Dirty Banana Pants

 I’m back…and alive, but barely.  I spent the better part of last week in Denver, CO for my friend’s wedding where I representated the category: Matron of Honor.  I hosted the initial phase of the bachelorette party and it never ceases to amaze me just how many people have been raised in a barn, by […]

I don’t know what it is, but the newscasters here try their damnedest to link something notable to Oklahoma City.  No matter how significant it is.  For example, several years ago a horrible crime took place in Kansas or Missouri.  The story was all over the national news, everyone was shocked.  Our newscasters lead in their […]

Yesterday, after over cooking my second roast in a row.  I managed to save dinner by thawing out my trusty blackened salmon and whipped up some instant mashed potatoes (my own recipe) and frozen broccoli - only, I boiled it.  It’s easier to eat when it’s not frozen. 
Earlier in the day I read an article […]

Yesterday was my Dad’s 67th birthday.  I took the kids over to my parents’ house to eat some cake and hang out for a bit.  While we are sitting there, a commercial for the Love Guru appeared.
Dad: That Love Guru looks down right stupid.
Mom: Justin Timberlake is in it also.
Dad: Justin Timberlake?  I don’t understand […]

Jake and Shelby have gone through, or are going through, a bit of a transformation as of late.  Shelby is becoming extremely animated and Jake is demonstrating deeper levels of compassion.  Shelby has decided she wants to make things exclusive to only her.  She and I had the following conversation:
Shelby: No, Mommy! Only GIRLS!
Me: I […]

My little family had a very delightful weekend.  On Saturday, I took the kids out on their new bicycles, helmets, and bells included.  Jake rode like a champ.  Crashed like a champ.  Got up, wiped off his skinned knees, and jumped back on to ride some more….like a champ.
Shelby, rode her bike, but did not […]

Last night, while laying in bed watching television, one of my favorites, Dingleberry, called me.  She wanted to ask my opinion on some mundane story .  It was really a non-issue and then she brought up the REAL reason for calling me.  It was so shocking to me that I am typing with one hand and […]

I’m a little jealous…or, really, I am A LOT jealous of Bettina.  She has done some traveling recently and has some gorgeous pictures to prove it.  She mentions cool people, great food, Indians…whatever.  I have not been on a trip trip since before Jake was born. 
I had just past my morning sickness phase and was […]

I took little Miss Shelby to the dentist to have her grey tooth checked.  That kids never ceases to surprise me.  The last time we attempted to go to the dentist, neither her nor her brother were willing to allow the dentist to touch them.  This was not the dentist’s fault, it was mine.  I […]

About a month ago Shelby did a face plant in the living room.  She hit so hard, I believe there is an imprint of her brain in our wood floor.  She didn’t knock anything loose, but had a very swollen mouth and black gums.  Luckily, it did not impair her ability to suck her right […]