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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Kids… “Udder” Nonsense

August 16, 2010

There is never a dull moment when Little E is around.  Little E & her VIP posse arrived at my house on Friday night and it’s been controlled chaos set to chase music ever since.  It’s been a monkey-see, monkey-do kind of weekend.  It’s amazing what a 4 year old can teach a 2 year [...]

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This… is… serious.

August 13, 2010

Today is Day 4 of Preseason practice & Day 5 of being a single parent.  Parenting ‘Cakes on my own isn’t the hard part about football season — it’s sacking the trash & lawncare that’s got me down.  I was taught by my father that taking out the trash & mowing the lawn are jobs [...]

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Things I Love Thursday: The Boys of Fall

August 12, 2010

I’m linking up to The Diaper Diaries’ series:  Things I Love Thursdays.  Today, I’m bringing you Kenny Chesney’s video for his newly released song, “The Boys of Fall.”  When it comes to football, I’m on the sidelines, on the outside looking in; but from where I stand, I have a different perspective of the game.  [...]

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Are You Tailgate Ready?

August 10, 2010

The Football Wife’s Shop is open for business. My partnership with OpenSky begins today. And so does Football Season… Before you start to groan about losing the next three months of Saturdays, Sundays, & Monday nights to the sport, just be thankful that you’re not in helmets & pads on this oppressively hot summer day.  [...]

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BlogHer ’10 — My 5th Quarter Report

August 10, 2010

There’s a universal trend concerning the BlogHer ’10 Conference – we all want to blog about it, but don’t know where to start.  I suddenly feel like bursting into song….   Let’s start at the very beginning.  A very good place to start!  When you read you begin with A, B, C… when you travel to New [...]

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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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The New Addition

August 4, 2010

(and NO, I’m still not expecting…) See that great little countdown clock over there?  Have you been wondering what it’s all about?  The timing of my shop launch could not be more perfect because it’s also the same day of our first football practice of the season.  In five days, when the countdown is complete you’ll see [...]

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This Post Brought to You by the Letter “Pee”

August 2, 2010

Coaches’ wives unite! My dear ones, it is August – let the countdown to the season begin! ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Traditionally, the Football Family likes to get out of town for a couple days (preferably to the beach) before the season begins. This year was no exception, but we broke tradition by heading west to the mountains [...]

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Did You See…

July 29, 2010

Did you see *that kid* at Target today?  You know, the one wearing an orange headband backwards?  Could you believe it when she raided her mother’s purse and found a princess pajama top and screamed “Cinder-wella” at the top of her lungs?  Wow… incredible.  And then she stood up and ripped off her shirt.  Who let’s [...]

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