by Lisa-Jo | Apr 12, 2011 | Blogging, Family, Giveaways, Kids, Motherhood
Today was a real “don’t make me come up there” kind of day. For starters, I forgot that the air conditioner repair guys were scheduled to arrive at 8am. And 8am comes real early when one has only slept in 3 hour shifts, the last one ending at 7am. So...
by Lisa-Jo | Apr 11, 2011 | Marriage, Pride, Uncategorized
Dictate in minute detail how the dishwasher should be loaded. Oversee his diapering of your baby, double checking whether or not he applied enough Desitin. Rattle off a list of to-do’s the minute he walks in the door from work. Repeat them again over dinner....
by Lisa-Jo | Apr 8, 2011 | Blogging, Five Minute Friday, Giveaways, Sweetstuff
Take a deep breath. You made it. It’s Friday. Got five minutes? Let’s write. Let’s write in shades of real and true and unscripted. Let’s just write and not worry if it’s just right or not. 1. Write for 5 minutes flat for pure unedited...
by Lisa-Jo | Apr 6, 2011 | Blogging, Kids, Motherhood, Sweetstuff
Some days you just put one foot in front of the other. You don’t run, you simply walk, and it’s brave even when it might not look that way from the outside. Some days you take a newborn to your dentist appointment and when she starts to cry you just smile and tell...
by Lisa-Jo | Apr 1, 2011 | Family, Five Minute Friday
Two weeks of being a mama to three kids. Wowzers! I’m still figuring out what my favorite parts are. {The sleep deprivation is not one of them.} But in between diaper changes, separating wrestling boys, and burping our baby girl, I have a head full of much more...