tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812605490297004722009-07-06T20:29:44.333-04:00If Momma's not happy; no one is happy. Deal.rubiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01962683474198429905SharonAndKids@gmail.comBlogger316125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-781260549029700472.post-83182325399249703722009-06-28T14:24:00.003-04:002009-06-28T14:59:58.230-04:00

I've been on the scholarship hunt and here's one that will take all the help I can get! I entered a photo and need everyone to vote as often as possible over the next 46 days for me to win. Evidently, you can vote every 8 hours - so get busy!! And please, please pass this along to everyone you know.Thanks so so much!Click here to vote!Pass the url along! http://tinyurl.com/VoteForSharon

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I just signed up to go back to school. For quite a while, I've been thinking about going back to school to finish my degree. And since my husband just graduated, it seemed like the right time. Since we're dirt poor right now, I've been scouring the internet for scholarships and grants.I signed up with FastWeb and I like the site a lot. Basically, you check off every single bit of bizarre info

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A friend of mine pointed me to Bakerella's blog and these adorable "cheeseburgers and fries". I don't know how I got high and what made me think I was up to this... but I did it! Big Daddy was ticked by his Father's Day surprise.

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Big DaddyI adore my husband. Just plain old ADORE him. Sure, there are times when we get on each others' nerves but, all in all, he's a super duper husband and father. When I was pregnant, he read Dr. Seuss to my belly for each baby. He did middle of the night breast pump cleaning so I could fall back to sleep. He has rocked our children to sleep, changed exploding diapers, washed sippy cups,

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When it comes to cooking meals for my family I'm great at making the main dish. Side dishes are another story. Growing up, my mother always served us two side dishes and one of those was always a green veggie of some kind. But when I try to make side dishes, the veggies end up soggy, limp and lacking in that certain zing. Can you help me? I really want at least one side dish to go with each

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I love strawberries. I mean, I LOVE strawberries. LOVE LOVE LOVE fresh, plump, super ripe, sweet strawberries.My grandparents used to have a big farm in southern Illinois and they always had a good sized field of strawberries. Our summer vacations were never early enough in the year for us to be there at strawberry pickin' time, but Grandma always put strawberries up for us in the freezer so

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How insignificant a freckle can be.I have a very dark one on my right shoulder. It's in just the right spot so that if I'm wearing a tank top, I usually catch a glimpse of it out of the corner of my eye and have to do a double take thinking it's a bug.Growing up, we spent every summer on my grandparent's farm in southern Illinois. It was always hot, always humid and they didn't have AC so we

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I wrote this in January 2006 while I was pregnant with Shaggy.Little baby girl, I feel you wiggling and stretching. You're not big enough or strong enough to be felt on the outside of my body yet, but you and I have a secret in that I know when you're feeling frisky and wanting to move around.I wonder what it is that compells you to stretch or to wiggle or to roll around. Do you think about

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1. If you're too open-minded, your brains will fall out.2. Don't worry about what people think; they don't do it very often.3. Going to a church doesn't make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car.4. It isn't the jeans that make your butt look fat.5. Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.6. My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance.7.

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There are two ways to live your life.One is as though nothing is a miracle.The other is as though everything is a miracle. -- Albert Einstein

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Week two as a working mom. I've found that having these weekly menus written down really helps me feel less stressed. In the limited amount of time I have in the evenings, the last thing I need is to try to come up with a good meal off the top of my head.Monday - Crockpot pot roast - I bought a couple of these crockpot "kits" yesterday. The roast, veggies and seasonings were all included. But

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How could I not post about this?!Yesterday, with no prompting from us, Shaggy said, "I go tee-tee."Then she walked upstairs, took off her pants and diaper and peed in the toilet!Not once. Not twice. THREE TIMES!!!And she's continued to do it today as well! She's still peeing in her diapers, but she's starting to get the idea.Hooray!!!

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I started last week off with a cold and a new job. Love the job, don't love the cold. I have really enjoyed getting out of the house and being around other adults. Honestly, going to work has been like a vacation. I chuckled to myself when I thought, "I hope they don't send me home because I'm sick. It's more restful at work than at home!"This cold has beaten me down though. I was thoroughly

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Summary:super bad head coldgreat company to work foramazing company to work fornot a lot of actual work this weekthere is a gong in our office and it gets banged regularlyShaggy is starting to have separation anxiety about going to daycare and cries when I leave her and pick her upI have zero - and I do mean zero - time to myselfI have almost zero time on the internet, hence the short summaryThis

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Tomorrow is my first day back to work after a 4+ year "retirement" to play with my kids all day. This week's menu is designed to be easy for a working mom. We'll see how that works out.Monday - Pesto chicken with RiceARoni and a random veggieTuesday - Freezer chili in the crockpotWednesday - Meatloaf muffins with lots of veggies added in.Thursday - Bourbon chicken with rice and a veggieFriday -

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This is so stinkin' easy and it's so delish!! Buy premade pesto, rub it all over some boneless, skinless chicken breasts and let them rest for about half an hour in the fridge. I have no idea why you should do this but it sounds like a good idea and it lets me pretend that all those yummy pesto flavors are attacking the chicken and spreading their yummy goodness around.*Ahem*Cook! I put mine on

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Patchwork Oven mittshttp://lindamade.wordpress.com/2007/08/28/hot-stuff-patchwork-oven-mitts/Bagskethttp://foofanagle.wordpress.com/2007/06/26/bagsket-tutorial/Eye pillowshttp://sewmamasew.com/blog2/?p=280Patchwork blankethttp://happythings.typepad.com/happythings/2006/10/tutorial_chenil.html

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Shaggy started daycare yesterday. I wanted to give her a few days to acclimate before I start work on Monday.To say that she is enjoying it is quite an understatement! She has jumped right in and is soaking it up. I like to stand outside her door and watch her interacting after I say good bye to her. She is so eager to participate and to be given instructions. This is something I just can't

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Big M's info for commencement came in the mail today! I became verklempt reading through it all. I was imagining dropping him off to line up, waiting to get seats in the coliseum, seeing him walk across the stage to accept his diploma. Just imagining it all made me tear up!I can't express how profoundly proud I am of this man.And how glad I'll be when this stage is over. It's been a long, rough

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I was a bit of surprise and a teensy bit of jealousy when my friend Tara first told me that her full-time work schedule was a 32 hour work week. She had every Friday off and didn't have to make up the hours during the rest of the week. I always wondered how people were able to get such sweet deals like that.She told me her secret: Ask for it.Well, duh! How simple!! But I've never really tried

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I volunteered to write a post for the Quilting Gallery and today is my day. So click on over and read what I had to say! Can you guess what it's about? Can you? Can you?Here's a hint.... Q U I L T I N G.

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Oh that Shaggy. She's a funny little girl.Earlier in the week, Little M accidentally gave Shaggy a fat lip. Around the same time, we did away with the pacifiers. Shaggy's new way to self-soothe and fall asleep is to mess with the dead skin on her lip from the fat lip. She already picks on her fingers and now this.Today, I joined Shaggy at nap time. She was fighting her nap so bad and I was

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Some days you need to sit down, wallow in self-pity and have a good cry. Just get it all out.Today is one of those days.But when you're a mom, you don't have the luxury of breaking down whenever the mood strikes you. Tends to freak out the little buggers running around your house.Stiff upper lip and all that.

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This afternoon, Shaggy and I walked up to the school to pick up Little M at the end of his day. It's easier to walk home if we cut through the school, come out the back and walk past the playground. So we did.As we walked out of Little M's classroom, he admonished his sister and I that, "Shhhh! We have to be quyyyyy-eeeettt!"As we walked a little farther, he said, "Momma! I show you da rock o

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