Crazy Is My Life

No More Snow Days....Please?

I really hope that by the time you read this blog, it will be outdated.Â We typically submit our blogs about 5 days before it appears, so I start writing about a week ahead.Â (Usually.) So here it is, Tuesday.Â And we have a snow day.Â Our second school snow day, but in reality, the fourth day of being more or less homebound because of the weather.Â Thatâs four days with three …

Posted 6 hrs. ago.

You Don't Say!

Sometimes I am amazed, flabbergasted and just plain gob stopped by the comments that come out the mouths of adults. Like when I was six months pregnant with my second child, and the checkout clerk at Toys R Us told me I looked like I was eight months pregnant.Â I may have thought I was big, but I certainly didnât need a stranger confirming that opinion.

Posted 1 week ago.

Me, 2.0

When I was growing up, I hated gym class. Although I used to ride my bike around the neighborhood, I never did anything related to a sport. Apparently, strength, speed and coordination were useful attributes in pursuing athletic endeavors. My lack of athletic prowess did not go unnoticed by others. In fact, it was a good day when I got chosen second to last, but not dead last, in dodge ball. Even…

Posted 2 weeks ago.

A Major Decision

I'd like to think it was an innate desire to help people that made me want to be a paramedic. Or it could be that I was unduly influenced by the excitement, drama and danger that the paramedics experienced on my favorite show, Emergency! (And yes, the exclamation point is a part of the show's title.) Or it could be that even as an 11-year-old, I could tell that Randolph Mantooth, the actor who pla…

Posted 3 weeks ago.

Baby, It's Cold Outside!

If I ever doubted that I didn't like the cold, the past week has convinced me that I do indeed detest cold weather. Oh, I know some people think that it's refreshing when the brisk wind blows and there are many snowbirds who live for winter on the ski slopes but frankly, give me a blisteringly hot Aussie summer day instead.

Posted 4 weeks ago.

Resolve

By now, the first blush of the New Year has passed. The confetti has been swept up; the champagne glasses have been washed and put away. Weâre back to reality. Those late bedtimes of winter break just met this weekâs early morning school wakeup call, and it wasnât pretty. Â January is the get back to work month.Â Â Time to implement that list of resolutions we made so optimi…

Posted 1 mon. ago.

No News -- That's Good News

Maybe it's that inevitable cocooning that occurs during the holidays, or maybe it's the juxtaposition of holiday happiness and real world pain and suffering, but right now, I'm completely ignoring the news.

Posted 1 mon. ago.

The Night Before Christmas-- The TRUE Story

Pamela is busy playing the Christmas elf, but she wanted to share with you a story she overheard recentlyâ¦. Youâve no doubt heard the tale of St. Nick coming down the chimney of our house on Christmas Eve.Â But youâve only heard half the storyâthe manâs side. Whenever Harryâs tells that story, he makes it seem like he was the only one awake that night.Â But that…

Posted 1 mon. ago.

The Nightmare Before Christmas

I remember Christmas when I was a child. Knowing I wouldn't be able to sleep the night before, I'd stock up on all of my favorite Laura Ingalls Wilder books -- sure that by the time I got to the Shores of Silver Lake, I would be sleepy. And in case I wasn't, my sister and I were equipped with walkie-talkies in each of our rooms so we could contact each other during the night and strategize the par…

Posted 1 mon. ago.

Putting Down the Bird

I'm setting down my helicopter. I didn't intend to be a "helicopter parent," hovering over my kids, micromanaging every detail of their lives. My intentions were good. But aren't they all? Among my darling angels, I have a few who seem to feel that homework assignments and projects are more recommended that required. Deadlines are merely suggestions, instead of being, well, deadlines.