the moment

as women there is that moment that always happens surrounding the excitement of preparing to leave for vacation…the moment hits…the realization that in a few short days you will be parading up and down the crowded beaches in little more than your skimpies for all to see and you know you must go bathing suit [...]

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dum da dum dum da dum

for those of you who have followed my writings for awhile you know that fishy world has been in turmoil…i feared for the survivors that their time was near especially when the blue goo fell from their sky (thanks to prissy) and covered them with minty freshness…try as i might and it was a galiant [...]

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a little boo hoo

grocery shopping stinks, at least for everyone i have ever talked to. things are too expensive, too confusing, too time consuming and it is just hard to plan weekly menus especially for a family of six. but, add to the mix that fact that baby monster has severe food allergies and cannot eat anything with [...]

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baby monster and the barbie

baby monster has been wanting a barbie…prissy has never liked them, never asked for one and has no interest in playing with them…she is more into crayons so the barbie thing is new to me, well, new again. i played with them plenty as a girl, i had the barbie RV that I pushed all [...]

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sisters and brothers

girls need sisters…i am so thankful that i have one..mine surprised me and showed up tonight, which was a HUGE treat…the monsters screamed with delight and climbed all over her for two hours…she is great…always has been, the cool thing is knowing what the other will say before they say it or saying it at [...]

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the rocker

tonight i had the rare privilege of rocking both girl monsters to sleep…i adore that…usually they are going to bed at the same time, so i don’t always get that one on one snuggle…but tonight i did. baby monster was so pooped tonight, she went to bed early, so i actually got to read to [...]

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fishy world tragedy avoided

i stood there…i knew i shouldn’t have entered the boy monsters bathroom…but i did and once you see something you can’t just turn around and pretend you didn’t…even if you want to, even if you are tired and don’t want to fool with it…no, once you see you must act…so when i entered the bathroom [...]

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thank you

no funny title…just a humble thank you.  I think it relevant and called for to celebrate the great days and today was one of those days for Writer…thank you so much to everyone who took time out of their day to help us celebrate!!! Thank you also to those who couldn’t come but love us [...]

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big day

today is a big day in Writers life…a fun day…his number one party…of course he is always number one around here…the monsters are so excited. it is also the day that prissy monster has been looking forward to…hopefully the cast will come off today. wow…six weeks goes fast! Of course if taking care of the [...]

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lucky monsters lucky wife

Writer is AWESOME…I mean really, really awesome. I can’t imagine my monsters having any other daddy in the whole wide world…what lucky kiddos they are and what lucky parents we are. I hope Writer knows how much he means to them…to us. He tries so hard and let me tell ya…raising four monsters is no [...]

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