tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-191245442024-03-13T12:38:37.495-05:00A Mom and Her Crazy Ideas<br><br><br><br><br><br><br>Writings of a 40-something mom.
Journal, Poetry, short stories..etc..Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701677730927770976noreply@blogger.comBlogger237125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19124544.post-14604432554993779322014-04-24T08:29:00.001-05:002014-04-24T08:29:57.071-05:00
It has officially been too long since we had a full week of school for the girls. They were whiny and grouchy all day today. Well, maybe not all day but for a lot of the day.
We have all been around each other for too long for too many days!
The thing is we won't have a full week this next week either. Taking a short little vacation this coming weekend. So...another broken up week. I Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701677730927770976noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19124544.post-16466363755689163922014-04-24T08:29:00.000-05:002014-04-24T08:29:20.023-05:00Yesterday was one year since my grandfather passed away. My brother called me and asked if I had called my grandma. I said noooo, why? Was she sick? Then he lays the guilt on and says today is the day Grandaddy died a year ago. Well crap, I think... Now she'll think I don't care or something. BUT, I am not gona fall victim to that guilt!! I didn't remember. I Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701677730927770976noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19124544.post-40253844805768712642014-04-24T08:28:00.000-05:002014-04-24T08:28:02.517-05:00I couldn't sleep very well last night so I went back in time and read through a lot of my old posts on this blog. I can't believe how much is on here about the girls! I loved reading back about what they were doing.
I decided if anything else this blog is a good place for me to keep a record of the little things about them as they are growing up. (and some funny things about Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701677730927770976noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19124544.post-6495830460670171602012-08-31T13:05:00.000-05:002012-08-31T13:05:52.987-05:00ChangePeople tell me that "change is good". I believe them..most of the time. Recently, I'm not so sure. We are going through some HUGE changes around the Smith household right now.
We are renovating the house. Mostly cosmetic except for the kitchen. The kitchen is going to be completely new. New floor, new cabinets, new appliances..everything in it will be new. The rest of theLeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701677730927770976noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19124544.post-59587225361500299752012-02-05T23:55:00.000-05:002012-02-05T23:55:51.943-05:00It has definitely been longer than a week. I need to make a stronger effort to write. It seems I only get the time to write on my iPad now and typing on this thing is a pain!I shall try to make it work. It is Sunday and I believe this used to be "Poetry" day. I have not written anything creative in so long. I start things in my head but never committ them to paper. Something else I need to Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701677730927770976noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19124544.post-21961003059284978712012-01-11T14:10:00.002-05:002012-01-11T14:10:51.636-05:00CAN NOT WAIT!Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701677730927770976noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19124544.post-8428569171531138832012-01-11T13:26:00.000-05:002012-01-11T13:26:02.292-05:00New Year, New Beginning?It's a new year and I'm going to try and make a new go of it here on my blog. I am pledging to write at least three times a week. I hope that I will do better than that. I have come a long way in a year; the last time I posted. I don't think I am "lost" anymore. I am reading again. I have even been invited to join two different book clubs.
My friendships have become a little deeper and I don't Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701677730927770976noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19124544.post-29623662982664995942011-02-01T23:15:00.004-05:002011-02-02T00:42:41.946-05:00Are you a "Lost Mom"?I am coining a new phrase: "Lost Mom". Definition: A mom who has lost that which made her "her" due to the daily demands of motherhood.I think I am a Lost Mom. I think all the time about what I would like to do and wonder why I don't do it anymore...and then I go back to doing whatever it is I was doing before I had the thought. And if you understood that, then kudos to you!I feel like that ILeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701677730927770976noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19124544.post-33558485287889028722011-01-23T21:43:00.006-05:002011-01-23T22:03:48.768-05:00Fort Rapids and Disney!Sorry no poetry today!Took the girls on a weekend adventure. We left Friday around noon (the girls had a snow day) for Columbus. Brad and I had booked a room at the indoor water park called Fort Rapids. We had spent a good wile of Thursday evening reading the reviews on this water ranch and we were a little apprehensive about what we might find. The reviews were overall good, but there were a fewLeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701677730927770976noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19124544.post-41458525271519876482011-01-20T22:36:00.002-05:002011-01-20T22:59:04.561-05:00Snow & MoviesWhat is going on in Hollywood these days? It seems to me that the studios today are going for quantity and not quality. They suck in the masses with their flashy previews full of promises of great action, high drama, suspense...and then fail to deliver the goods. I swear I am so sick of sitting down to watch a movie and then half way through being so disappointed that it doesn't even bother meLeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701677730927770976noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19124544.post-19109031969829534812011-01-15T21:43:00.009-05:002011-01-15T22:01:43.535-05:00An Old Story and Catching Up for the Week.Well, I was doing really well. Posted 3 days in a row and then it hit me...the January we got too much snow on the ground and I been in the house with my kids for four days in a row blues. Just got a case of the winter blahs. They come and go with me. I just need a good long day in the sunshine.Everyone is better now. No more sickness. We had a good time during our sick days even though we Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701677730927770976noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19124544.post-83583271897942279552011-01-10T22:32:00.004-05:002011-01-10T23:05:21.117-05:00Just a MondayHave had two bouts of sickness this weekend. Friday night Lyanna was up til 4am losing it out both ends. Lovely... Last night Kenzie came into our room around 2am crying and saying she had a bad dream. I let her get in bed with me and she was burning up. Took her temp and it was 103.4. Poor thing, no wonder she had a bad dream. Gave her some Motrin and a cool washcloth for her forehead andLeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701677730927770976noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19124544.post-29602730988913789732011-01-09T21:35:00.003-05:002011-01-09T21:58:20.893-05:00Poetry SundayPlaying Just Dance 2 with my girls and Brad...well Brad did one dance with us.I am sweating...Body Movin' (Fat Boy Slim mix) kicks my booty!We are having fun though. Girls don't have school tomorrow for a teacher work day so I told them we would stay up and play. They crack me up playing this.Today is supposed to be poetry Sunday..so I suppose I should blog something poetic. Haven't really gotLeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701677730927770976noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19124544.post-11570503639598752752011-01-08T20:58:00.003-05:002011-01-08T21:28:47.121-05:00What I Am Planning..and some other stuffageI've been reading through this blog and refreshing my memory on what I had been doing before. There are a couple of things I'd like to start doing again.1. Flashback Friday2. Poetry Sunday3. Food ThursdayAt least that will give me three solid topics to write about on those days. Maybe. Ha! I seem to have a bad record of not keeping up with what I say I want to do....best laid plans and Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701677730927770976noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19124544.post-48930720908223208012011-01-06T23:00:00.003-05:002011-01-06T23:14:32.886-05:00Happy New Year!Happy New Year: 2011!So far it has been kinda bleh. Gotta talk about my Arkansas Razorbacks.Arkansas played Ohio State in the Sugar Bowl this year. It was Arkansas' first BCS bowl. Needless to say Brad and I were really excited about the game. Brad even went down to New Orleans for the game. Unfortunately, I had to stay up here in Ohio with the girls. We didn't have anyone for them to stay Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701677730927770976noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19124544.post-18713665521974580362010-03-31T13:04:00.004-05:002010-03-31T13:10:38.443-05:00A Little BitIt's getting to be more of an enjoyment again. I am starting to feel the urge to write. Maybe it's the sunshine making me feel better, I dunno.My uncle that I talked about last time passed away that Friday evening. He lived a great life. Was in full control of himself and had all his marbles when he passed. (Although some would question that later, we did call him "crazy Uncle Joe") We all Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701677730927770976noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19124544.post-32796398392360682122010-03-26T19:39:00.004-05:002010-03-26T21:09:34.512-05:003 StagesToday has been a strange day. Three things going on in my life today. All of them centered around hospitals.Brad hurt his knee about a month ago. Never knew what he really did or when exactly, just woke up the day after our Mardi Gras party and couldn't walk. Ended up he had a torn miniscus...had to have outpatient surgery today to take care of it. He was not too thrilled about the whole Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701677730927770976noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19124544.post-89983083625455745112010-02-18T09:43:00.002-05:002010-02-18T09:52:32.501-05:00I'm sticking with BlueI am wearing blue eyeshadow today. And it's sparkly! Now some of you wouldn't think that was anything out of the ordinary. So what, who cares what color eyeshadow you wear. Well, a lot of folks would say that blue is soooo 80's. They wouldn't be caught dead wearing blue.I don't care. I say bring back the 80's! Bring back the blue eyeshadow!Bring back the mile high bangs! Bring back the bow Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701677730927770976noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19124544.post-5222817852237537202010-02-17T19:15:00.002-05:002010-02-17T19:29:23.495-05:00I got the I don't want to write Blue'sMy friend contacted me over Facebook today and wanted to know when I was going to start blogging again. I told her I didn't know. I wasn't enjoying writing anymore right now. It doesn't bring me the joy that it used to bring. I can't really explain it to anyone. I like to write and I miss it, but the effort it takes to work writing into my daily madness of children, snow, dogs, dinners, Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701677730927770976noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19124544.post-27032688153779348442009-11-03T00:11:00.006-05:002009-11-03T00:28:14.503-05:00Swine Flu, Halloween and other Spooky Things We have had an eventful week this past week. Lyanna came home from church last week and went right to bed with 102 degree fever. Welcome to the swine flu in Ohio... She ran fever for 5 days straight. It peaked on Thursday...up to 104.5 or so had to put her in a cold tub and cool her off. It's sad when you are happy your kids temp is 102. After the bath her temp came down to normal and then Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701677730927770976noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19124544.post-7374274141994956802009-10-20T00:04:00.002-05:002009-10-20T00:11:46.803-05:00Late Night Crazy Music With FriendsBrad's friend Rich is here from South Carolina. They were big buds in college. Rich met us down in Dallas when we went to the A&M game two weekends ago. They are sitting in front of the jukebox picking songs to listen to...right now it's "Destination Unknown" by Missing Persons. The song before was "Crazy Train" by Ozzy of course...see what I mean about crazy music. Now we have "Shout at Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701677730927770976noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19124544.post-49016705586629375492009-10-18T17:49:00.005-05:002009-10-18T18:10:20.122-05:00A BLEH WeekendIt has been a bleah weekend. Friday I had my carpets cleaned. Got up early and took Lyanna to school. Went to take Kenzie to lunch so we would be out of the way, and got rear-ended. It was a three car accident, I was in the front. Dude in a truck hit the car behind me, car behind me ran up under my van. I am fine, Kenzie is fine, van is okay...a little bit of body work will have to be done. My Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701677730927770976noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19124544.post-68887187965325395142009-10-12T21:32:00.005-05:002009-10-12T22:02:36.975-05:00I've got to Ramble on...Watching Monday Night Football...kind of. Really just surfing around the web and decided I needed to blog a little.I'm a little discouraged with football right now. My fantasy team sucketh muchly and no matter what I do, I just can't seem to win a game.Brad is lost in facebook and videos....something about a iguana and ping pong balls...sounds kind of kinky to me....and he says I'm addicted to Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701677730927770976noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19124544.post-20223355716453201852009-10-08T20:07:00.002-05:002009-10-08T20:17:03.714-05:00A Little of This and a LittleIt is 9pm. I am sitting down in the basement with Brad while he watches a really bad movie and drinking a shot of Maker's Mark. Yes, it was that crazy of a night. If it wasn't raining I would be out in the hot tub. I don't know why bathtime/bedtime has to be so difficult sometimes. It's like the girls just want to do the opposite of everything they are told. I think they just get so tired Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701677730927770976noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19124544.post-45461066211689369932009-10-01T19:04:00.004-05:002009-10-01T21:52:09.752-05:00Why are you in my world?Lots to talk about today.1st think on my mind tonight. When did everyone become so absorbed in their own little worlds that they can do whatever they want and get pissed off when they get caught not following the rules? My husband says all the time to folks: "Oops sorry, I crossed into your world." I swear I have had at least 6-10 people just run redlights and/or stop signs and about plow into meLeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701677730927770976noreply@blogger.com2