Family Briefs

Hubby and I are trying to go to bed at a reasonable time each night. I haven’t wanted to put that in writing for a SMART Habit Saturday post because then I’ll feel accountable to all of you. Saying it’s something we’ve talked about and flirted with the idea of is a little more non-committal.

Of course, if you go to bed at the same reasonable time each night Read the rest of this entry »

My picky eater started taking his breakfast plate in this morning with most of his over-easy egg left untouched. I had him give me his plate so I could finish his egg, upon which my husband asked Read the rest of this entry »

Shannon, over at Rocks In My Dryer, is hosting another Backwards Day for WFMW.

I’ve been struggling with what question to pose to all you smart people out there. Not because I don’t have any questions, but because I have so many to choose from .

Like, how do you get your kids Read the rest of this entry »

My weeks have gotten all mixed up with taking a week off and then including our Halloween meal in last week (normally it wouldn’t appear until this week). I’m not sure what we had when, but I’ve pieced this all together to include some new meal ideas and a couple of recipes.

Maybe I’ll have my act back together next week - at least Grandaddy will be back in town so I’ll have at least one night off from cooking! Here’s my patchwork plan: Read the rest of this entry »

Friday doesn’t seem to be working out for me as a good day to do book reviews. And I swear, I went through some kind of time warp (or a brain warp) that made last Friday vanish into this Friday.

I had a perfect book picked out that would be very timely for Halloween. Then suddenly Halloween went by in a frenzy of costumes, candy, and parties, and a week of my life had disappeared (it’s probably all Shannon’s fault for Read the rest of this entry »

Rebecca at A Not So Desperate Housewife is the lucky winner of the personalized baby bib up for grabs in my Fall Y’all Bloggy Giveaway! I assigned each comment a number and then asked my eldest to pick a number between 1 and 98. He chose number 48, making Rebecca the lucky winner.

I was tempted to have him choose another number since Read the rest of this entry »

Three little pumpkins sitting on a wall
One took a tumble, then took a fall
Child number one blamed child number two
And Child number three cried “Boo-hoo-hoo”

Two little pumpkins sitting on a wall
Child number one reached way up tall
Pushed off a pumpkin to avenge his loss
Mama started scowling, looking very cross Read the rest of this entry »