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• Susan

  Sandwiched but not forgotten

  10.23.08 | Permalink | 36 Comments

  During church last Sunday, Dick asked me if Susan has ADD. I pointed out that A) it was 2 pm and B) we were coming out of a long stretch of boring and C) she did just turn four years old. Other than that, I got nothing. I told Grandma (yes, that Grandma) about this [...]

• motherhood

  The One-Dish-Towel Day

  10.17.08 | Permalink | 16 Comments

  I have a dream. A dream that one day I will hang a fresh dish towel at the beginning of the day, and at the end of the day, that same dish towel, limp but undefeated, will be hanging in my kitchen. It will not have been sacrificed to spilled milk (SPILLED MILK! AGAIN!) or [...]

• Sally

  Tell us how you really feel, Sally

  09.23.08 | Permalink | 35 Comments

  Sally drew this during church last Sunday. Such a sweet child. Stumble This! For more posts like this, subscribe to What About Mom. Check out more Wordless Wednesdays.

• summer

  Have we met before?

  09.06.08 | Permalink | 10 Comments

  When I was a little girl, I wanted to marry a good Mormon boy from a large Mormon family, and in the summers, we would flit from one large family reunion to another. Instead I got Dick, who, after surviving my dad’s family’s reunion, wanted to know whether family reunions were a common thing in [...]

• motherhood

  Do you hate being a mother so much?

  08.29.08 | Permalink | 48 Comments

  No, Dick. I hate being a stay-at-home mother SO MUCH. Sometimes. Right now. On bad days. In the morning. In the afternoon. Every time but nap-time. In an apartment. When the dishes need doing. When the kids are cranky. When I am unappreciated. When I feel guilty. When I want to write. When I want [...]

• parenting

  Battles (Not) Worth Fighting

  08.27.08 | Permalink | 23 Comments

  One of the first things you learn as a parent is that some battles are worth fighting, and others simply aren’t. For a happy home and above-average children, follow these simple rules: 1) Determine which battles are worth fighting and which aren’t. It’s nice to give the Hubs some input here, always remembering who usually [...]

• blogging, children, food, recipes

  My favorite muffins and fun with favicons (cooking! and blogging!) — Updated (I’ve always wanted to say that)

  02.16.08 | Permalink | 6 Comments

  Don’t worry. I don’t use endearments like ‘muffin’ or ‘cupcake’ for the people I live with. Though it is pretty irresistible when Susan is kind enough to inform me, while I change Spot’s diaper for the second time in 10 minutes, that We don’t eat poop. We eat corn. Or when Sally talks Susan into [...]