Archive for January 2009

PICS: S-bop spent the day shoveling snow, here he is taking a break to say hi to Skittles, who watched him from various windows while he shoved the driveway, the backyard turn-around, front and back steps, and sidewalks. He is such a good and helpful son!

S-bop loves his DS so much, we had to set restrictions on it or he would play it all the time.

PIC: T-bop putting the trash can away. usually this is S-bop’s job, but he was busy carrying the laundry into the house.

PICS: Washing clothes at the laundry mat, the boys helped me. I like to hand wash and line dry our clothes, but in the deep freeze of our winters that’s not going to happen.

I’m doing a year & half of post-bacc-pre-grad too, since I’m going into a program that has naught to do with my current degree. This semester only have 2 actual classes I have to go to; I tested out the rest at a different school and they’re accepting the results as transfer credit. I’ve never [...]

check out Mamaphonic, a site for creative mamas. It’s for everything, writing, photography, film making, etc, but most of the regular posters are writers, quite a few of us published. One of the regular topics is finding the space/time to create.
http://mamaphonic.com

My sons awed by icecles.

I’m reading some sutras on motherhood, very interesting to me:
1. THE KINDNESS OF PROVIDING PROTECTION AND CARE WHILE THE CHILD IS IN THE WOMB
The causes and conditions from accumulated
kalpas grows heavy,
Until in this life the child ends up in
its mother’s womb.
As the months pass, the five vital
organs develop;
Within seven weeks the six sense organs
start to [...]

I do strive continually for improvement in my mothering and housework because I don’t want to make my kids’ lives stressful. I grew up with a mom who cared so little for housecleaning, she didn’t mind if roaches crawled over her children at night. I mean just beyond grimy, so I don’t want my kids [...]

Switched over to wordpress…new blog look coming soon!

We bought in the New Year together, Brian, the kids, and I. It was nice. I love my family so much. Happy New Year!
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