A few weekends ago, I tried to use the Internet to begin planning our family vacation. Most years we don’t go anywhere for vacation because the kids have always played baseball and softball. But this year we decided to see if I had enough frequent flier miles to purchase tickets so we could fly out west. I [...]
Archive for May, 2008
Letting go
Posted in Kids, tagged grandmothers, home alone, independence, latchkey kids, letting go, motherhood, mothers, opinions, overbearing, overprotective, parenting, summer, summer vacation, teenagers, teens, worry on May 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I don’t know which is harder: letting go of my children as they get older or keeping myself from turning into my mother, who still keeps a watchful eye on me even as I enter middle age. Nothing I do (or don’t do) doesn’t escape her notice or comment.
Ever since my kids were too old [...]
Let the camps begin!
Posted in Kids, tagged 4-H, baseball camps, basketball camps, camp memories, camps, cheer camps, Girl Scout camps, Girl Scouts, gymnastics camps, packing suitcases, summer, summer camps, summer classes, teenage girls on May 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Summer camps begin this week now that school is out for the summer. My son will be attending a baseball camp, an ISTEP enrichment class, and hopefully later this summer, a basketball camp and maybe even forensic science classes at a local technical school. My daughter will be attending a cheer camp for her high school team, taking [...]
Last days of school
Posted in Kids, tagged academic awards, digital cameras, finals, freshmen, grades, graduation, high school, last day of school, middle school, pictures, school, school calendar, snow days, students on May 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The last days of school this year were added on because our school system ran out of scheduled snow days. Unfortunately for students, books were returned, final exams were taken, and seniors all graduated on schedule according to the original school calendar, which meant little to no learning was done to make up for the missed days. I [...]
Cleaning closets
Posted in Family, tagged cleaning, closets, projects, weekend, yard work on May 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My husband proposed a project for me for this coming weekend. He wants me to clean out a closet where I stuffed a bunch of clothes I weeded from my closet a year ago. I was going to take them to a resale shop, but had to cancel the appointment. I never rescheduled it, so [...]
Yard work is hard!
Posted in Family, tagged annuals, garden, housecleaning, landscape, planting, plants, shrubs, yard work on May 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I spent the weekend trying to catch up on yard work. I’ve been out of town for two back-to-back business trips and when I’ve been home, it seems like it’s either rainy, or cold, or both, so I’m not inclined to go outside and plant stuff or trim anything. So I tried to cram it [...]
Is the week over yet?
Posted in Kids, Sports, Weather, tagged baseball, baseball games, best friend, fatigue, freshman, hectic schedule, Kids, rain, school lunch, sectional track meet, Sports, stress, thunderstorms, track, track meets on May 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I hope I can make it one more day to the weekend. This week was busier than I imagined it would be. Being sleep deprived hasn’t helped any, either. It makes it harder to cope with stressful stuff, like when my son’s middle school called me on Monday asking if I could help them track down the [...]
Full week ahead
Posted in Family, tagged baseball, baseball games, garden, Kids, rain, Sports, tomatoes, track, track meets on May 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Can I take a vacation from my life? Is there a place where moms can go to escape the demands of work, family, and home, without having anyone file a missing persons report because the dirty dishes piled up? If we didn’t have so much junk under our beds, maybe I could hide out there. Or [...]
Mother’s Day
Posted in Family, tagged appreciation, families, housework, moms, Mother's Day, mothers, to-do list, work on May 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Mother’s Day was okay, except for the weather. It was windy, raw, and rainy here, so all I wanted to do was hibernate. It was a typical spring day this year– wet and cold.
Except for taking my mom to church with us and going out to eat afterwards, it was an ordinary Sunday in many [...]
Alone, but not lonely…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged alone, business trips, hotels, noise, quiet, sleep, sleeplessness, travel on May 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Although I miss my family when I’m out of town, I have to admit it’s nice not to have to cook and clean and hassle the kids about homework and… you moms get the picture. On this trip I have a room to myself, so I’m enjoying the fantastic peace and quiet. There’s no TV [...]
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