Archive for May, 2008

People at work are trying to kill me

In this week’s episode of Working Wednesday we will be discussing a big pet peeve of mine. Yes, it has nothing to do with balancing family and work, but it has everything to do with my sanity.
In my job I work with a bunch of different groups. Sometimes, after having a pow wow with said [...]

United can bite me

A little over a week ago I flew to Chicago. We flew United. I hate United. And they did nothing to impress me this trip.
We don’t live in the big city. We live in Iowa. We have our own airport, but it’s not it’s not exactly huge. I think we have about eight gates in [...]

Celebrating 38 years on Earth by doing every day chores. Fun!

Today Lee turned old 38. To celebrate I made a real dinner. And by real I mean something other than chicken nuggets and french fries and something that didn’t come from a box with the word “helper” on it. I know. I went all out.
To prepare for this glorious meal I made a grocery list [...]

Sunday Linky Love (actually on Sunday this week)

A seventeen-year-old girl in Argentina has SEVEN kids; one boy who was born in 2005 when she was just 14 and two sets of triplets (all girls). Heck, five kids at 33 is difficult enough for me.
Are you a stressed out parent?
Need some tips for putting together lunches that please both parent and child?
In the [...]