Hello from La Petit Puppe’, the daycare for the discerning puppy owner! As you may remember, we have a new puppy. After three weeks in her new home, Tess has done her best to leave her mark on everything inside. Wow. I haven’t had a puppy since Callie was little in 1996. Over the years, [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Mediocre housekeeping'
The Dog Doo Days of Summer, or Why can’t I find a clean towel in this house?
August 26th, 2010 · 10 Comments · Dogalicious, Stinkbert and Scruffalupagus, Excrement, Humor: You're laughing WITH me, right?, Mediocre housekeeping, Stuff you need to know about, What I've learned
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Summmertiiimmmme… and the livin is eeeeeeasyyyy…
June 16th, 2010 · 12 Comments · Bringin the crazy, Feeling stabby, Humor: You're laughing WITH me, right?, Mediocre housekeeping, Parenting, Pics
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA. (Sorry. I don’t know what came over me.) SNORT! HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAAAA. (Sorry. It’s just that…um… EASY? … what was I THINKING?) What’s really funny is that I started out writing a post about how this summer HAS been easy…-er. More easy. Easy-ish. Seriously, it HAS been different from past years, when having all three kids [...]
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When does the Proverbs 31 woman SLEEP? -REPOST
June 7th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Confession: I am SO lame, Mediocre housekeeping, Parenting
With the kids home from school, I’ve been questioning my parenting even more than usual. It got me pondering, and I started to write something new. But then I remembered and reread this post from May of last year. And I decided it said most of what I was feeling AND offered me some encouragement. [...]
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Martha Stewart, I am NOT.
January 6th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Mediocre housekeeping, Parenting, Works for Me Wednesday
Today’s Works for Me Wednesday post: How to remove burnt odors from a microwave. But first some parenting advice: When your tween child asks you how long to warm a Quaker oatmeal bar in the microwave, it would behoove you to be 100% focused on him when you answer. (Okay, I was just looking for [...]
Practically imperfect in every way
December 17th, 2009 · 8 Comments · Mediocre housekeeping, My musings, Parenting, school
I’m feeling rather imperfect today. You might say, EXTRA imperfect. The run-up to Christmas this year seems especially hectic, and I’m kinda overwhelmed. To-do list in my calendar. Another on a legal pad in my room. Yet another started on a DIFFERENT legal pad in my briefcase. Overlapping and diverging just enough to make me [...]
Tags: children·failure·goals·perfectionism·priorities
It’s a Ho-Down Throwdown!
October 23rd, 2009 · 12 Comments · Humor: You're laughing WITH me, right?, Mediocre housekeeping, Parenting, Twittliteracy
An unexamined tweet is not worth blogging. Yeah, I know today’s the Twitter Ho-Down. And I have definitely succeeded at being a Twitter Ho this week. In fact, in the past 48 hours, I enjoyed some really fun-but-maybe-a-bit-disturbing-sometimes conversations on the Twitter. And that’s the problem with today’s post: I’ve spent too much time playing [...]
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More life lessons from the laundry room; Trust Edition
October 20th, 2009 · 12 Comments · It's NOT all about me, Mediocre housekeeping, My musings, One word, Parenting, Roaming the blogosphere, What I've learned
Sitting here on the couch, I’m surrounded by dogs and laundry. The dogs only cause problems when I trip over them. But the laundry…. The laundry is my nemesis. Hangers litter one sofa cushion. Baskets compete for the socks that I’m folding. After three weeks of feeling BLEH, I am unbelievably behind on washing clothes. [...]
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Crumbled
October 6th, 2009 · 6 Comments · Dogalicious, Stinkbert and Scruffalupagus, Mediocre housekeeping, My dusty, muddy, redneck reality, Parenting, Pics, wordless wednesday
(Mostly) Wordless for Wednesday: A still life in Play-doh and dog hair For more Wordless Wednesday, visit 5 Minutes for Mom
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When does the Proverbs 31 Woman sleep?
May 11th, 2009 · 37 Comments · Blogging about blogging about blogging, Marriage: So sappy together..., Mediocre housekeeping, My dusty, muddy, redneck reality, My musings, Parenting, What I've learned
Inadequate. Not enough. That’s how I’ve been feeling lately. I don’t have enough… time brainpower self-discipline selflessness courage confidence I’m not organized enough. I’m not loving enough. I’m not content enough. [...]
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Two sides of a REALLY unusual coin
April 27th, 2009 · 14 Comments · Bringin the crazy, Humor: You're laughing WITH me, right?, Mediocre housekeeping, My musings
Well, this post was a toss-up between something deep and philosophical… …And a laundry basket post. Hmmmm. Maybe I can do both. Learning: I just came to a realization about myself over the weekend. Laundry: This is much like the realization I came to a month or so ago about my laundry baskets. Learning: First [...]




