The Crazee Chick's View of Life

Tonight I started a new tradition.  It is my hope that this tradition will happen every Sunday evening at the dinner table where we will encourage conversation, enlightenment, support, love, share our fears, seek guidance, and learn about the world we live in.  Best of all, I hope this tradition will bind us together more closely as a family.  Let me tell you a little bit about what has sparked this idea... Last week I acquired a game called The Family Dinner Box of Questions. Essentially it is a box of cards with questions on them intended to encourage conversation during the meal. Some of the questions are: 1. If you could have any wild animal in the whole world as your pet, what would it be? 2. Who is the teacher or coach that inspired you the most, and why? 3. What is your best and worst personality trait? 4. What scares you? This is a great game because not only does it get your kids talking but it also teaches them about inspiration, personality trai...

Autum is officially here. How can I tell, you might ask? Is it because of my finely tuned and astute observational skills in which I observe the leaves changing color and falling from the trees? Is it the fact that my biorhythms are feeling slightly out of whack due to the shorter days and the longer nights? Is it because my internal temperature is in flux due to the colder weather? Is it because my nasal passages are as keen as a bear's and can smell the snow? No, it is none of those things. It's because of  loogies . What's a loogie you may ask? Well, according to the online dictionary, a loogie is defined as:      ~ a thick quantity of sputum, usually containing phlegm; Any thick, disgusting liquid . As I walk the kids to school in the morning, some considerate folk have blessed our travels with these wondrous weather 'forecasters.'  There they are on the sidewalk, haphazardly and frivolously placed, whereupon we tread with delicate fe...

The earth stood still today. No, it wasn't because the planets were aligned. No, it wasn't because yesterday's date was 10/10/10 (which happens only once every 1000 years) No, it wasn't because the month of October has 5 Fridays, 5 Saturdays and 5 Sundays, in it which, according to Facebook (and we know how reliable that is),only happens once every 823 years. No, it was more phenomenal then all of that. It was because I ironed. Sheets. Yes, I actually ironed sheets. Now, you need to understand that I only pick up my iron to move it from one location to another. Typically if something needs ironing one of three things happens: 1. it stays wrinkled 2. it hangs in my closet until gravity pulls the wrinkles out over time 3. I go and buy a new item of clothing. I just don't iron! So why did I do it today, you may ask? It was my front load washer and dryer's fault. It made Kiki's new bedding so wrinkly that I just could not stand to let ...

Our whole family is exhausted. How can that be? It's not like we've been hiking mountains, skiing in Aspen, touring Thailand on bicycle, picking pineapples in Hawaii, or scaling the Mayan ruins (although, these are all things on my bucket list). Nope, none of these things. Today in church we all looked like somebody had kept us awake for three weeks straight and made us do aerobics non stop. We could barely stay awake (and no, it wasn't because of the speakers because they were awesome!). At one point Kiki put her head on my shoulder and I put mine on hers and actually closed my eyes and fell asleep for a moment. I then looked over at Mo who mouthed out to me, "Mom, I. am. so. tired.!" followed by a gigantic yawn. Then a quick glance at hubby showed bags under his eyes so big that I contemplated using them as my briefcase instead of my current one because it looked like there was more room in his bags. Zee kept throwing himself across my lap and emitti...

Happy Thanksgiving! Okay, so I was going to write a post about all the things that I am grateful for such as my husband,kids, parents, brothers, sisters in law, friends, and religion but it was getting too intense and I was unable to find an opportunity to inject my sarcasm and I am feeling an very strong need to be cheeky tonight, so here's my list: I am thankful for:(in no particular order) 1. turkey, mashed potatoes, salad,yams, stuffing, pecan pie, ice cream..... 2. shoes with high heels that go clickety click on tiled surfaces 3. pretty jewelery with lots of shiny facets 4. smiles and hugs--they always brighten a day 5. beautiful songs such as 'You're amazing just the way you are.' by Bruno Mars because it helps to remind me that we, as women, are far too critical of ourselves and that our men only see our beauty and not all the flaws that we can't seem to overlook. 6. bedtime--nothing in the whole world feels better than crawling between those sheet...