Parenting Today. Preparing for Tomorrow.
Amanda Colby
What a difference a year makes . . . painting and drinking wine instead of sitting in an ED waiting room for hours. Paint and Sip Tonight I did go with my trainer, and one other lovely lady from the gym, and painted a “Serene Sunrise”, while drinking wine. Well, I’m a lightweight, so I …
Read moreThursday Thoughts #5 – Painting, Jeans, Field Trip, and A Year Ago
I’m dropping the “tips” from Tuesday for posts that aren’t ordered into tips. Today has been a very long and emotional day. We started out by getting up early for the pancake breakfast fundraiser at the big kids’ school. It is amazing how quickly little people will dress themselves when there are pancakes on the …
Read moreTuesday #6 – An Emotional Day of Lunch, Therapy and Yoga
This morning I got up with the kids and we had a little trouble with momentum getting out the door, but not too bad. The big kids were only a couple minutes late. Gym I slid into the gym right at 8:30 when I was supposed to start my new gym program. at that 8:30am …
Read moreMonday Musings #4 – Gym, Dinnertime, and a Bedtime Prayer
I’m feeling maybe a little less foggy, but still kind of emotionally tired / fragile. I slept in until the very last minute until it was time for me to get dressed for church. Somehow my minions managed to wander around and play well together without pretty much any supervision. We did get to mass …
The fog is getting worse. I’m struggling to remember yesterday very well. I stayed up way too late last night just procrastinating my life away online for hours and hours after the kids went to bed. It has been quite a while since I have done that that bad. Friday My parents came and picked …