Something Old, Something New December 2, 2009
Posted by Just a Mom in Life As I Know It.Tags: humor, husbands, cooking, grilling, funny, grill
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Let me start by telling you about our grill. Our grill is about 6 years old and is on its last leg. Seriously! It lost 1 original wheel about 2 years ago and we replaced it with an old training wheel. The inside is falling apart and when you eat the meat that’s cooked on it you have to be careful not to eat metal!
The other night my husband was going to grill some fresh venison back strap stuffed with cream cheese and jalapeno and wrapped in bacon. YUM! My mouth was watering just putting these babies together.
My husband went outside, lit the grill and then moved it closer to the backdoor where the light is so he could see better since it was dark. That’s when I hear a BANG followed by an “Oh Shit!”
I was smart and stayed inside. My husband came back inside after about 10 minutes. He mumbled something about a piece of shit and then took the plate of meat and went back outside. My youngest daughter ventured outside and came back in with the empty plate for me to clean and just started laughing and said something about another wheel breaking and wood. I didn’t even ask!
My husband comes inside and tells me to hold off on cooking the side dishes just yet because he has to switch out the gas tank, which he hates doing! He gets that done and relights the grill. About 10 minutes later I hear another BANG! followed by an “Oh Shit!” He comes in and tells me he lost one of the venison wraps inside the grill because the grill grate broke. No big deal it was an extra anyway.
We finally ate dinner and my husband declares that we are “Getting a new Gawd Damn grill no matter what!” Ok, no problem, that will be our Christmas present for this year.
This is why we needed a new grill!
Yesterday my husband went out and bought a new grill and we put it together this morning. It took us probably an hour and a half to assemble it and nobody was hurt or asked for a divorce!
I am going to like cooking on this baby!
Broken In Sweatshirt November 30, 2009
Posted by Just a Mom in Life As I Know It.Tags: broken in sweatshirts, funny, getting older, humor, kids, life, motherhood
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We had a very nice Thanksgiving this year. We spent Thanksgiving Day my husband’s family. Oh who am I kidding, we pretty much spent the entire weekend with them! My husband took off for the weekend to go deer hunting and I spent Friday and Saturday with my in-laws!
This past Thanksgiving Holiday I found myself reflecting on the past year and I have come to the conclusion that I am getting older. Not OLD like my 10-year-old likes to call me, but older like a broken in sweatshirt that fits just right!
Here are a few things that happened or I did this past weekend that really opened my eyes to this new broken in sweatshirt stage of my life:
- Thanksgiving Day I sat down and watched the Macy’s Parade all by myself. I like it so I watched it! And… I told anyone that came into the room trying to change the channel to get the hell out!
- Friday morning my mother-in-law, my two sister-in-laws and I went antique shopping. I had blast! I didn’t buy anything but I did take these pictures:
- 70’s Fisher-Price Little People
- 70’s Fisher-Price Little People
- Bicentennial Cups
I had the same Fisher-Price Little People sets when I was a little kid! They were my favorite toys! The antique shop wanted $50 per toy set! As for the coffee cup, I drank my very first milk-sugar-coffee from a cup just like that! They wanted $8 a cup for them! It’s a good thing I didn’t have any cash on me!
- I left both of my girls alone with my brother-in-law and 3 of my nephews while I went out shopping. Did I mention I left them out in the country with lots of 4-wheelers and a dirt bike at their fingertips! Also the brother-in-law in question acts like he is one of the kids! They all survived and so did I! Although as the days keep going on I am hearing stories from my girls that involve not wearing helmets, dirt bikes and wrecks into parked cars!
- Saturday when we finally made it back home I watched a movie that I wanted to watch. It was not a kids movie and it didn’t have guns or cars in it!
- I started reading a book this weekend! Me with a book! I have not read a book for enjoyment in probably 15 years! I actually like reading for fun!
- Did I mention I went antique shopping!
Thanksgiving November 24, 2009
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Thanksgiving is fast approaching us so I thought I would make a little list of some of the things I am thankful for this year.
I am thankful for:
- Not killing either one of my children. ~ Especially after hearing: But so-and-so has it, But so-and-so parents would let her do it, You just don’t understand how hard it is to be a kid these days, etc., etc!
- Not having a job yet. ~ How would I ever find the time to make and serve hundreds of BBQ sandwiches every other week at the High School or make Eclairs at the last minute for a 5th grade school project if I had a job?
- Having a sense of humor. ~ If I didn’t have a sense of humor I would have been really angry and I would not have been thankful for the first item above. Especially last week when my youngest daughter was pulling the gray hair off my sweater in church and showing ALL of them to her older sister!
- My blogging friends. ~ Thank you for reading and commenting on my posts and for sharing yours with me.
I hope all of you have a nice Thanksgiving!

New Moon November 17, 2009
Posted by Just a Mom in Life As I Know It.Tags: babble, kids, life, motherhood, New Moon, Twilight
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My girls love the Twilight series. My oldest daughter read the entire series. I told my youngest daughter that she had to read the book in order to see the movie. But that went by the wayside real fast once her older sister got the Twilight DVD! My youngest is just like me she hates to read! We have found that if we read a book out loud to each other it’s not that bad. It’s actually fun!
OK, sorry, I went off subject a little there! Back to Twilight! This morning I found out our DirectTV has an interactive Twilight channel for this week. It shows trailers for the New Moon movie and has a couple of little games to play. I told both of my girls about this morning when I woke them up. You would have thought I woke them up on Christmas morning! They were dressed and downstairs in 10 minutes flat!
Both of my girls want to go see the New Moon movie this weekend. They are both freaking out because they think the movie will sell out and they won’t be able to go see it this weekend. My youngest daughter is also freaking out because she wants to go see the movie with just her big sister, NO MOMS ALLOWED! This will be a first for her to go see a movie with just her sister.
Well I was nice and bought them the tickets online for this Saturday and I have no intentions on going to see it with them! I am debating on whether to tell them this information this afternoon or to milk it for a few days! I can’t keep secrets like this so I will probably bust by dinnertime!

Do I Have To Have This Conversation? November 14, 2009
Posted by Just a Mom in Life As I Know It.Tags: conversations with children, daughters, funny, humor, kids, mom, motherhood
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I swear there is something in the air lately! My girls have been coming up to me and either telling me things I don’t want to know about or asking me questions that I don’t want to answer!

Let me start with my 17-year-old:
17-year-old Daughter: “Mom, my friend Tom is going to ask out this girl out who already has a girlfriend.” Mom: “You mean she already has a boyfriend, right?” 17-year-old Daughter: “No, you heard right she has a girlfriend!” Mom: “Is he hoping for a Ménage a trois?” (I can’t believe I actually asked my own child that question!) 17-year-old Daughter: “No, he just wants to get it on with the both of them at the same time!” I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry!Now for my 10 year-old. (Keep in mind that she is in the 5th grade at a Catholic School and that they have had class room discussions about how your body changes at their age.):
Conversation #1: 10-year-old Daughter: “Mom, guess what we kept doing at lunch today?” Mom: “God only knows! What did you guys do at lunch today?” 10-year-old Daughter: “We kept going up to the boys and asking them, What comes at the end of a statement? Then they would say PERIOD and we would run off laughing!” (She was cracking up when she told me this.) Mom: “You shouldn’t do that to the poor boys!” (Then I turned away and chuckled.) 10-year-old Daughter: “Then I went up to Jane and I said, “Hi, I’m Mother Nature and I have a new little FRIEND for you!” The boys told Coach on us so we had to sweep the lunch room!” Conversation #2: 10-year-old Daughter: “Mom do you know what a French Kiss is?” Mom: “Excuse me?!” (I was in total shock at this one!) 10-year-old Daughter: “Do you know what a French Kiss is?” Mom: “No, what is it?” (In hopes that she would tell me a really great joke!) 10-year-old Daughter: “No, really, tell me what a French Kiss is!” (She was turning a light pink at this point.) Mom: “It’s when two French people kiss.” (Now please go away!) 10-year-old Daughter: “MOM! Tell me what it really means! We were talking about this at school and I want to find out if what the other girls said was true.” (She is now a light red at this stage) Mom: “It’s when two people kiss and their tongues touch.” (Did I just really tell my 10 year-old daughter that!) 10-year-old Daughter: “That’s what they said too. That’s just GROSS!” (Her face is now fire engine red!) Conversation #3: 10-year-old Daughter: “Can my sister take me to see New Moon next Saturday?” Mom: “It’s rated PG-13 so I might have to go with you if they require an adult to go with you.” 10-year-old Daughter: “My sister can be TRIED as an adult in court doesn’t that count?!” That kid cracks me up!!! * Names have been changed to protect the innocent and the guilty!Sometimes Love Hurts November 9, 2009
Posted by Just a Mom in Life As I Know It.Tags: caramel apples, cooking, funny, humor, kids, motherhood
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I spend a lot of time in the kitchen with my daughters. Sometimes they help, sometimes they just watch and talk to me about what’s going on in their lives.
This weekend I had the insane idea of making caramel apples. Now, back when I was a kid we used to buy a kit that had these caramel wraps and all you did was wrap the apple and stick a tongue depressor into it! Man those were the good old days!
I managed to find a kit to make caramel apples but you had to use the stove! We mixed the package with milk and sugar and brought the mixture up to 242 degrees! My youngest stuck the tongue depressors into the apple while my oldest daughter and I were stirring and taking the temperature of the boiling goo on the stove.
Once it got hot enough we dipped the apples into the goo. I of course told both my 10-year-old and my 17-year-old to, “Be Careful! It’s very hot! It WILL burn the crap out of you!” The listened very well and they both managed to dip their apples into the hot caramel goo and walk away unharmed.
I however should have listened to my own advice! I dipped my apple into the boiling caramel goo, pulled it out, rolled it around and tried to let the excess goo drip back into the pan. Well guess what, it dripped right on my finger! I dropped my apple back into the goo and screamed! That crap sticks to anything it touches! Especially the flesh on your fingers!
I screamed to my oldest daughter to turn off the stove, remove the apple and get me some burn ointment as I held my poor index finger under cold water.
My oldest daughter managed to save my apple and my youngest daughter just laughed her ass off! I kid you not she was rolling on the floor in tears! I’m so glad I can be a source of humor for that child! Did I mention that she will probably not make it to eleven at her rate of laughing at me!
The apples turned out yummy, my finger will be fine in a few days and I provided, however painful to me, a good memory for my kids!

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You’ve Got Spam November 5, 2009
Posted by Just a Mom in Life As I Know It.Tags: humor, funny, scams, dumbasses, junk mail, Spam
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I love some of the things I get in my inbox. This morning I received the below e-mail. Normally when I receive junk like this I just delete it but since I was in one of my “Moods” I decided to go ahead and reply back. I love how he sent it in Comic Sans MS font. I deleted last names and e-mail addresses but everything else is as it was sent!
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To: Heather
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Sucker! November 2, 2009
Posted by Just a Mom in Life As I Know It.Tags: funny, humor, kids, motherhood, Sucker
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Do you hear that sucking noise? No, it’s not my vacuum cleaner running, although I really should give it a whirl around the house here soon! No, it’s the noise that follows me around when I get near my kids schools. They seem to suck me into everything lately. Don’t tell anyone but I actually like it!
This past week I got sucked into helping out at my youngest daughter’s Halloween Carnival. I was there from 8 in the morning until 3 in the afternoon! Our class ended up not having a game to run so I ended up helping out the other 5th grade class. It was a good thing I was there to help out because only one other mom showed up to help out for that class! I got to learn how to make popcorn in a real popcorn machine. We made and filled 500 bags of popcorn!!

I thought for sure I was going to have nightmares of this damn clown!
I think I got suckered into the popcorn deal because of Bad Karma! A few weeks ago my youngest daughter’s class went to a week-long Outdoor Learning School that was about an hour and half away from us. We had enough drivers for the trip up but not for the trip back. I ended up having to go pick up my daughter but I could not drive back any other kids because I don’t have my driving record on file with the school. Our class room mom also made the trip up there but she only wanted to get her daughter. They found out she had Driving Clearance and she ended up taking back 3 other kids. I kept walking past her and mumbling “Sucker” to her the whole time we were there! I couldn’t believe it, but right when we were about to leave I reached into my jacket pocket and I found a lollipop from our church bazaar the week before! I pulled it out and said, “Here you go a Sucker for a Sucker!”
She got me back Friday when I was leaving, she asked me if I wanted my Sucker back!

Life… October 26, 2009
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In his song Beautiful Boy, John Lennon wrote “Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.”
What is life? What is the meaning of life? What is my purpose in life? What the hell am I doing with my life?
Ah yes! All the great questions for the making of a mid-life crisis! One of these days I suppose I will have the answers to all these questions. I also suppose once I have all these great answers I will drop dead at once so I can’t pass them on. I believe every person has to find his or her own answers to these questions.
I have thought about these questions really hard lately. The one thing I have tried hard not to do is to not stop living while I try and figure out these great mysteries of life. That would truly be a waste of life in my opinion.
Last night my youngest daughter and I took a bike ride right before sunset. We had to stop a few times to rest her little legs. During one of these stops, as we were watching the sunset over the golf course, she said out of the blue “I think life is what you do between sunrise and sunset!”
Wow! Out of the mouths of babes! I truly believe my youngest is an old soul sent here to guide me between my sunrise and my sunset!
The Doll House Project October 20, 2009
Posted by Just a Mom in Life As I Know It.Tags: arts & crafts, doll house, funny, hobbies, humor, kids, motherhood
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About 2 months ago I posted a video about our progress on our Doll House. Today, my poor glue-gun burned fingers I am very happy to announce that construction has ended on this house and I am able to post an updated version of our Doll House Project!
The next phase of our project has been turned over to my daughters. They will be the Interior Decorators for this project. Hopefully they won’t take as long as the construction crew did and they will come in under budget!
Sick Day?! October 12, 2009
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Ah the joys of being unemployed a stay at home mom… I don’t have to dress up to impress the boss, I don’t have to worry about the break room gossip and I don’t have to worry about the government taking all those taxes out of my check!
The one thing I really miss is having sick days! Have you ever tried to take a sick day from being unemployed a stay at home mom? I swear it can’t be done!
All weekend long I muddled along trying not to give into the fact that I might be getting the crud! We had too busy of a weekend for me to be getting sick. We had our church/school bazaar and my oldest daughter had Homecoming! Being sick was not an option!
Monday comes around and when I woke up I was sick! My ears were throbbing and my throat was on fire! As Sponge Bob would say, “I have the suds!”
My youngest daughter had the day off from school but I still had to get up and get my oldest daughter out the door. She was feeling kind of sudsy herself. I managed to get her to school and I came home and landed my sick butt on the couch with my blankie! I declared to my husband who works from home and my youngest daughter that I was taking a sick day!
Sick day my Asteroids! After an hour and a half of school my oldest daughter called and said she was not feeling good and that I needed to go pick her up! I got my sick butt up and went to get her.
We got home and I tried to go back to my couch with my blankie. I had forgotten that I promised my youngest daughter to go costume shopping today. I hate breaking a promise! So I got my sick butt moving and out we went for a day of shopping!
Now it’s time to go make dinner… my throat is still sore and my ears are still throbbing! Maybe I can call in sick tomorrow!

Question Of The Week October 7, 2009
Posted by Just a Mom in Life As I Know It.Tags: cuss words, cussing, funny, humor, kids, motherhood, Question Of The Week, Sugar Honey Iced Tea, swearing
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Question of the week: Do you have any funny sayings that you use instead of swearing?

Last Friday I took my youngest daughter and her friend to the movies. My daughter’s friend banged her knee on the car door and this flew out of her mouth: Sugar Honey Iced Tea! After I found out that she was alright I asked her what she said. My daughter of course piped in and proudly said: Sugar Honey Iced Tea! and then she told me it stood for that word that rhymes with IT. Yep, these cute little Catholic school girls have their own little code for S-H-I-T… Sugar Honey Iced Tea!
Rah, Rah, Ree… October 5, 2009
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It’s that time of year again. Fall is in the air, boys are playing football and girls are looking at the boys butts in their tight football uniform pants cheering them on!

This past Friday I ventured out to a high school football game with my daughters. This game was my oldest daughter’s high school team against my old, and I do mean old, high school team. This game has become a little bit of a tradition with me and my girls.

I sat on my daughter’s school side but I proudly wore my old school’s color, red! My daughter’s school had what they call a “Black Out” and most of them wore black shirts. The others wore either royal blue or white! My red shirt stood out pretty good! The ticket lady even asked me if I was going to the correct side!
My oldest daughter is currently dating the right tackle from her team. I had to laugh because every time the boy had the ball she missed seeing it! That’s what you get for talking too much!
My youngest daughter had her pom-poms and she kept saying the above little cheer all night long as she waved them! At first it was cute… but by the end of the 4th quarter I was ready to shove those damn pom-poms somewhere that rhymes with Rass! Especially since my team got their butts kicked, 35 to 13!

Did I mention that this was my school’s Homecoming to boot?!
Rent A Mom September 30, 2009
Posted by Just a Mom in Desserts & Snacks, Life As I Know It, Mom's Diner.Tags: Eclairs, funny, humor, kids, moms, motherhood, recipes
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This week I my youngest daughter had a school project due that involved food. For her 5th grade Social Studies class she had to find a dessert to make from a country that her ancestors came from.
We have basically become mutts over the years in my family. I am 25% Irish, 25% Danish, and 50% French and my husband is Polish, German and French as far as he knows. My daughter chose France as her country. We decided to make Eclairs for her project. They were actually very easy to make!

5th Grade Social Studies Project
Chocolate Éclairs
Ingredients: Filling:| 1 (3.5 ounce) package instant chocolate pudding mix prepared to directions on box Pastries: 1/2 cup butter (1 Stick) 1 cup water 1/8 teaspoon salt 1 cup all-purpose flour 4 eggs | Chocolate Icing: 2 tablespoons butter 2 ounces semi sweet chocolate, chopped 1 cup confectioners’ sugar 2 tablespoons milk 1 teaspoon vanilla extract |
Directions:
| 1. | Prepare pudding according to instructions on box. Chill 1 hour in refrigerator. |
| 2. | Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Grease baking sheets. |
| 3. | In a heavy saucepan, combine 1/2 cup butter, water and salt over medium-high heat. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low. Pour in flour all at once and stir vigorously until fully incorporated and mixture forms a ball. Remove from heat, let rest 5 minutes. Then beat in eggs, one at a time, until well combined. |
| 4. | Drop dough into twelve equal mounds on baking sheets. Spread each mound into a 4×1/2 inch rectangle. |
| 5. | Bake in preheated oven 35 minutes, until golden. Remove from oven and with a paring knife make a hole at one end of each éclair. Reduce heat to 375 degrees F. Return éclairs to oven for 10 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. |
| 6. | Prepare icing while éclairs are cooling. Heat 2 tablespoons butter with chocolate in a small saucepan over medium heat, stirring until melted. Remove from heat and stir in confectioners’ sugar, 2 tablespoons milk and vanilla. Set aside. |
| 7. | To assemble: Using a pastry bag with a small tip, pipe the filling into each éclair. Frost with chocolate icing. Chill until serving.
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Yesterday afternoon I went to pick my daughter up at school. As usual there are a few of us moms who buck the Car Line Rule and stand at the school’s front doors to pick up the kids. I know, we are such rebels! This way we can gossip talk about what is going on at school and such.
Well yesterday I asked one of the other moms what her daughter was making for the Social Studies project. I got a blank look from her at first and then the look of fear started to show! She had no idea that there was a project due the next day! She asked me what we were doing and I told her what we had picked. She offered me $30 to make her a batch of Eclairs for her daughter! I asked her if they were part French and she said “We will be for tomorrow if you can make them for us!” I took her up on her deal and we made an extra dozen Eclairs. I filled her Eclairs with vanilla pudding and used white chocolate for the frosting.
This little incident has got me to thinking… maybe I should start a new business. Rent A Mom! I could hire myself out to make desperately needed cookies and cupcakes. What, you can’t make little Timmy’s school play?! Have no fear Super Mom is here! For $50 an hour I will attend the play for you! Just e-mail me a recent photo of little Timmy and I will videotape and take pictures for you. But wait, there’s more! Act now and for just an extra $20 I will stand up a give your child the old “Way to go Timmy!” shoutout!
Hey, I’m just thinking out loud here!
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Dear 1989 Me September 22, 2009
Posted by Just a Mom in Life As I Know It.Tags: humor funny, Letter to the past, meme, motherhood, Tag Your It
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Dear 1989 Just A Mom:
Oops… I guess I let that cat out of the bag! This is 2009 Just A Mom and if you couldn’t figure it out from your new name you become a mom in the near future.
Let’s see your High School Class slogan is Drugs are great, Sex is fine, We’re the Class of ‘89! First thing I’m going to tell you is don’t drop out of school! You think you are sticking it to the teachers and the administration but the only one you are sticking it too is yourself!
Here are some other things you might be interested in:
Beauty: Stay away from the perm! Don’t do it now or ever! As for those glasses you hate wearing don’t worry too much you will get contacts sooner or later!
Men: Listen to your Grandmother! She will tell you, “Don’t get married just live with him!” Yes, YOUR Grammy tells you that! Listen to the women! If you don’t listen to her you will figure out she was right in 5 months. Not too much time wasted and you get a great daughter out of it.
As for the next round with men always take a dare and always follow your gut instincts. You will meet the man you are now married to through an on-line dating site your friend dares you to join. You will have to weed out a few jerks but it is worth it. Oh by the way you might want to get on a different birth control pill because the one you are on didn’t work the first time and guess what it doesn’t work the second time either! But your youngest daughter and your now husband will probably thank you one day!
Children: Like I already mentioned you end up with two daughters. They are seven years apart but they will still fight like cats and dogs with each other. Just walk away when they start in!
When you have your first daughter don’t be stupid, take the DRUGS! Make sure you listen to your mom about her name. You will have your heart set on naming her Gretchen but you’ll see when she is born it just doesn’t fit!
As for your youngest daughter, she will be a piece of cake! Just remember nobody has died from the 5 second rule!
Family: Your mom will always stay by your side. But you know that even back in 1989. Give her lots of hugs!
Your dad, well he is just your dad. You will get to use him in a few years down the road. It’s ok to use him, your Grammy, his mom, will tell you “to take what you can get when you can get it!” Again, that lady is one smart cookie!
You lose quite a few of your close family members in the next twenty years but you also gain a few great ones as well!
Money: You make enough to cover the bills and have a little left over for some fun every now and then.
Misc.: The winning lottery numbers for September 18, 2009 is: 18-27-31-36-52 with a Mega Ball Number 53.
One day you will get a bright idea to build a doll house with your girls. Buy lots of burn ointment!
I know I left out a bunch of information but you are pretty darn smart. You’ll figure it out!
Tag your it if ya wanna be! Write a letter to your own 1989 self!
I stole borrowed this from Jean over at Jean Has Been Shopping. Check her blog out, she has a great little site!
Momma Said There’d Be Days Like These September 21, 2009
Posted by Just a Mom in Life As I Know It.Tags: catholic church, funny, humor, kids, motherhood
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I can only wish for more days like these:
This past weekend my oldest daughter made her Confirmation in the Catholic church. I have to admit I had this strange feeling inside of me as I watched her during the ceremony. It took me awhile to figure out what that feeling was but I finally figured it out. That feeling was pure pride!
I was proud of all the hard work SHE put into this big event. I was proud of how mature SHE has become in the past year working towards this big day. I was proud of the dress SHE bought and I didn’t have to make her return because it was inappropriate!

Then there is the flip side: (Isn’t there always!)
As I sat in the church pew watching my oldest daughter receive her Sacrament from the Bishop feeling all proud my youngest daughter turns to me and whispers in my ears: “Mom, have you ever noticed that you can see the nipples on Jesus up there on the cross?!”
Video Of The Week September 17, 2009
Posted by Just a Mom in Life As I Know It.Tags: Mary Travers, Peter Paul and Mary, The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, The Marvelous Toy
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Peter, Paul and Mary
The Marvelous Toy
Peter, Paul and Mary
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
Imagination September 14, 2009
Posted by Just a Mom in Life As I Know It.Tags: funny, humor, imagination, kids, motherhood
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My youngest daughter has always had a great imagination. She is one of those children that can entertain herself for hours upon hours. If you give her an empty box she will go to the moon or open up a veterinary hospital.
This past weekend she found an old radio that no longer worked. She asked me if she could take the antenna off of it and of course I let her. So far I have found her using this antenna as a pointer while she was teaching her class of stuffed animals how to multiply, a microphone while performing on stage in our living room and as a bat as she hit a game winning homerun.
My favorite thing she used the antenna for was a magic wand. My husband and I were sitting in the living room and she came and tapped me on the head and said, “Abra Ca Dabra you are now a frog!” I replied “Sorry your magic wand must be broken.” She came up and whispered this in my ear, “Oh yeah?! Watch this… Abra Ca Dabra I turn Daddy into a stressed out old man! See it does to work!”
Damn kids and their imaginations!









