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Shoe stories. You can’t make this up.

September 3, 2014 Leave a Comment

As the mom of boys, there are just times when I just shake my head. There are times when I know I should investigate a situation fully, but I really just don’t know that I want the answers. It was time for Grant’s JiuJitsu class and he was getting dressed and ready to go.  Normally […]

Filed Under: Exchange of the Day, family, Funny, Grant, just funny, Keepin' It real, No Mom wants to hear...

“The good, the bad, and the something” – 4th grade fiction.

May 2, 2014 15 Comments

This time last week, I was in Salt Lake City attending the SNAP Conference.  I enjoy being with “my people” and learning new information about blogging and social media.  I had the privilege of helping teach a class on writing and storytelling at the conference with KariAnne from Thistlewood Farms and Vanessa from At the Picket Fence. […]

Filed Under: family, Grant, hilarious, just funny, Real Life

The Table Fart Story.

March 15, 2013 6 Comments

Did I ever tell you that I worked as a waitress during college?  It was hard work, but fun.  I loved the interaction with the customers (most of them, anyway) and I got plenty of fodder for funny stories.  (Someday I’ll have to tell you about the time I got salad dressing on a customer’s […]

Filed Under: friends, Funny, hilarious, just funny, Tales To Tell

Teachers drink wine too…

January 9, 2013 6 Comments

You know I like wine… and wine cork crafts, right? Grant made me a wine cork craft for Christmas.  It’s this sweet little “bulletin board” of wine corks, glued onto a ruler. He also made me a “To-Do” list of what he thought would be a day of bliss for me: #1 Wrap presents; #2 […]

Filed Under: Conner, Exchange of the Day, family, Funny, Grant, hilarious, just funny

How to dress for strangers…? (Not.)

December 28, 2012 4 Comments

Poor Conner got his wisdom teeth out today.  As we were leaving to get in the car, I noticed he was wearing shorts and two different socks. Me: “Conner!  You need to run back in the house and change your socks!” Conner:  “You said to dress comfortably, and I didn’t have two that matched.  This […]

Filed Under: Conner, Exchange of the Day, frustrating, hilarious, just funny, No Mom wants to hear...

“Hurtful Times” (A Grant story.)

November 7, 2012 2 Comments

Grant seems to really enjoy writing stories.  Part of it is that they really push something called Writer’s Workshop in his school, the other is that he is just a funny kid with a big imagination, which helps to bring out the story-teller in him. I was cleaning up in his room and found a […]

Filed Under: family, Grant, hilarious, just funny, The Boys In General

No more sugary drinks… (I don’t care how convenient their location might be.)

September 14, 2012 9 Comments

When we go camping or on a road trip, I treat it as the special occasion that it is and I buy drinks and snacks that I would not normally buy.  I am not a sugary drink/soda kind of  mom. One of the drinks we had on our last camping trip were these SoBe Orange-Carrot […]

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That would be a cool band name!

August 16, 2012 9 Comments

As a family, we are always saying/hearing/reading funny combos of words and we exclaim: “That would be a cool band name!!”  It’s kind of a running joke in our family.  Some of my favorites have been: Splatter Cat (I know, ew, right?) Taco Over-Load and Mental Mohawk. I have a new favorite:  Brass Knuckles for Christ I hosted […]

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What’s the secret code for getting out of homework…?

June 13, 2012 9 Comments

I am soooooo glad it’s the end of the school year!  I am tired of fighting The Battle of the Homework. Going through Grant’s papers I found this: The assignment was to look up a word and write the definition.  While it would no doubt have helped if he had spelled concert correctly, he appears […]

Filed Under: Funny, Grant, just funny, No Mom wants to hear..., quirkiness, Randomness

Bird Watching

May 23, 2012 7 Comments

I love it when my kids take an interest in nature. This month, Grant has decided that he is interested in birds. I took all of these shots stealth-like, through the window.  That which you study, you also change… so I didn’t want him to see me. He is so patient, sitting there with his […]

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