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Forget "Super Mom" . . . I’d Be Happy with "Mediocre Mom"

By Paula On October 6, 2009 · 11 Comments

After Boys #1 and #2 were born, I went back to working full-time. For a year and a half, I even left my house at 5:00 am so I could drive an hour and start working at 6:00. That way I could get off at 3:00 and be home [...]

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Serving up Monday Topped with a Dollop of Guilt

By Paula On October 5, 2009 · 5 Comments

I hate missing my kids’ activities, as all us moms do. Sunday was one of those days when I had committed to helping my Bible study group cook and serve a meal at church but had to miss Boy #1′s baseball scrimmage to do so.

After serving the meal, I called Husband to see how [...]

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Everyday Miracles

By Paula On October 1, 2009 · 2 Comments

I had to share this beautiful sunset I saw on the last day of September. It prompted me immediately to turn my thoughts to the One who can create such beauty . . . and to remember that every day is a gift.

who made the great [...]

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Happy Birthday to the Grandpa of Boogers and Burps

By Paula On October 1, 2009 · 9 Comments

Yesterday was my dad’s 71st birthday. Although that sounds really old when I say it, he doesn’t look like he should be in his seventies, nor does he particularly act like it. In fact, just earlier this week he engaged in a rather physical battle with a [...]

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Proof That I Don’t Make This Stuff Up

By Paula On September 25, 2009 · 5 Comments

If you don’t already know, I’m in Ashville, North Carolina, at a blogging conference, Type-A Mom. (Which totally, rocks, btw!) Anyways, so while I’m here, life has to go on at home, and it is able to go on with a lot of help from not only Husband, but also Middle Sister and [...]

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Thriftilicious Thursday—Take Advantage of Educator Discounts

By Paula On September 24, 2009 · 1 Comment

I grew up with a mom who was a teacher. Now I’m married to a teacher. Oh, yeah, and I used to be a teacher myself. So obviously I understand how hard teachers work—and how much of their own money they spend on their classrooms, while not earning the [...]

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