Monthly Archives: December 2008

No More Bad Guy

By Stephanie So, this is Christmas. Christmas break, that is. It’s negative 5 degrees outside right now and I’m not going anywhere. Me and four kids stuck in the house for the next two weeks. HELP! I have been really working on my patience and saying YES more to fun things that they want to…

A Dose of Humor – Dark Frugality

5 Minutes for Parenting’s weekly column, A Dose of Humor, is here to remind you to take your humor pill regularly as the best medicine to treat the side effects of parenting! It features a different blogger every week and is hosted by Rachel at Grasping for Objectivity in My Subjective Life. When she’s not…

GO GO GO

By Cassie I ran across an old newspaper the other day. The front page pictured three women from the early 1970’s. These women were the first trained “fire women” in Illinois. As I am reading the interview with these women I am appalled by the questions. “What will you do if you have a cake…

The Herdmans were absolutely the worst kids in the history of the world.

By Beck My mother has been a teacher for a while now – in fact, one of her current students told her that she’d taught her grandmother. And it is a sign of my mother’s sterling character and good sense of humour that she was delighted to hear this. My mother is the teacher that…

Crazy Love

By Kelly The holidays make people crazy. Case in point: Me. I’m thinking about getting a dog for Christmas. It’s not an impulsive decision. My husband and I have been thinking about this for years. We haven’t had a pet since our oldest was born. But during our double-income-no-kids years, we owned six dogs and…

Betty’s Seal of Approval

By Veronica She is an old woman, tiny and bent, with white hair and enormous glasses. Her name is Betty. She is the dragon of the Fellowship Hour. Every Sunday our church has a feast of potluck snacks after the worship service. We crowd into the Fellowship Hall and stand in line for our chance…

A Long-Overdue Thank You Note

By Megan Dear Bean, You and I went to the grocery store and made cookies together today. Just an ordinary trip to the grocery store and a simple little mix and bake project for Mama and Bean. No big deal. It’s funny though. I’m finally beginning to come out of the mother-of-a-newborn fog I’ve been in…

Goodbye Expectations! Hello, Reality.

By Melodee I locked my son out of the house today. I did. He’d run outside to make a dramatic point about the horrors of repeating a failed spelling test. When I saw the door ajar, I closed it, locked it and then made sure the other doors were locked, too. Ha! (I, myself, am…

What Are You Doing New Year’s?

By Stephanie Every December 31st without fail I have certain goals in my head- resolutions for the New Year to come. And almost always they are great things to aspire to, but not always reasonable. And by February are long forgotten. I’m not talking about promising myself to join the gym and fit into my…

A Dose of Humor – Tweenland

5 Minutes for Parenting’s weekly column, A Dose of Humor, is here to remind you to take your humor pill regularly as the best medicine to treat the side effects of parenting! It features a different blogger every week and is hosted by Rachel at Grasping for Objectivity in My Subjective Life. This week’s contributor,…