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 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...
by Lisa-Jo | Mar 16, 2011 | Family, Kids, Motherhood
by Lisa-Jo | Feb 23, 2011 | Faith, Family, Kids, Motherhood, Raising Boys, Uncategorized
Ninjas are very important in our house. It is impossible to over exaggerate this point. They loom large in the minds of my boys who spend hours flinging themselves off beds, leaping sofas, hiding behind doors, and rescuing me (whether I like it or not) from unseen...
by Lisa-Jo | Feb 16, 2011 | Callings, Faith, Family, Kids, Motherhood
I’m shrinking. On the outside I might be growing and swelling and stretching bellybutton flattened out over a watermelon stomach. But in much more important ways I am shrinking. My focus is narrowing and turning inwards. Inside the walls of this white washed...
by Lisa-Jo | Feb 10, 2011 | Family, Five Minute Friday, Motherhood, Sweetstuff
I haven’t written anything in a week. Not even five minutes worth. I’ve felt empty of words. Full of baby. Full of noise and chaos and worry and kids who launch themselves out of bunk beds with no heed for their physical safety or my mental well being....