Monthly Archives: May 2008

Once a month cooking

I’ve been begging Manchops for years to get a Costco card. In the past I’ll admit it was only because they sell those ridiculously huge chocolate muffins in bulk as well as books and furniture! Shopping there seems like a rite of passage. The times I’ve tagged along with my friends that have [...]

“All done!”

28 minutes ago I put the kids down for a nap and started my morning routine of consuming my coffee addiction and checking email. 1 minute ago I heard the kids’ door open…(no one besides myself and the kids are home)…..I turn towards their room, heart pounding, ready to take someone out and see….

A proud [...]

My dreams

Last year was really difficult, but I was so proud to stand beside Dustin as he made one of his dreams a reality. He started his own business from scratch. He joined what makes America so great and became an entrepreneur. He risked it all, gave up his corporate job and steeped into the [...]

Pirates, hormones and rain

Holy Crap (is that blasphemous?) it’s raining! It’s raining in the desert!!! If we had a t.v. I’m sure I could turn it to any station and they would have newscasters in their ridiculous rain coats for the sprinkle that is happening right now.
Oh wait. It stopped.
This is so different from Florida. It [...]

Sew what

It’s hard to tell if I’m keeping Dustin awake, or if he’s keeping me awake. The last three nights neither one of us have really slept. My eyes are stingy and it takes me a very. long. time. to get out of bed.
The upside is last night I got to [...]

Can I have some poop for my birthday?

I’m back. Thanks to Vicki’s prompting and the following email to my hubbie:

Hey Manchops!
So.I’ve been thinking…. We have some cash or we could be super good and not spend it at all, which I would understand. Seriously. But if we did want to spend some money on my birthday I want one of [...]

It’s not you, it’s me

I just don’t feel like blogging.
I’ve always been brutally transparent here. A lot of you have commented on how you admire and appreciate it. I’m grateful for the compliments, but it’s really not because I’m brave. It’s just because I don’t know better than to say half the stuff I do.
Lately, I’ve been afraid to [...]