Grinch You, Farty McKnockerton!

November 20, 2010 by 8 Comments
angry tiger

Sometimes a mama needs a little gripe therapy to clear her head. This is one of those times. I'm hereby instituting the Grinch Awards. The Grinch Awards are reserved for all the Farty McKnockertons out there that make it harder to be a mom-dern woman. And the winners are... Grinch you, sewer line construction guys who have been darkening the intersection in front of my house! Do you know how hard it is to keep 3 little boys asleep when you're outside tooling around with industrial-size jackhammers at 7AM? Give a mom a break. Thanks to you, I haven't had a quiet cup of morning java in … [Read more...]

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Happy No Thanks-giving

November 8, 2010 by
jalopy

With Thanksgiving merely weeks away, Facebook and Twitter are abuzz with things everyone is thankful for. I, too, occasionally post a message of gratitude for family, friends and other blessings, but today I got to thinking of all the things I'm happy to be without. Here are 10 things I'm celebrating a lack of this Thanksgiving. Thank you, God. I'm truly grateful I don't have: A Jalopy- While it's true, my mini-van isn't a state-of-the-art, four-door family badass on wheels, it runs well and I don't sit through every car trip with angry butterflies in my stomach, praying we make it to … [Read more...]

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Money for Mason

November 1, 2010 by 3 Comments
money for mason

At my lovely friend, Bonnie's, request, I'm reprinting this post from her website. She's trying to raise funds to help a little guy in need. Please read about Mason and his family and help out as much as you can. Thank you ahead of time for giving what you can to this family. The blessing you bestow on others WILL come back to you in the end. ~Jessi Money For Mason Luke 6:38 — “Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.” … [Read more...]

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