Family Life

Worst Mother of the Year?

March 2, 2012

I like being a mom. In fact, I love being a mom. Of course, we all have our moments when we’re pretty sure we could strangle our kids or even strangle ourselves. It’s hard and I’m the first to admit it. But generally, I think I do a pretty good job. I know that by [...]

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Stream of Consciousness Sunday: The Season of Your Life

February 26, 2012

Some of you know I’m spending some time in Nashville at the BlissDom conference. I went with no expectations or preconceived notions. I actually attended with the same general naivete or oblivion that seems to have taken me this far in blogging. I sensed it might be a little touchy-feely for me, even though I’ve [...]

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My Dental Confessions

February 22, 2012

I’m pretty proud of my smile but it doesn’t come without some confessions and some things I’ve learned along the way. And I’m pretty sure confession is good for the soul so here goes. 1. I hated brushing my teeth as a kid. When my mom would ask me if I brushed, I would flat [...]

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How to Nicely Share Your iPad with your Kids

February 16, 2012

So you’ve got an iPad. Maybe you got one for Christmas. Maybe you got one for your birthday. Or maybe you were even lucky enough to get one for Valentine’s Day. (I actually got mine for Mother’s Day in 2010!) You are having so much fun dowloading apps and catching up on everything everyone else [...]

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Living Vicariously Through My Husband’s Rental Cars

January 31, 2012

My husband (shaking head). Have you met him? If so, you can skip ahead. If not, here are a few things you need to know. My husband is awesome. He is a handyman plus. He can literally do anything: welding, plumbing, electrical, mechanical, carpentry, IT, cooking, laundry, and even sewing. I’m convinced they based the [...]

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Ode to My Baby Boy

January 24, 2012

If you’ve never read my About Fadra page, it might be worth a look. I don’t hide the fact that I’m a mom but you won’t find me pushing cute pictures of my kid on my blog all that often. I have plenty of other channels in which to do that. But there is a [...]

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Stream of Consciousness Sunday: Charles Kuralt and Sunday Mornings

January 22, 2012

I often don’t think about the writing prompt I want to offer up until I sit down to write. But today’s prompt came to me while I was taking a bath. While I was soaking in our garden tub, my husband and son laid on the bed watching an old black and white movie with [...]

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The Hardest Lessons Learned Often Involve Wet Shoes

January 9, 2012

I’m almost five years into this mothering gig and I still haven’t figured out the kind of mom I am. I’m way too permissive and then way too demanding. I expect a lot and then fail to follow through with consequences. Super Nanny can’t help me because I’ve watched the show enough to know what [...]

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5 degrees is very cold

January 2, 2012

A few weeks ago, my dad and his wife offered to take our family to see ICE! at the Gaylord National Hotel. I honestly had no idea what it was but I said, “Sure! An ice show sounds great!” I tweeted about it and thankfully found several people who had been the previous year or [...]

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2011 Top 20 Blogmas Posts to Make You Stop, Drop, and Think

December 29, 2011

Don’t know what Blogmas is? Check out my original call for posts and my summary of this whole crazy Blogmas roll out this week. Hopefully, the posts this week, so far, have made you laugh and made you cry (or have some other emotion somewhere in between). What came next, for me, were posts that [...]

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