Have you met my daughter? She LOVES Lightening McQueen. If there is a toy that my children fight over with any consistency, it has something to do with either Lightening McQueen or Mater. Read the rest of this entry »
As promised in my New Year’s Resolution post, I will now post pictures, likely accompanied by some complaining, possibly little to no swearing (I’m in a weird mood). Just to update, I have swept the floor more often. I petted the dog today. I do not have chipping finger or toenail polish on…and we have yet to run out of paper towels and it is now April. This is not an April Fools joke, it’s all the truth. Read the rest of this entry »
And now the continuing story of a quack who’s gone to the dogs… Read the rest of this entry »
What a long, long, long ass couple of weeks it’s been. February 24th was our 6th anniversary. We went out to dinner AND a movie on Saturday night, pawned our children off on their godparents for 24 hours and had planned to go to Denver on Sunday and do lunch and the Science and Nature museum. Snow put a hold on that idea, but we still hung out together, did lunch in town, and as is normal for American couples…spent some time at Home Depot. Read the rest of this entry »
Twelve years ago I started writing a book. Not the book you might think, I started writing to my husband. At the time I had no idea who he was, all I really knew was who he wasn’t. And so, I started writing to him. Read the rest of this entry »
Hopefully this falls out of my head and through my fingers with few typos and a modicum of coherence… The point of this should be, I love my brother. Let’s see where this goes. Read the rest of this entry »
Strong willed child or spoiled child, apparently according to the great wisdom that is some random Mom’s website that I can’t think of but spams my inbox daily. Ava’s behavior checked 8 out of 10 of their indicators for a spoiled child. Great. Awesome. F—. Read the rest of this entry »
…so strong and so mighty there’s nothing my God can not doooooo Read the rest of this entry »
Once upon a time I spent New Years Eve in New York City. I mean I had fun with Kim looking for everyone we were supposed to have met up with, but overall in terms of how the movies present it, it wasn’t like the movies. Last year (2011) was kind of a big let down for me in terms of New Year’s Eve. This time around, I had no big expectations of popping the bubbly at midnight and kissing my husband. I opened a bottle of champagne when my kids went down for the night at 7:00ish pm, stuffed myself with less than spectacular pastries while watching the movie New Year’s Eve…and was in bed by 10:30.
I know that You’re the God above
You’re filling me with grace and love
And I just want to say thank You to You
You pulled me from the miry clay
You’ve given me a brand new day
Now all that I can say is
Hallelujah
Another Hallelujah – Lincoln Brewster
Redecorated again, initially out of necessity and recreated from the genius that is Google Archives…this started out as a wedding website to keep our guests and loved ones up-to-date with our comings and goings, registry, and as a place to let people know what was going on in general.
A free-for-all of my thoughts and ramblings and updates on life in Colorado from a girl who still longs for the familiarity of Connecticut, but can’t bear to pay the cost anymore.
I’m a stay at home mom of a vivacious and rambunctious preschool girl with all the attitude and drama that goes along with that, a future mountain climbing toddler boy who screams and shrieks and is every inch the definition of “BOY (n): noise with dirt on it” and just as I start to get the hang of this “wife” thing, we add “thrifty couponer” to the list of duties that swirl my brain. I’ve got a full plate of samplings from this strange new menu. After all those years of wanting and waiting to have my dream job of being a wife and mommy…well, here we are, no turning back now. Most of the time…thank God no one’s around to witness the mess I’m making!
- Lea
The Newmans 2012