 by Katherine All I can say is WOW.  A mother distributes drugs while delivering her daughter’s Girl Scout cookies?  They need to put this woman in jail. I mean, of all things sacred – it is the GIRL SCOUTS for heaven’s sake.  And Girl Scout cookies are iconic.  This is worse than the Girl Scout Cookie Flipping Incident.  Cookies and Drugs?  Incarcerate this mom and ...

Published on Monday, March 1, 2010 by Katherine My nine year old daughter had a physical a few weeks ago in preparation for her dental surgery.  Surprisingly, the pediatrician felt I should get her eyes checked, as one of them was registering at 20/40. You know how Charlie Brown’s teacher sounds when she talks?  That is pretty much what my daughter heard, except for the following exception.  “Mwa mwaaa mw...

Published on Friday, February 26, 2010 by Katherine Day three with a sinus infection.  The last two days have resulted in a permanent butt mark in my couch.  And missed workouts.  And tons of snot.  Oh, are you still here?  I haven’t scared you off with images of my butt and boogers?  EXCELLENT. The highlight of my sickness?  My sweet, innocent and not quite politically correct daughter.  Sitting on the ...

Published on Wednesday, February 24, 2010 by Katherine ...