Zoo!

Yesterday was an exciting day.  Will's first trip to the zoo!  We took a short drive down to a nearby town with some friends and their 6 month old baby boy and had a blast meeting the bison, and tigers, and bears.  Oh, my!      Will loved every minute of it.  It was SO nice to have the day off at the same time as Geoff and get to have a "family" day.  Hopefully we can find a way to do that more often. ...

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Ode to Frank Sinatra

I've often wondered what it was going to take for me to feel like an 'adult.'  I've gotten married, graduated college, had a 'real' job, birthed a child, achieved silver status with the Delta SkyMiles program - but none of it made me feel like a grown up.  And then, yesterday, it happened.  I was driving home from work listening to the local pop station as I usually do.  There are a few songs out right now I really like...

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Mondays.

Mondays really are the hardest day of the week.  Not just because: 1) They signify the end of the weekend. 2) Between me starting the work day at 7:30am and Geoff ending his work day at 9:30pm, it means I've got five straight days where I see him for about 3 hours a day.  3) I usually wake up to find that I really DO wish I'd finished that load of dishes the night before. 4) I go from having driven the 2011 Kia Optima all weekend to...

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Where's Your Money?

So, I was thinking about baby names the other day.  And, no, I'm not expecting more children anytime soon.  I happened like this.  I spend a lot of time at Walmart.  There is a Super (Dooper) Walmart about a mile from my house and it's a go-to most days of the week to grab what I've forgotten here or there.  And, thus, my mind began to wander (as it so often does) and I thought what if we had to name our children after the places we spend the most discretionary money?  With the amount of time I spend at Walmart...

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Arachnophobia

So, I'm afraid of spiders. To anyone who knows me, this is not a surprising statement. It all stems from a night of terrible parenting (thanks mom), when, at the tender age of 5, I was allowed to watch Arachnophobia.  It's a terrible movie by anyone's standards, but the premise of deadly spiders running rampant and attacking [and killing] people was pretty upsetting.  Yet, I had managed to come to terms with the 8 legged creatures and had no trouble killing them when they had the unfortunate happenstance to saunter into my presence. ...

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Normal

6 months ago I never thought my life would be normal again.  I never thought I manage to cook a meal, clean the dishes, renovate a bathroom (ha!), plant a garden, or reorganize a basement - let alone complete an 8 hour work day, every day.  6 months ago I just thought I'd be lucky to sleep a full night or manage to eat breakfast ever again.  And now, 6 months later, life IS normal.  A bit of an ammended version of normal - but...

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Parker Family Recap

So, as usual, it's been awhile since I've posted.  Between work, baby care, cooking, cleaning, meal planning and shopping, bill pay, general errand running, laundry, being bitten by the spring cleaning/organization bug, and general lack of desire to look at a computer screen outside of the office, it's been hard.  I won't lie.  I love blogging.  I was reviewing some posts from awhile back and realizing that my blog used to be FUN and random and it's so full of memories!  I'm sad that it's been a bit neglected and that...

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