Tag Archives: teens

Interesting Olympic Conversations


Today the boys and I were watching the women run track, and after watching a couple of races, Bugs says, “Six packs do not belong on a women.  It’s just wrong.” Roo agrees heartily, and I respond with, “No it’s … Continue reading

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16 Years Already?


16 years ago today, we went from a family of 3 to a family of 5.  Little did I know the magnitude to which my life would change. As of this writing, I now have three 16 year old sons. … Continue reading

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Surviving a Scuba Vacation With Teens


This past week our family went on a scuba diving vacation to Bonaire.  It was an interesting experiment in togetherness while participating in a sporting activity.   I learned a lot of things, including the fact that staying with three … Continue reading

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The 70’s


The other day when I was in the car with DH,  Nice to Be With You by Gallery came on the 70’s station he listens to.  Suddenly I was riding my bike to the high school swimming pool on a … Continue reading

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Summer Slugs


My son just watched me type that title and said, “Hey!!!” I replied, “How do you know I’m talking about you?” “Who else would it be?” “I could be talking about snails in the garden?”  I asked trying to sound … Continue reading

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Mothers Day


And remember that behind every successful woman……is a basket of dirty laundry.   Author Unknown Today is Mothers Day.  To all the amazing women in my life who show me time and again what a good mother is. The flowers, … Continue reading

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Who Would Want to Read Your Blog?


Yesterday evening I sat down to go through my blog reader, but before I clicked on that I had a look at the stats page.  I was excited to see so many countries on there and made a comment to … Continue reading

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Never Ending Driving Stories


I know I’m posting a bit for today, but I missed a couple of days with a lot of stuff on my mind.  This is mostly because I’ve been irritated by the men in my life, and have been just … Continue reading

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Teenagers…


I’m so tired I can’t see straight.  My last post was an all day affair; I just couldn’t get going.  I’m going to bed in about 30 seconds, or as long as it takes to post this little ditty.  I … Continue reading

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When the King’s Away…


DH had business that took him to New York today, so the boys and I decided to go out to dinner.  We settled on a casual Mexican restaurant not far from our house, and I let Roo drive. As we … Continue reading

Posted in Brothers, cell phones, comedy, cooking, daily post, Family, fathers, Mom of Special Needs Kids, Mothers of Multiples, New Drivers, nostalgia, parenting, Post of the Day, postaday, Teen Drivers, Teens, teens driving | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | 30 Comments