The Red Sofa Revisted or How We’ve Utilized one of the 4 “Rs”

We bought a sofa a few weeks ago and today I called the furniture store and canceled the order. What it all boils down to is a sofa and two matching chairs became available that we could purchase for a little less than we paid for the red sofa. No, the “new to us” sofa [...]

At Least I Still Have the Internet

My physical voice has been silenced by a cold. I can’t yell at my kids, nag my husband or scold the dog. But I can still type!! Oddly enough, I don’t have much to say here. Or rather, I have a lot I’d like to say, just no time or energy to hash out coherent [...]

The 4 Rs

I want to talk a bit about something that has become almost an obsession for me and DB. I’ve posted before about how we’re trying to live a more simplified lifestyle, not buy new stuff, etc. Part of our efforts have been to implement four maxims into how we live and run our household: Reduce, [...]

Dear MNPS School Board, Please Make Up Your Minds!!

Update at the end of post.
Late last week I was perusing our family calendar to familiarize myself with what was coming up this week. I saw that school pictures for JBelle were on the calendar and I sighed to myself thinking, “Hmmm…should she wear the red or pink polo shirt to school that day?” Because, [...]

Welcome to My Maddening World

I write on my About Malia page of my self diagnosed split-personality disorder (tongue-in-cheek phrasing). It’s something I deal with on a daily basis. Today offered a very classic example of my dilemma driven days.
JBelle is on the swim team with a local YMCA. It is her first time being on a swim team and [...]

8 Random Things About Phil Wilson

Well, Phil has tagged us on a meme. I really don’t get why he wants us to list 8 Random Things about him, but here goes.
1. We know at least five Phils.
2. Phil Wilson is by far the funniest. (looking – no! just kidding)
3. We can always count on Phil for information about Heroes.
4. Phil [...]

Trying Not To Whine

Today has been a tough day for me. (And it has nothing to do with the date.) I honestly don’t want to whine about it on the Internet so suffice to say I’m not in the best of moods. But I did get to help out over at Music City Bloggers. I wish I had [...]

Friday’s Feast Tres

This week’s Friday’s Feast

Appetizer
Using only one word, how does grocery shopping make you feel?
Broke.
Soup
What is your favorite part about the season of Autumn?
All of it! The cooler temps, the leaves changing and falling, playing in the leaves, putting out my fall decor, the smells, the colors, crunchy caramel apple pie, pumpkin bread, trips to Gentry’s [...]

Obligatory Post about Poop

Now what kind of potty-training, laundry folding, house cleaning, dish washing, bed making, meal cooking, mess eradicating mommy blogger would I be if I didn’t regale you with at least one story about poop? I’m mean come on, it’s my civic duty as a blogger and a mother to share these tales of woe and [...]

A Lifetime of Wednesdays

For most of my life, I’ve been resentful of the Wednesday evening service at church. When I was kid, I didn’t really understand why we had to go to church on Wednesday nights. Yes, I’d been given the typical reason of, “the elders set this meeting time for the congregation and we need to honor [...]