Life with Coach & ‘Cakes

Pretty in Pink Playroom & Taking Back Naptime

August 26, 2010

The front room in our house is constantly evolving. Five years ago when we moved in, it was a lonely sitting room with a bookshelf, a sofa, two chairs & a piano. When my gig as a Nascar Nanny ended, I started teaching piano lessons & tutoring, so we bought a desk. Then I gave birth [...]

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Hidden Cameras Tell No Lies

August 25, 2010

The Football House has been in transition for the past few days. At the tail end of preseason football camp, Tinkerbell came and took Babycakes’ pacifier — her “kinky” as she calls it. Naptime & bedtime therefore, have become exhausting FOR ME. Not so much for her. Apparently without that hunk of rubber and plastic [...]

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A Creative Influence

August 20, 2010

Through the magical powers of Twitter, I’ve been attempting to connect with some online friends to have a REAL LIFE playdate with our children. Of the five children between the three of us, my dear one is in the middle of the age range. What kind of influence will she have on the babies? What [...]

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Her Joy Was Multiplied

August 19, 2010

She was a happy girl. She busied herself with her home & her sweet little dog. But then… her joy was found in another and she became someone’s wife. “This is the life,” she thought. Being married… she had someone to spend her days with, to share her joys & disappointments. And there were tests, too. [...]

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WFMW: Working From Home

August 18, 2010

I’m linking up to this series: :::::::::::::::::::::::::: The year before Coach & I got married, I worked as a nanny for a NASCAR driver’s family. My schedule was unpredictable and the woman that I worked for thought she owned me. I didn’t know hour-to-hour if I had to work and she became terribly annoyed if I phoned [...]

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Freedom & Uncertainty — My New BFF’s

August 4, 2010

Once upon a church camp, I picked up the “How to Be An Artist” poster written by child of the world SARK — Susan Ariel Rainbow Kennedy. (I invite you to Google search her — you will not be disappointed.) It feels like a million summers ago that my parents dropped me off at SU [...]

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A Lesson in Healthy Eating

June 23, 2010

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Eureka! It’s Raining Cornflakes!

June 11, 2010

Go ahead and invest in vacuum cleaner bags, we will make you VERY rich. :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Yesterday morning, when Cakes was confined to her crib and sleeping, my house looked amazing. There were Eureka tracks on the playroom carpet, the windows were free of sticky fingerprints, my hardwood floors were dazzling! Then she woke up & [...]

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Teachable Moments

March 30, 2010

I love these bowls. I spent an entire spring season of public auctions looking & bidding. My uncle once bid me up. (He didn’t know it — he’s usually a nice boy.) My daughter is also fascinated by my vintage kitchen items. She pulls my nesting bowls out of the lazy susan nearly every day. She [...]

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