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Organized Chaos
I am a 30-something mother to 5 kids aged 11 and under. I have been married to my high school sweetheart for over 14 years and have enjoyed almost every minute of it. As you can imagine life at my house is chaotic at best and insane at worst. Either way I do my best to keep it organized and under control. Join me for a rousing story of life in my house.
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Need More
2007-11-10 15:32:00
The other day I sat down and started purging. Purging all the junk off my computer. It is amazing what we have acquired on there over the last two years. There were lots of games that we never play and lots of files that were only used once and intended to be tossed but for some reason didn't walk themselves to the recycle bin.
So I started throwing stuff away with wild abandon. And then I went ...
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Good and Bad
2007-11-08 21:59:00
We have recieved some very bad news here. News that may prevent us from keeping the boys we have just added to our family. While I obviously can't share this here let me just say it is not life-threatening or anything to that extent. Just rock your world news. Please pray that whatever should be will be.
And my sister is visiting for the next week (with her new baby!) so I don't know how much I ...
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On Time
2007-11-08 15:26:00
I mentioned before how I like to be early or on time for things. Well from an early age in order for this to happen I had to wear a watch. In fact the only gift Billy and I exchanged for our honeymoon were disney watches. Mine had Minnie Mouse and his had Goofy. Now that I think about it that should have tipped me off to what kind of person he was. LOL
But anyway, for the last 7 or 8 years I ...
Time
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NaNoWriMo Excerpt
2007-11-07 23:11:00
“I wasn’t expecting you so early,” admits Trixie. Julie frowns, “I am sorry. Do you want me to come back later?” Trixie shakes her head, “No Tommy would never forgive me if I sent you home. And maybe I will have better luck if I hit some of these businesses earlier in the day.” Julie looks at Tommy, “I brought you something.” Tommy starts jumping up and down, “What? What did you bring me? Huh? ...
Excerpt
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Today
2007-11-07 15:45:00
"Each morning the day lies like a fresh shirt on our bed; this incomparably fine, incomparably tightly woven tissue of pure prediction fits us perfectly. The happiness of the next twenty-four hours depends on our ability, on waking, to pick it up." Walter Benjamin
Today is better. If for no other reason than we are both ignoring the elephant standing in the middle of the living room. But ...
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Even the best laid plans...
2007-11-06 16:36:00
Somedays it is better to not get out of bed.
Or maybe it is just better to keep your mouth shut. Or mine.
This morning a fight that started last night, regarding a certain woman whose children we have, continued.
And there was some yelling and much cursing. The kids were all hiding in the living room being very quiet.
I hate days like this. Thankfully they don't happen to often. But when they ...
Plans
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Word Update
2007-11-05 15:50:00
8,667 as of last night! Last night was a good night. I sat down and the book just flowed. I like it when it does that.
I have also learned that I am the queen of run-on sentences. I am using Word this year to type my book in and it seems like every other sentence is underlined as a run-on. LOL ...
Word
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Owie
2007-11-05 15:15:00
Hi my name is Jodi and I don't like ice cream.
I know, I feel like I should be in a support group or something. People look at me really weirdly when I say I don't like ice cream. But really I would rather not eat it.
I think part of the reason is that I have always had sensitive teeth. And everytime I go to the dentist they sort of pshaw me and tell me it is just because I have a lot of ...
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Occupied
2007-11-04 20:13:00
Need a way to get your kids to stop bugging you and saying, "I am bored!" ?
Try cleaning out a game shelf or junk drawer. Suddenly you will have all your kids interested and hauling off with all the stuff you are trying to organize.
I attempted our game drawers this morning and my kids are now all sitting at the table coloring and playing with stickers. So far we have had three art shows.
Of ...
Occupied
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White Sandy Beaches
2007-11-03 20:21:00
When I was a kid about 8 years old, I lived in Hawaii. We lived right across the street from the beach. We could walk over and swim to our hearts content. It was so much fun to play in the ocean.
I tell my kids stories about when I lived there and they get so excited. They all want to go there and see where I lived. I am sure everything has changed since I lived there. It used to be a small ...
Beaches
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NaNoWriMo Progress
2007-11-03 18:44:00
5141 words as of this morning.
Woooohoooo! I have good feelings about this book.
How are the rest of you doing? ...
Progress
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Un-medicated
2007-11-03 15:28:00
Now that I am taking Aleve everyday for my shoulder/rib pain (that they don't know what is wrong with) I find when I do get a headache I can't take anything else for it.
So the other day when I thought my head would explode and the kids wouldn't stop I did a search online for a headache treatment that doesn't use medications. Most of the websites mentioned things like heat, naps, or a massage. ...
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Tidbits
2007-11-02 14:52:00
It is about time for a random blog right?
Way back when I was applying for jobs I had to take a typing test. I went in and did it. And got 45wpm. Which is not bad. Nowadays most job openings I see require at least 40wpm. Since I spend quite a bit of time typing for my blog I figured my typing skills had to have improved over the last ten years. So I went in search of a typing test online. ...
Tidbits
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Scholarship Contest
2007-11-01 15:39:00
If you know a student who is about to graduate from high school or is already in college and could use some extra money to help with college tuition here is a great site to check out. The Gallery Collection, a company that creates business Christmas cards, is running a contest to win a 10,000 scholarship.
I know when I was in college, I would have loved the opportunity to win 10,000 to help with ...
Contest
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Halloween
2007-11-01 15:30:00
Halloween was a big success here. Unfortunately you can't see much of their costumes since they all had coats on already. But they got lots of candy and had lots of fun.
And today is back to school and life as usual. Of course there will be a lot of candy for an after school snack. :) ...
Halloween
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Understanding
2007-11-01 14:59:00
I am reading a new book. Well new to me. I got a copy of "A Million Little Pieces" by James Frey. I am not reading it though because of all of the hype and controversy around it but because I want to understand better.
You see my SIL has been in several drug rehabs over the last 13 years and not one of them has worked so far. I get that drugs are addictive and have a strong hold on people. But I ...
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Eeeeek! (Or why billpay is a really really good thing)
2007-10-31 18:10:00
Today I went online to check our phone bill so I could get all the bills entered into our bank's billpay system before payday.
And to my horror I saw that no payment had been posted for last month. Which brought my bill up to over 150.00. Ye gads! Nothing makes my stomach flop faster than an unpaid bill. So I scrambled for my budgeting notebook and checked to see if I had put the little pd next ...
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Toilet Humor
2007-10-31 02:43:00
Do you know how sometimes you get an idea in your head?
And idea you think is a really really good one. Something you can't live without doing?
And you latch on to that idea with all your strength.
It becomes your every waking thought. How to obtain this idea you have so grandeur-ly created.
I am having that problem. I keep thinking a baby.....would be so wonderful. Our own baby. An eighth ...
Humor
Toilet
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New Lights
2007-10-30 00:00:00
It seems like every year about this time stores start breaking out the Christmas stuff. Today while I was at walmart, there they were. Santa's in red suits, ornaments hanging on pegs for miles and miles (okay so it was only aisles and aisles). I try to avoid these aisles every year until it gets closer to Christmas.
Not because I don't enjoy Christmas or the holiday spirit but because I always ...
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14 years and 40 pounds later
2007-10-29 22:00:00
Today I did something I never thought I would have to do.
I took my husband and his wedding ring to a jewelry shop to be resized.....UP! Yesterday he was twisting his ring around his finger and I saw a red rash underneath. I knew his ring was snug the last few years but I had no idea it was getting that snug.
So we took the ring into a jewelry store today and sent it in for re-sizing.
For ...
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Partay!
2007-10-29 14:36:00
The Halloween party was a rousing success. The kids all had a good time and got lots of fun stuff. The spider watching over the food.
Mr. Bill trying his body at twister!
Cassie testing out the ghostly limbo!
Some of the Franky cookies I decorated for the party.
I have many pictures with all the kids but since they also have other people's kids I can't post them here. Fun was had by all. ...
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This I could get into!
2007-10-28 22:07:00
When I am on my treadmill in the wintertime I am always bored. Staring straight ahead at the wall, window, or even t.v. is just not the same as being outside.
Many times I have wished I could put my laptop on the treadmill. I can kill hours on the internet and never feel bored. But it will not stay balanced and I don't want to risk losing my laptop to a fall.
But then I found this today on ...
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Goodbye Gift
2007-10-27 05:52:00
When I graduated from high school my parents gave me the perfect gift.
It wasn't money.
It wasn't a car.
It wasn't clothes.
It wasn't jewelry.
It wasn't anything fancy.
Nope.
It was a suitcase. My very own travelpro luggage.
And I used it about 2 months later when I moved out. I have always been a forward thinking person. I know what I want and I do what it takes to get there. I rarely ...
Gift
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A Woman of Few Words
2007-10-27 05:50:00
Pardon me whilst I hibernate. I will be back when the world thaws. Okay not really, but I sure wish God made humans hibernate. ...
Woman
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Take me awwwwaaaaaaaaaaaaaay
2007-10-27 05:47:00
Today I had to go outside. In the cold.
And I am going to complain about it. A lot.
Winter is not my favorite season. I hate having to bundle up to go outside and sit in an icy cold car for the first 15 miles of my drive.
I hate the wind whipping around and making what little body heat I have dissipate.
And winter hasn't even officially started.
I need to become a snowbird with a vacation ...
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Decisions Decisions
2007-10-25 16:44:00
As more and more of the new attic space is getting done, we are finding we have more and more decisions to make.
I mentioned awhile back how we have decided we NEED a bathroom up there. Which now leaves me to the task of purchasing fixtures, toilets, shower, etc. But the fun part for me is choosing the bathroom decor. Our downstairs bathroom has a traditional but formal feel to it. The upstairs ...
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Alarmed
2007-10-25 15:24:00
I like to be early. There I said it. I am not a late kind of person. I hate hate hate hate to be late to anything. But this being early thing has its downside too.
For example, every day this week I wake up at 5:40 a.m. just 20 minutes before my alarm clock is set to go off.
I mutter something about damn alarm clock and roll over pulling the covers up higher.
And then my brain kicks on. ...
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Sunshine and Summertime-Two things I miss
2007-10-24 03:30:00
Wintertime is so hard. It gets dark so early and the snow and the cold.
In the last few years the cold and dark is getting to me more and more. I keep telling Billy we need to move south, like the birds. I can't imagine being able to wear shorts year round and not owning snow boots, winter coat, hats and gloves. Can't imagine.
I have tried and tried to talk Billy into moving to a warmer climate ...
Summertime
Sunshine
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Hit Home
2007-10-23 20:35:00
Sunday Billy and I watched a rerun of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. It was about a couple who had married young, they had been high school sweetheart's. They were unable to have kids of their own so they had adopted two children of different races. Shortly after they adopted the father, a police officer, got shot in the leg and fell and broke several bones in his face. The mother developed ...
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