“Zachary, go put on some shorts, please.” (pulls his sweat pant legs up over his knees) “okay, there ya go!”

* I ran the dishwasher three times today.

okay. now if I expect to get anything done around here before the move, there’s some well-intended time-suckers that must be dealt with.top of the list: my sewing machine.and what goes directly with it…….all my fabric.that’s right, all 10 boxes of it. hey! that job has already taken care of itself! last weekend, my hubbie…

I have found myself decorating my entire house with boxes, as of late.this is not odd.it’s really not.as long as you take into account the reason I have boxes everywhere.we are finally moving! it’s like a strange dream. I thought we would be stuck in this dinky 1,000 square foot duplex until the kids were…

here’s the deal. I have always been a very healthy gal. growing up, the worst I was ever inflicted with was the occasional cold.enter motherhood……after Zoe, I suffered the occasional bout of heartburn and indegestion. then after Zachary, same heartburn and indegestion. Then there was Zander. heartburn, indigestion, dysmenorrhoea and then my lungs went and…

I just took my oldest in last week, to sign her up for kindergarten. we’ve been inseparable, her and I, for the last 5+ years of her life. she’s helped me with the boys, including diaper (dootie) and keeping them busy while I do chores. she makes me smile when I don’t want to. and…

my therapy, among other very insignificant things, is embroidery. I’ve mentioned this previously. but I’ve discovered an even more tranquil porthole that co-exists with the peacefulness that is “embroidery”.my three year old drew his very first picture of an airplane and even wrote out his name for the first time! the next day, he found…

so, out of all the baking ingredients in the entire world, I think the one I have used the least, is Bisquick. I have always been totally turned off by it. maybe it’s the fact that there’s shortening in it and you just keep it in a box in your pantry. (ugh!)at any rate, the…