.....a Texas Spiny Lizard. Found in our postage-stamp backyard....so he should feel at home in his 2sq ft habitat on the boys' dresser.
Please welcome....Spiny!
Friday, March 17, 2006
Newest member of the nut-house...
.....a Texas Spiny Lizard. Found in our postage-stamp backyard....so he should feel at home in his 2sq ft habitat on the boys' dresser.
Please welcome....Spiny!
Thursday, March 16, 2006
Happy St. Patty's Day!
Life in a Nutshell
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Wednesday, March 15, 2006
New Read
Life in a Nutshell
I added a new link to my side bar.....
Carmen, author of Mom to the Screaming Masses is hilarious. She is part of my own personal "daily stops" and has been for awhile. Her style is sooo real (and maybe crude to some of my readers, be forewarned) but I love it. She is Catholic, a mom to 9, (6at home...), and very outspoken.
This was one of my favorite posts.
Enjoy.
I added a new link to my side bar.....
Carmen, author of Mom to the Screaming Masses is hilarious. She is part of my own personal "daily stops" and has been for awhile. Her style is sooo real (and maybe crude to some of my readers, be forewarned) but I love it. She is Catholic, a mom to 9, (6at home...), and very outspoken.
This was one of my favorite posts.
Enjoy.
Those elusive fruit snacks
Life in a Nutshell
We had a fantabulous time up in Colorado. With just the right amount of snow to satisfy the kids' desire for snowboarding, but not too much to send me over the edge whenever we had to go anywhere....
I was able to "be a sister" as well as a Mama, and take in my youngest sister's soccer game (they won, 9-0) and my second youngest sister's performances at the Wunderkind 2006 in Manitou Springs. I did not make it to my brother's baseball game, but DH did was able to take the boys to that. CT sis came with her "significant other" for the weekend and it was nice to visit with them. She seems so happy, and he's a great guy (putting up with many attacks from my boys) so there was happiness all around. Unfortunately, CA sis and LH couldn't make it, and they were missed!
My Dad took some time off (!!) and stayed home with us, playing with the kids, letting the girls climb on him, letting them all help with the fire in the fireplace..... And my Mom was always ready with snacks or treats in hand, even taking the 4 of them (while #5 napped) to town to run errands, ending it with a trip to the dollar store!
DH and I were able to get away for a few hours one day and do some "window" shopping....which turned into real shopping....for the kids....of course! (It's a fact that when you have kids, no matter where you are, or what you're shopping for, you are drawn to stuff for them...like when we were shopping for bedroom furniture, I loved looking through the kids' bedrooms) And so, when we returned, Mom asked how Manitou Springs was, and DH said, "Expensive"....LOL
DH left Sunday evening, with plans to return Wednesday afternoon to Colorado Springs airport to meet me and the kids on the other side of security, and help me fly home..... then it was changed to Tues, since the Wednesday flights were booked....
You guessed it. DH called me Tues morning to say that the flight before ours was cancelled, and so my flight was now overbooked, and if had any hope of getting home before the following Tues, we had to leave for the airport in an hour. Oh, and by the way, I'd be flying home with my 5 darlings by myself.
My first thought was: Where's the bourbon?
Oh, I mean, I immediately lost my appetite, and then got to work. Thanks to my mom and dad, we were able to get out the door, fully packed, fed and dressed, complete with snacks and lunch...in an hour. Amazing.
I had a few saving graces.
#1 was my Mom, helping me with the check-in process, keeping the kids from running away while I figured out the seating.
#2 was the play area right near our gate. Some generous soul decided that even though there are only 12 gates at this airport, it is absolutely necessary to have a play area for kids. God bless that person!
#3 was the carseat that DD#3 was buckled into for the entire flight.
#4 was all the prayers offered up by DH, my Mom and Dad. It enabled me to keep my cool, keep DD's #2&3 from having a breakdown, and (therefore?) minimize plane turbulance. :)
The title? Just a jab at my dear Mom, who swears she packed fruit snacks, but I could only find one package...almost caused a mutiny!
LOL!
We had a fantabulous time up in Colorado. With just the right amount of snow to satisfy the kids' desire for snowboarding, but not too much to send me over the edge whenever we had to go anywhere....
I was able to "be a sister" as well as a Mama, and take in my youngest sister's soccer game (they won, 9-0) and my second youngest sister's performances at the Wunderkind 2006 in Manitou Springs. I did not make it to my brother's baseball game, but DH did was able to take the boys to that. CT sis came with her "significant other" for the weekend and it was nice to visit with them. She seems so happy, and he's a great guy (putting up with many attacks from my boys) so there was happiness all around. Unfortunately, CA sis and LH couldn't make it, and they were missed!
My Dad took some time off (!!) and stayed home with us, playing with the kids, letting the girls climb on him, letting them all help with the fire in the fireplace..... And my Mom was always ready with snacks or treats in hand, even taking the 4 of them (while #5 napped) to town to run errands, ending it with a trip to the dollar store!
DH and I were able to get away for a few hours one day and do some "window" shopping....which turned into real shopping....for the kids....of course! (It's a fact that when you have kids, no matter where you are, or what you're shopping for, you are drawn to stuff for them...like when we were shopping for bedroom furniture, I loved looking through the kids' bedrooms) And so, when we returned, Mom asked how Manitou Springs was, and DH said, "Expensive"....LOL
DH left Sunday evening, with plans to return Wednesday afternoon to Colorado Springs airport to meet me and the kids on the other side of security, and help me fly home..... then it was changed to Tues, since the Wednesday flights were booked....
You guessed it. DH called me Tues morning to say that the flight before ours was cancelled, and so my flight was now overbooked, and if had any hope of getting home before the following Tues, we had to leave for the airport in an hour. Oh, and by the way, I'd be flying home with my 5 darlings by myself.
My first thought was: Where's the bourbon?
Oh, I mean, I immediately lost my appetite, and then got to work. Thanks to my mom and dad, we were able to get out the door, fully packed, fed and dressed, complete with snacks and lunch...in an hour. Amazing.
I had a few saving graces.
#1 was my Mom, helping me with the check-in process, keeping the kids from running away while I figured out the seating.
#2 was the play area right near our gate. Some generous soul decided that even though there are only 12 gates at this airport, it is absolutely necessary to have a play area for kids. God bless that person!
#3 was the carseat that DD#3 was buckled into for the entire flight.
#4 was all the prayers offered up by DH, my Mom and Dad. It enabled me to keep my cool, keep DD's #2&3 from having a breakdown, and (therefore?) minimize plane turbulance. :)
The title? Just a jab at my dear Mom, who swears she packed fruit snacks, but I could only find one package...almost caused a mutiny!
LOL!
Wednesday, March 08, 2006
"Please let it snow.....
Life in a Nutshell
....in Colorado!"
This is the little rhyme my peanuts have been chanting for the past week, since we are spending our Spring Break up in the snowy mountains with my parents and siblings (all but one...)
And so? It will be dumping snow all day today and all night tonight and on and off for the next four days.
Yes, God listens to His little ones.
:)
That's it for awhile here....to get a glimpse of my day today as I get ready for our trip this evening, here's a previous post from one of our trips this summer!
Since we will be flying out of a thunderstorm and into a blizzard, prayers are appreciated!
....in Colorado!"
This is the little rhyme my peanuts have been chanting for the past week, since we are spending our Spring Break up in the snowy mountains with my parents and siblings (all but one...)
And so? It will be dumping snow all day today and all night tonight and on and off for the next four days.
Yes, God listens to His little ones.
:)
That's it for awhile here....to get a glimpse of my day today as I get ready for our trip this evening, here's a previous post from one of our trips this summer!
Since we will be flying out of a thunderstorm and into a blizzard, prayers are appreciated!
Spelling Lesson, nut-house style
Life in a Nutshell
Other good, wholesome and holy Catholic homeschooling families have their children learning how to spell the names of the Holy Family, or the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit...
We, over here at the nut-house are putting the finishing touches on our newly-built bed-tents by plastering them with oh-so-necessary signs that read:
"NO BOYS(GIRLS) ALLOWED"
Spelling lesson? check.
Other good, wholesome and holy Catholic homeschooling families have their children learning how to spell the names of the Holy Family, or the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit...
We, over here at the nut-house are putting the finishing touches on our newly-built bed-tents by plastering them with oh-so-necessary signs that read:
"NO BOYS(GIRLS) ALLOWED"
Spelling lesson? check.
Tuesday, March 07, 2006
Overheard....
Life in a Nutshell
....in the kitchen:
"When I have my roller blades on, I'm up to your brain."
(DS#2 to DS#1)
....in the livingroom:
"Just pretend I don't have arms."
(DD#2 to me...her way of asking me to get her an apple)
....at the mall:
"Look at all these Barbies!"
(DD#2 looking at the headless mannequins)
....again, at the mall:
"No we not, bug face."
(DD#2 to me after I tell her we are leaving now)
Hmmmm....notice a trend here?
BTW DD#2 is 3 years old.....
....in the kitchen:
"When I have my roller blades on, I'm up to your brain."
(DS#2 to DS#1)
....in the livingroom:
"Just pretend I don't have arms."
(DD#2 to me...her way of asking me to get her an apple)
....at the mall:
"Look at all these Barbies!"
(DD#2 looking at the headless mannequins)
....again, at the mall:
"No we not, bug face."
(DD#2 to me after I tell her we are leaving now)
Hmmmm....notice a trend here?
BTW DD#2 is 3 years old.....
Thursday, March 02, 2006
The (aforementioned) ghastly meme......
Life in a Nutshell
1: Black and White or Color; how do you prefer your movies? Weelll...it depends on the movie. There have been some great black and whites (Wonderful Life, Christmas Carol....etc.) that have been made into color, but I prefer them in the original black and white. I like movies for their content, not color....
2: What is the one single subject that bores you to near-death? I'd have to say super-high-in-the-clouds-philosophy. I know, I know, I reveled in the stuff for four years....but that was over ten years ago! And after changing diapers for the past eight, I can't wrap my brain around it anymore....
3: MP3s, CDs, Tapes or Records: what is your favorite medium for prerecorded music? I guess CD's, because even though DH is a computer-techie, I don't have access to listen to MP3s....yet.
4: You are handed one first class trip plane ticket to anywhere in the world and ten million dollars cash. All of this is yours provided that you leave and not tell anyone where you are going … Ever. This includes family, friends, everyone. Would you take the money and ticket and run? No way. Unless, like S.A.said, I could come right back the next day and keep the ten million....but I don't think that's what the question means.
5: Seriously, what do you consider the world’s most pressing issue now? A true lack of knowing oneself as a child of God (true affirmation!)...this includes knowing where our priorities must be, how we have a tendency to sin, and how much we should be leaning on God!
6: How would you rectify the world’s most pressing issue? Bring on the Crusades! ha ha just kidding.... The only thing that can be done is pray and witness...
7: You are given the chance to go back and change one thing in your life; what would that be? Hmmmmm that one might be a bit too personal for a public blog....
8: You are given the chance to go back and change one event in world history, what would that be? 9/11...although I know God can bring good out of evil, I can't see how one could say that it was better for this to happen, than not happen.....
9: A night at the opera, or a night at the Grand Ole’ Opry –Which do you choose? I guess I'd try the Grand Ole' Opry...
10: What is the one great unsolved crime of all time you’d like to solve? Exactly who killed JFK?
11: One famous author can come to dinner with you. Who would that be, and what would you serve for the meal? C.S. Lewis....dinner? Well, how about Lamb with all the fixins' and some port and cigars after dessert? (I'd just want to hear him talk and tell stories...)
12: You discover that John Lennon was right, that there is no hell below us, and above us there is only sky -- what’s the first immoral thing you might do to celebrate this fact? I liked what S.A said, "Draw a four-sided triangle". I honestly can't think of anything....immoral acts hurt other people too, not just God.....
Okay, who to torture?
Portia, for sure... *evil grin*
And that's it.....
This one is too weird to inflict on anyone else....
1: Black and White or Color; how do you prefer your movies? Weelll...it depends on the movie. There have been some great black and whites (Wonderful Life, Christmas Carol....etc.) that have been made into color, but I prefer them in the original black and white. I like movies for their content, not color....
2: What is the one single subject that bores you to near-death? I'd have to say super-high-in-the-clouds-philosophy. I know, I know, I reveled in the stuff for four years....but that was over ten years ago! And after changing diapers for the past eight, I can't wrap my brain around it anymore....
3: MP3s, CDs, Tapes or Records: what is your favorite medium for prerecorded music? I guess CD's, because even though DH is a computer-techie, I don't have access to listen to MP3s....yet.
4: You are handed one first class trip plane ticket to anywhere in the world and ten million dollars cash. All of this is yours provided that you leave and not tell anyone where you are going … Ever. This includes family, friends, everyone. Would you take the money and ticket and run? No way. Unless, like S.A.said, I could come right back the next day and keep the ten million....but I don't think that's what the question means.
5: Seriously, what do you consider the world’s most pressing issue now? A true lack of knowing oneself as a child of God (true affirmation!)...this includes knowing where our priorities must be, how we have a tendency to sin, and how much we should be leaning on God!
6: How would you rectify the world’s most pressing issue? Bring on the Crusades! ha ha just kidding.... The only thing that can be done is pray and witness...
7: You are given the chance to go back and change one thing in your life; what would that be? Hmmmmm that one might be a bit too personal for a public blog....
8: You are given the chance to go back and change one event in world history, what would that be? 9/11...although I know God can bring good out of evil, I can't see how one could say that it was better for this to happen, than not happen.....
9: A night at the opera, or a night at the Grand Ole’ Opry –Which do you choose? I guess I'd try the Grand Ole' Opry...
10: What is the one great unsolved crime of all time you’d like to solve? Exactly who killed JFK?
11: One famous author can come to dinner with you. Who would that be, and what would you serve for the meal? C.S. Lewis....dinner? Well, how about Lamb with all the fixins' and some port and cigars after dessert? (I'd just want to hear him talk and tell stories...)
12: You discover that John Lennon was right, that there is no hell below us, and above us there is only sky -- what’s the first immoral thing you might do to celebrate this fact? I liked what S.A said, "Draw a four-sided triangle". I honestly can't think of anything....immoral acts hurt other people too, not just God.....
Okay, who to torture?
Portia, for sure... *evil grin*
And that's it.....
This one is too weird to inflict on anyone else....
A good lesson
Life in a Nutshell
You can read this article and glean from it some simple yet awesome advice about being with your children.
The article talks about a grandmother who "got it" as far as how to relate to her grandchildren and bring love and joy to their time together.
I took it to heart as a reminder to me as a mom.
Our children are so precious and need so much of our time.....we need to make every moment count.
(and now I must work on this ghastly meme Sapientiae Amator tagged me with....)
You can read this article and glean from it some simple yet awesome advice about being with your children.
The article talks about a grandmother who "got it" as far as how to relate to her grandchildren and bring love and joy to their time together.
I took it to heart as a reminder to me as a mom.
Our children are so precious and need so much of our time.....we need to make every moment count.
(and now I must work on this ghastly meme Sapientiae Amator tagged me with....)
Wednesday, March 01, 2006
Holy Hotbed
Life in a Nutshell
Happy Lent to y'all!
Out of curiosity I went to weather.com to see what the temp is here.....
Are you ready?
Sure?
IT'S 91!!!!!
whew.....
(and to those who know me best.....yes, I have an early start on my summer tan....)
Happy Lent to y'all!
Out of curiosity I went to weather.com to see what the temp is here.....
Are you ready?
Sure?
IT'S 91!!!!!
whew.....
(and to those who know me best.....yes, I have an early start on my summer tan....)
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