A peek inside my house, or the snowball effect of cleaning.

You know when you have one of those days where you wake up totally normal, and you seem totally normal, and you go to do a little housecleaning like a normal person - bathroom cleaning here, a little dusting there, ooh, maybe should sweep the floor - … [Continue reading]

I can see for miles and miles

Last weekend I went to Saskatchewan to visit with my grandma, as well as with my cousins, aunt, and my brother who moved from the big city to a small town and is now realizing that everyone on his block knows what he is doing at any given time. He … [Continue reading]

Wordless Wednesday – Summer Vacation

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The Opposite Of Extreme Makeovers, and a Giveaway!

Lawsy, I've been busy - relatively speaking - since returning from vacation. It's amazing how much piles up after an eight-day hiatus from the homefront. I've been multi-tasking like a motherfucking riot; taking the boys to the playground while … [Continue reading]

Vacation Nicole versus Regular Nicole

Vacation Nicole 1) Vacation Nicole drinks Palm Bay at 10:00 in the morning with her father-in-law. She has a second one at 11, followed by a few more later in the afternoon2) Vacation Nicole goes down waterslides and gets her hair wet in the wave … [Continue reading]

"The REAL Reason He Never Texted" – page 136

A few weeks ago, I was feeling kind of blue, and so my husband took the boys for an outing and came home with snacks and a magazine for me. Cosmopolitan magazine. Husband: Isn't that the magazine you always read at the hair salon?Me: No, that's … [Continue reading]

Gazing at you, I get the beat.

It turns out I am easily unmoored.My parents took the kids up to the lake yesterday, and I was faced with thirty childless hours in which to get some things done. Productivity! It's actually amazing how much can be accomplished when the children are … [Continue reading]