The Green Wife

Gnomes!!!

Yep. Gnomes. Our next door neighbors are a very sweet and wonderful couple. They are kind, fascinating, hard working people that I have tons of respect for. It’s a great thing to have good neighbors, you know it? We have lots of them. Mainly retired widows and retired lesbian couples. But this particular [...]

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Wii Fit

Oh my goodness, am I excited about Wii Fit! It’s brilliant! Video game fun and convenience with exercise factored in. Oh yes. Moms everywhere are rejoicing! We can play with the kids, we can play by ourselves….and we can get in shape. I’m very excited and I’m saving up my [...]

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Goslings, Hyenas, and Coyotes…Oh my!

Some friends of my in-laws have been telling us about these geese and their eggs at their nearby pond. Well, these eggs hatched overnight, so we took the kids over to see the little goslings. It’s so impressive to me that those tiny little newborns were already following Mama and Papa Goose around, [...]

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A day in the country

Today the kids and I went out to my Mom’s house in the country. She bought some cattle yesterday and the kids love seeing the baby calves, so we headed out to check out the newbies. The babies were precious. There was one little white one who, while he was nursing, stuck [...]

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Rushed mornings

Anytime we have a rushed morning before school, I think of my favorite comedian Brian Regan and his thoughts on Pop Tarts. After a wonderful storm with lots of rain last night, I think I’ll avoid the mud of the flower beds and stay inside today. I need to declutter the kitchen and [...]

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Yesterday, my little man turned 6!

My sweet little boy is a man of 6 now. Where has the time gone? He requested a Transformers themed party, so I made him a cake with the Autobots logo on top. I’ve never had a cake give me such a hard time, but Shayne and I recovered what we could after fighting with [...]

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Waiting for the rain

Yesterday I didn’t take pictures of my yardwork endeavors, but I accomplished some major things out there! I got 2 flower beds cleaned out, 3 blisters on my hands, 1 splinter and 1 rose thorn under the fingernail. Note to self: buy gardening gloves. I am very proud though…these beds have been [...]

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