Archive for June, 2009
life lessons
I think this has made more than its circle around the internets, but I love it and I’m writing it here in lieu of putting it on the fridge. I have too much stuff on my fridge as it is, and the taller Maddie gets the more interesting it all seems.
by Regina Brett, 90 years [...]
Filed under: me | 5 Comments
Tags: memes, Regina Brett, The Plain Dealer
(I wish I were at home with my girl today, but rather than complain about that I’m just going to focus on all the fun stuff from this weekend. Besides, when I told her she was going to Denise’s this morning she immediately ran for the door crying “Nees!! NEES!!” and so I’m pretty sure [...]
Filed under: Jimmy, Madeline, me, working mom | 4 Comments
Tags: Expedition: Africa, parenting, weekend
turning the tables
I am grumpy today. Like, really, really grumpy. I’ve had enough of work, of whining, of this week. I’m at the point where my grumpiness is even getting on my own nerves.
Honestly, no one should have to listen to the self-serving, whiny crap floating around my head.
I’m turning the camera on you: get me out [...]
Filed under: grouch.grouch.grouch., me | 5 Comments
when you were littler
My Maddie girl,
I wish I’d started this blog sooner. I didn’t start it until you were already five months old, and by then my love we’d passed a lot of funny, fantastic moments. I’ve written about some of them in retrospect, but there are just so many. I hope that when you’re bigger you like to look [...]
Filed under: Madeline, letters | 7 Comments
Tags: baby sleep, baptism, infants, memories
honoring myself as my word
At my job, we talk a lot about integrity. A lot. In fact, the definition (as fits our company) hangs in my cube, along with an Integrity Checklist. There are lots of things on that checklist, both work and home-related.
I’ve been working on the integrity of my word lately. In the past year or so [...]
Filed under: Jimmy, family, me, parenting, working mom | 6 Comments
Tags: finding balance, integrity, to-do list, working mom
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