Archive for August 2009

Using Kids Art as Decoration

I hang the art work the kids have made at school throughout the house, especially the kitchen. It makes the kitchen so bright and festive. Here are some of the boy bops’ paintings from when they were younger.

Football Begins for S-bop

S-bop, who is starting high school, at his team’s scrimmage game. A scrimmage is a practice game against an opposing team. I can’t believe my baby is in high school already! He is very excited about playing, very excited to be in high school. The coaching staff is training them to be [...]

RIP Tawny Nibbles Cat

We got a new cat, the boys named her Nibbles and I named her Suzy Homemaker. We only had her a few days, I-bop was able to keep her at her new place after putting down a pet deposit so got the last word on the name. She named her Tawny. Then sadly, Tawny passed [...]

Sophie’s Lungs & Health Care Reform

This is from the blog A Girl and Her Lung. I wish everyone so adamant against health care reform could/would read about her life. excerpt:
I’m writing this today, not because I am out to change anyone’s mind, or because I see myself as a political activist, but because our daughter lives with an on-going, critical [...]

When Your Kid Has Negative Feelings About You

I had my daughter when I was 17 and we had hard times, including her see me get beat down by her bio dad many times. She also witnessed me have a postpartum depression breakdown in which I nearly killed her baby brother and I lost custody of him for a while. and then less [...]