sweet little lady

justice adores this little friend. the feeling is apparently mutual.
the other day i was the helper in his class when she pointed to her shirt and said, “i have a heart,” then looked up at me and finished, “for love.”
i melted on the spot.
i hope this darlin’ doesn’t lose that sweet innocence.

the tie

so there’s this little tradition in my husband’s family that involves all people marrying into the family getting a nickname based on the letters H and R. it started when my father-in-law married my mother-in-law and her sister married her husband. they are the original H and R. and it all revolves around this wacky [...]

i know i wasn’t the best teacher in the world, but this is ridiculous

so i used to be a special education teacher. my last year, i taught 8th grade resource, which was reading, writing & math to kids with varied learning disabilities. a lot of my kids also used the speech and language pathologist (slp,) so i also worked with her on a regular basis. i know what [...]

it’s been a loooooong day

and the boy just came out of his room to pee in the middle of the hallway.
and he wasn’t even drunk.
i can’t even imagine what college will be like for him.
poor guy.

of giveaways and such

i’ve done a few giveaways on my blog. someone contacted me, gave me something & asked me to give one away. easy as pie. if pie were, well, easy.
but i wonder a couple of things about giveaways.
i saw a giveaway last week on a reputable photography blog about a gift card to 2 certain stores. [...]

new music monday: jungle edition

when justice grabs my phone, this is his go-to song. i suppose it’s because he likes the cover art from appetite for destruction. you know, skulls & all?
i lived and breathed this album back in the day. you wouldn’t know it from the way i have to look at the words, though. i have [...]

pick up the phone

’cause i’m calling it in tonight.
i’ve got a lack-of-caffeine headache & hope to go to bed by 9pm. (woot woot!)
before i do, though, look at what the boys left on the computer for me.

i love my boys.

all 6

wow. the last 24 hours has been interesting, indeed. our aunt & uncle have left town, leaving us in charge of their house (no problem,) dogs (again, no problem,) and 2 kids (no problem, really, it’sjustreallyhardtokeepafter6kids’schedules)
friday
1:45 pm drive to cousin, marshall’s school to pick him up.
2:05 pm school is out, [...]

by the numbers

10: number of loads of laundry i do a week
2: times i unloaded the dishwasher yesterday
0: number of dirty dished currently in my house (whee!!)
7: number of carseats/boosters we own
4: number of carseats/boosters we currently use
1: number of boosters i’ll buy this year for the boy who will be 4 on his next birthday
4: number [...]

please to be removed from your list?

i received an email today. my blood is boiling from the content. this is from a high school friend’s mother, who is a staunch republican. i’ve been dealing with these since she got an email address a few short years ago. this one has put me over the edge.
Listen to this video of the President [...]