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Some mornings are more interesting than others. Mine began slowly, as I was up too late last night helping Phil build a prop. This morning, Glady had to get ready for a field trip to the zoo, in addition to all the other morning stuff. So, let’s see… hat, water bottle, lunch, snacks, money for…

Let’s see. I’m typing one-handed while nursing Johann, so please forgive typos. Phil is home, as you may have guessed/heard (Johann, attend to your business and stop kicking my arm) and is mostly on bed rest with his feet elevated. All this lying still is driving him crazy at this point. The doc told him…

Well, there was good news and bad news today. The bad, of course, was that Phil won’t be home until Friday. This makes life this weekend even more complicated. Oh, well, I am doing all right carrying on. He is coming home, that much I can count on. On the upside, I actually finished a…

I wanted to wish my Mother, my Grandmothers and my Great Grandmother a Happy Mother’s Day! I tried to send each of you an e-card, but my computer kept locking up on the site, so instead you get this – thoughts on motherhood I wrote about three years ago. Today, it was mashed bananas from…

Phil is going to be in the hospital until Monday. Poor guy is getting bored stiff, but he’s still sick enough not to be pushing to come home quite yet. I miss him so much, though. Even though most of what I have been doing is stuff I would normally do, he supported me in…

Phil was admitted yesterday for cellulitis in his leg. We had gone in to have an ulcer on the back of his leg looked at – he’s had it for almost a year, and finally let me get him set up with the doctor to see it. Then Saturday he had a balloon gig where…

Well, yesterday was an eventful day. In the morning, Johann had a discharge from one of his ears, so I called the doctor. While waiting for her to call, It was decided that Sharon would take Pippa and Glady with her to Spacetacular, Dad would run errands, and Phil of coure was performing. Dad came…

Poor little spud – he’s been running a fever and coughing, and to add insult to injury when we took him in for his check-up yesterday he got three shots. Last night he didn’t sleep well at all, so today both of us are tired. He sounds so sad when he cries, since he’s hoarse.…

Three steps to feeling better when you have a cold. First, make sure your sink is shiny after breakfast, even though you feel awful. Second, take advantage of your husband being home to take a long, hot shower and then fall asleep on the couch while feeding the baby (the crick in your neck will…

Four years ago I was three weeks late with my third child and very ready for her to come. I was only in labor for six hours, and we thought the midwife, who lived an hour away, wouldn’t make it in time – she got there 45 minutes before the baby was born. Four years…

Have you ever had one of these? I just feel like I am running behind and scattered and just can’t quite stay on top of things. I have quite a list, and needed to be available for Phil as he prepared for shows, and instead I am running around stomping out fires. *sigh* I can’t…

I’m not even going to try and keep up with what has been happening around here – let’s just say that we have a bug amongst us, and not a ladybug, either. I have been writing short fiction pieces for a while now, but I hadn’t submitted anything in almost two years, so I took…