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Coffee, How I Love Thee
Tea drinkers, move along now. Because this is “cawfee tawk” time, a post in which I need to share my joy of java with ya’. Why dedicate a post to coffee? Because in attempting to answer the oh-so-frequent question of how I do what I do, my most common answer is: coffee. Lots and lots of COFFEE. My motto Coffee is more than just a drink to me. It’s a hobby. It’s a passion. It’s my lifeblood. It’s so… ME. Blood Type C…. If I were trapped on a desert island, the one possession I’d take would be my Keurig. Well, I’d need K-cups, too. And a water…
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How do you DO it?? Part 2
As I mentioned in my last post regarding organization, I wanted to give you a clear sense of how I/we do things here, before I continue to entertain you with all of the things that go wrong here. š In the last post, I shared some of the techniques that we use to keep a handle on the potential mess and disorder. This time around, I’ll share some of the aspects of our routine that help to keep things running smoothly. And next time, I’ll share the chaos to keep it real. Because no matter how hard you work, those of you who parent numerous kids know that there are…
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How Do You DO It?? Part 1
As you know, I have lots of kids. And when people find out that I have six kids, I receive one of two responses: 1. “God BLESS you!” (This can either mean “Wow! That’s AWESOME!”, or “I really hope God DOES bless you, because you’ll need it.” 2. “How do you DO it??” I have a variety of answers to that, depending on my mood. But the truth of it is, like other moms with less kids, I do the best I can. I muddle through- some things work, some don’t. I adapt and re-adapt. I cry. I scream. I swear under my breath. On good days, when things are…
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Watch This!
If I had a dime for every time someone told us to get cable, then… I’d be able to afford cable. I’m kidding. We actually DON’T have cable, but not for budgetary reasons. We decided just prior to having kids that we’d ditch the cable in order to avoid wasting excessive time watching TV. Six kids later, we clearly put our non-TV time to good use, eh?… But whether people know that or not, we’ve frequently gotten that line.Ā When someone hears how many kids we have, inevitably one will fire back the “get some cable!” line. So we don’t have cable. I think it’s a good thing for our…
