Wife Like Me

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!The local weather report says we’re going to have severe thunderstorms today.  I used to get really excited about an announcement like that, but ever since we had the tornados nearby last month I’ve been nervous about thunderstorms.  I […]

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Yesterday was my birthday and I really had a great day.  My family called and sang Happy Birthday to me on speakerphone in the morning, an indispensable part of any truly good birthday.  Colin spent most of the day up north helping with the cleanup of the tornado disaster that happened a couple of weeks ago, […]

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This morning I woke up feeling really good and happy and ready to get to work.  I’m sorry to say that waking up that way has been the exception for me for a few weeks.  It’s been harder than usual lately for me to get out of bed energetically, to be cheerful for any stretch of […]

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It’s been a couple of months since I’ve done anything more serious than a slow saunter around the apartment complex with my kids and the lack of movement was getting a little ridiculous, so when both kids went down for a nap at once this afternoon I decided to take the first step to a […]

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I have mommy shirt.  At least in public most people wear clean clothes, and I’ve even seen mothers of young children wearing clean clothing, though I don’t understand how they achieve such an accomplishment.  I admit that even before I became a mother I was a little klutzy and occassionally wore stained shirts or got […]

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This morning Degen woke me up, standing at the side of my bed, saying “Mommy!”  Then he threw up.  On my bed.  At 5am.  Oh boy.
So, Colin got up with me and cleaned up the bed  and floor while I cleaned Degen up.  As I walked him into the bathroom for a bath, he said […]

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This weekend we had Stake Conference and the theme was primarily about strengthening our homes and families.  I’d been praying for revelation along those lines, and on Saturday there were several talks that the Spirit kind of amplified for me as an answer to my prayers.  One talk in particular discussed setting priorities and using our […]

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I am so pleased with myself, and for a reason that will seem silly and mundane to a few of you.  This is my fourth day in a row of having a clean kitchen!  ALL of my dishes are done (including the pans) and I've unloaded the dishwasher already and loaded the breakfast dishes.  The counters […]

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I've been in Dallas, Texas, for the last few days on our Thanksgiving vacation.  Our friends, Ashley and Justin, invited us to stay with them and celebrate Thanksgiving with them this year and we happily took them up on their offer.  My sister Phoebe and her husband John live nearby and were invited to join […]

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This morning I've been looking online for houses to rent in the North Little Rock/Sherwood/Jacksonville, Arkansas area.  I've done this in the past with very little luck.  Craigslist really isn't much help (yet) in Arkansas.  Here are a couple of sites that have been somewhat helpful:
www.oodle.com collects listings from several sites and has some good fields […]

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