Ok, Where Was I?
I am a scribbling woman lost in the cornfields of the Midwest. I write about my life as a mother, a brand-new totally freaked out homeschooler, and just a plain ol' (crazy) woman living in a place filled with corncobs and deer poop.
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This Blogging Thing Is Awesome
OkWhereWasI posted 1 week 5 days ago — Your comments yesterday were awesome and made me realize that I can DO something and don't just have to sit around and wait to see what does or does not happen. I'm not good at that. As most of you could guess, it's not likely th...
Where the Hell I've Been
OkWhereWasI posted 1 week 6 days ago — I took an unplanned and unexpected break from the computer. The realization that summer is ending hit me in the face, and we've been on a sort of vacation. At home. We put a tent up, ate on a picnic table, have been swimming, and avoidin...
You Had Me At Dr. Scholl's Pumice Foot Scrub
OkWhereWasI posted 3 weeks 12 hours ago — It didn't strike me as odd at first. I got in the shower late in the afternoon and completed my usual minimum requirements: wash and condition hair, lather scrubbie and soap all over, wash face, wash feet. But this was a special day. I s...
What Would Martha Do? Special Touches in Your Flower Beds
OkWhereWasI posted 3 weeks 1 day ago — Most of the questions I ask in these posts Martha wouldn't even have to ask herself. Or her people. B/c Martha can't even get her brain around much of what passes as daily living at my house. My hillbillity, if you will. Yet I ask tod...
If You Like to Swear...
OkWhereWasI posted 3 weeks 2 days ago — You might like to try out these versions, courtesy of my six year old: Barnacles! (From SpongeBob, of course, and works just about anytime you're pissed or something doesn't turn out according to plan. Could replace Shit! or Goddammit!)...
Friday Photos: Child Labor
OkWhereWasI posted 3 weeks 5 days ago — Even on vacation I like to put my little punks to work. No rest for the weary. One of the things they did this year on our trip to Lake Michigan was pick peaches and nectarines. So what if it was blazing hot? And so what if their mother didn'...
Sincerely 'Fro Me to You: [Insert Something Clever Here]
OkWhereWasI posted 3 weeks 6 days ago — I was looking through photos on my computer tonight and came across this one that made me pause and look.It's ordinary, right? Right. That's just it. Judging from my brother's size, I'm guessing that I'm about 2 1/2,...
The Back Fat Project, Week 1
OkWhereWasI posted 3 weeks 6 days ago — I would assume that anyone who reads at this here blog would of course already know about Mrs. G at Derfwad Manor, but I was surprised to learn recently that some people didn't know The Pioneer Woman. So, just in case, Mrs. G is simply hilar...
Things You Don't Need to Hear on Vacation
OkWhereWasI posted 4 weeks 12 hours ago — Mom, I don't mean this in a personal way, but when you have that [swim]suit on, you look better in the water. (As you're standing in your swimsuit ready to go to the beach--the very public beach with lots and lots of people and very brigh...
What Would Martha Do? Entertaining without Power
OkWhereWasI posted 4 weeks 1 day ago — What would Martha do when she's getting through her eighth and hopefully last bout of house guests of the summer and a sudden thunderstorm-tornado combo whips through her area, knocking down trees and cutting the power?No really, what would Martha...
