Mirielle and I, and Sonja, and my sister Cheryl's daughter Janet (who is 18 days younger than Mirielle, and they are best friends) are going shopping for the church New Year's celebration. There are approximately 100 people. We have a tight budget, and of course want to get as much good stuff as we can with it, so we are going to like 5 stores. We are going to make chicken breast strips (cut the meat into strips, add olive oil, bake into crispy, add Frank's hot sauce to some, and barbecue to the rest, and let it sit in the warmer trays for a bit) We figure this has to be healthier than wings, go farther, and is much cheaper, ironically. I am old enough to remember when the wings were just thrown away....I remember my brother scoffing, saying he wouldn't PAY for the chicken's wings. ha. Who woulda thunk?
Mirielle has appeared, not too surprised that I am BLOGGING, when we are supposed to be LEAVING....
I don't have time to get to the questions right now....I don't mind answering though, so if anyone else has any....I seriously don't want to give any advice though. Well, she is gonna kill me....
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I remember when I was given the chicken wing at supper time. It was just about perfect for the three or four year old I must have been. Of course, that was back in the day when a package of chicken came with all the parts, including the giblets, which were also tasty.
I do need to find a birthday gift for Josiah who will be turning 22 in a little less than a week. Maybe I will venture out tomorrow...
I guess I got behind a couple days - missed the questions! :-) It was fun to read them and to read your responses. I'm your age - couldn't find my hubby til I was 32 (he was living on the wrong side of the ocean!) - got married at 33, had 7 babies in 7 years ... our youngest is 2 1/2, and I'm feeling just like you - I hope we get another one before we're 'done'. Actually twins would be even better! I have truly hectic days and moments, but wouldn't trade this family for all the gold on earth!
I was thinking, when reading someone's question about how does your hubby feel about so much LIFE around the house ... some days when I feel that it must look like I've done nothing all day long, if I mention such to my hubby, he has responded like this: 'If I come home from work and say you haven't done enough work today, I feel you can then tell me I should have made more money today.' Make sense? He also told me long ago that he hopes our home will be 'clean enough to be healthy, messy enough to be happy!' He's not perfect, but it seems he really has a good feel for the 'work' in a household. Being Mom isn't just cleaning and cooking, right?
Hopefully, the comparison to the Duggars does not unnerve you but I've always wondered how you feel your family differs from them and how is it similar?
Ever since having had Reiss, people have told me to "pick your battles" with kids. With Reiss, this always presents a challenge because there are SO, SO many battles. How do YOU pick your battles and how do you know when to just let things be? I know you have said many times that you don't like rules but things have to be more structured for a child with autism. Otherwise, life is just total chaos, as ours quite often is because I am horrible at structure. So I guess what I am asking is when do you just let two fighting kids duke it out and when do you step in? When do you intervene with a child with a problem and when do you just let him scream and throw his fit?
When the little ones were younger and there was no one to help out, when did you take a shower? Yes, I'm serious. I hate taking a shower at night. It makes me feel like I've already got the yucks in the morning when I wake up but it's very difficult to take a shower during the day. These two are ALWAYS into something and the few times I have attempted a daytime shower, it usually results in me running down the hall sopping wet praying I don't fall on the wet laminate floor while making my way to a screaming Milla.
did you every get 'clucky'when you had new baby? i have a 3.5 month old and just holding him, his smile, that nice baby smell makes me want to add another to our little family. my friends think its way to soon to be thinking about another...
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