2.28.2012

For Grandma McCombs


My mom is getting really into natural healing.

You know:

  • eating raw
  • essential oils
  • make your own deodorant
  • avoid air conditioning (ask me how she's going to work that out in 120 degrees come summer)
  • avoid preservatives
  • aspartame=evil
 stuff like that.

GAH!

Yet another thing to add to the list of worrying about how I could be harming my children.  Not only do I let them watch TV, don't spend every second of my day with them, haven't taught them their ABCs, or scoped out the best colleges, but I feed them fruit snacks and mac & cheese. 

I have decided though to cut Cade off from his Crystal Light.  It's a little sad how much he loves that stuff and refuses to drink anything else. 

Pray for me, these next few days of withdrawals are going to be tough.

2.27.2012

I need to stop looking at Pinterest at 9:00 pm. 

Either that or people need to stop pinning pictures of delicious desserts.

2.16.2012

Anger Management

At night when I'm telling Aaron about my day and all the crazy things Cade has done...

...like dump out all the Cheez-Its, play with the toilet plunger, dump out all the bubbles, squirt shampoo all over the shower and then stomp in it, dump out the laundry detergent all down the stairs (15 minutes before the visiting teachers come), and push Jackson over so that he (Jackson) hits his head on the tile...

Aaron says.


"So did you get mad?"

Lovely.


2.11.2012

Houston, I have a problem

A couple of weeks ago we were driving to my parents' house and passed an old door put out for the garbage man.

Me: Aaron, stop the car.  I want that door.

Aaron: Why do you want a dirty old door?

Me:  I want it.  Stop the car now.

Aaron: You're not serious.

He stopped the car and drove back.  I hopped out and shoved the door into our minivan (so classy right?)  Aaron's dying in the car and whispering, "People are staring at you."

Yesterday I went to deliver cupcakes and saw this old nasty looking dresser placed out in front of a dumpster.

I have been dreaming about it ever since.  I woke up at 4:21 am and could not get that dresser out of my mind.

that's when you know it's true love

I'm totally going to get it today.

Sawing Logs

I am so lucky that I married someone who doesn't snore.


We'd be in separate beds, (make that) separate bedrooms if he did.


I have experienced living with someone who I could hear snoring from other rooms. This situation in particular occurs when I am in the basement sleeping, and this person is upstairs, sleeping. I can hear him snoring across floors.


His wife is a saint.


because if it was me, his mouth would be taped shut and his nose pinched together.







Constantly Improving

After coming back from Women's Conference (or any religious spiritual gathering), I always need to remind myself, baby steps, baby steps.  God doesn't expect/want you to be perfect two hours after hearing all this.  Those women who talked are not perfect, you don't have to be either.

One goal.  I can do one goal.

That is to be better at reading my scriptures.  I used to be SOOOO good.  And then came kids.  And other things during naptime (like blogging, bad bad) became more fun, more desirable.

I can spare 10 minutes of nap time though for scripture study.  I don't think Heavenly Father wants me to spend all of nap time reading my scriptures.  He understands that I need to sharpen the saw sometimes.

10 minutes.

2.02.2012

Oh Wal-Mart

I went to Wal-Mart today with both the kids.

Why?


I guess I'm a masochist or something


While I'm trying to round up Cade who's knocking everything off the shelves and then tossing everything else that's still on the shelves into my cart and keep Jackson happy (he's tired and crying in the cart) all while trying to stay on budget and keep track of how much I'm spending (thank you Aaron) some old man walks by and says,


"That's what you get for having them so close together."