Desperately Seeking Sanity

Welcome to my search for sanity…You may want to subscribe to my RSS feed if you’re in for the occasional laugh or moving moment. Thanks for visiting and I hope to “see” you back here soon! HeatherSometimes I look at the standards that my kids have set for themselves and wonder if they will [...]

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Can I tell you how much I’ve gotten done since yesterday when I shipped my kids off?
ALOT.
And before you get all…”you work too much, Heather” on me, let me tell you what I did BESIDES work….
I finished a book.
I started another one.
I went for ice cream with one of my friends and her daughters.
I went [...]

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My children are leaving for summer camp on Sunday right after church.  In preparing (and not on the night before — PROPS for mom!) I’ve come to learn a few things…

It cost almost as much at Wal-Mart tonight in gathering items for them as it did for the actual price that I am paying to [...]

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It’s not a huge secret that every once in awhile, I like to partake in an adult beverage.  I just do.  I’m not going to lie about it.  Margaritas are my favorite, followed by Mudslides, and then, of course, I like sissy beer… (Barcardi Silver).
A 6 pack normally lasts me the whole winter, if not [...]

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I wish I could sit here and talk about how much we are enjoying summer break.  Well, I guess I could say that.  But it would be a lie.  And I’m all about keepin’ it real.
And keepin’ it real would require me to tell you that I’m about to pull my hair out, strand by [...]

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6:30am:  Wake up for the last time at some unGodly hour to get to school… at least for the summer
6:35am:  Call to Samara to wake up.  Alert her that she has 25 minutes before the bus comes.
6:40am:  Call to Samara again.  Alert her that she has 20 minutes to catch the bus.
6:45am:  Call louder to [...]

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Until next time…
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My earlier post, at the time it was written, was so random. I even titled it “I have no Idea Where This Came From”…
A letter from the ex, a memory of my mother, an example of how I should be… it was just so completely out there…
For me. And maybe for you.
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The science fair is done. Awards were given today and tonight, we parents can go and ooh and aah over our children’s projects, bring them home and then find a time when the kids won’t notice to trash them because they are taking up space.
(You do that too, don’t you? Surely you don’t [...]

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I am a HUGE fan of sports, but I much prefer playing over watching. The reason is simple, really, and it had everything to do with my inability to sit still. Ok, and it might have something to do with how I think I know it all and could do it better than [...]

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