Category: Family

Around the Kitchen Island: Liver, Homework, Good Friends & Vince Vaughn

by CrazyUsFamily10 Comments on Around the Kitchen Island: Liver, Homework, Good Friends & Vince Vaughn
Easy E & his Friend hanging out at the park

It is 7:49PM. My laptop is plugged in and I sit here at the kitchen counter typing away. I have been scouring the internet for Sharing Plugins and just asked Dave, who is sitting behind me, to install the one I like best. He did. See, whenever I go to Design Mom’s website, I always have Share Plugin Envy. Of course her widgets look cool, appropriately sized and well placed fore she is Design Mom! Now let’s see if I can do my part. Yes, my part means that I have to copy and paste code into the sidebar. Wish me luck. Seriously, I don’t even know if it is the sidebar. Maybe I have to copy and paste code somewhere else. Never fear, I will figure it out.
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Blindness

by CrazyUsFamily / Health / My Three Cents / Stevens Johnson Syndrome4 Comments on Blindness
Kyle in the hospital November 2011

Last night I found myself talking on the phone. We had been trying to get ahold of each other for a few days and I was grateful she called. I know her, but not as well as I would like. She is the sister of some very good friends and her mom helped me acquire my lovely wedding flowers years ago. The boys were finishing their homework and Dave was making himself something to eat. We had already eaten, or, so I thought. I looked over and saw both boys with spoons in hand, slurping and chomping away.

“Cereal? You already had dinner!”

“Dad said!”

Ah, the ever-popular, “Dad said.”

I cautioned them not to go overboard and left the room. As we continued talking and I kept explaining, something occurred to both of us and then she said, “Well, then it was all worth it!” Chills ran up and down my arms. I like it when these moments happen.
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One wrong word & my switch flips. Thank God for Old School Rollerblades!

by CrazyUsFamily / My Three Cents8 Comments on One wrong word & my switch flips. Thank God for Old School Rollerblades!
Rollerblading at the Farm Park

We were finishing our fourth lap around the Farm Park and Dave said one thing. I lost my mind and then wanted to punch him in the mouth. I am a lot like Eli or is he a lot like me? Instead of punching Big Daddy in the mouth I said, “I am driving home. You take the kids in your car. I will make dinner. Goodbye.” I kept my word, got in my car and drove away.
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Peanut Butter Pro Bars make a horrible Swim Team Snack & Where are my Goggles: Hope is Stronger than Fear

by CrazyUsFamily / My Three Cents13 Comments on Peanut Butter Pro Bars make a horrible Swim Team Snack & Where are my Goggles: Hope is Stronger than Fear
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Peanut Butter Pro Bars make a horrible Swim Team Snack & Where are my Goggles: Hope is Stronger than Fear

  • The boys outside the Downtown Harmons

  • The side of Harmons Downtown, Salt Lake City

“Mom, you are so difficult sometimes.” Kyle said after taking a very deep breath and then earnestly tried to explain why a Peanut Butter Pro Bar is a lame pre Swim Team snack.

I think Kyle’s comment was in response to me saying something like, “Kyle, if you are going to ask for something, just ask, don’t get all whiny about it.”

And of course because we were in the car and I was driving my two sons to swim team practice, our snack discussion was obviously preceded by another emergent and catastrophic situation. Yes, seconds before Kyle told me how much his snack sucked, Eli nearly lost his mind, “MOM, MOM!”

“Yes, Eli, I hear you!”

“Mom, I CANNOT WEAR KYLE’S EXTRA GOGGLES! THEY HAVE DARK LENSES AND I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SEE!”

“You can’t miss swimming, buddy. What should we do then?”
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Phillip Phillips wore Grey and I chose Yellow

by CrazyUsFamily / My Three Cents13 Comments on Phillip Phillips wore Grey and I chose Yellow
Phillip Phillips American Idol 2012

It kills Dave that I watch shows like American Idol and Project Runway. It is not difficult, but I really try hard to avoid Dancing With Stars. If on a Monday Night the remote ever falls on ABC, I know how easy it is for me to get sucked into the low-class-and-addictive vortex of third tier celebrities dancing their Ballroom Dances in the arms of Derek Hough, Cheryl Burke or Maksim Chmerkovskiy. I know if Dave finds me watching Donny or was it Marie dance their sweet dance moves, I fear his head may literally explode. Wow! I know way too much about this show!
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Nocturnal Us & Our Salt Lake City, Utah Adventures

by CrazyUsFamily / My Three Cents / Travel8 Comments on Nocturnal Us & Our Salt Lake City, Utah Adventures
Evil Cat Graffiti
Evil Cat Graffiti Gone

Dave is lying beside me. He helped me with my computer needs and I think he is playing Solitaire. He is. I just checked. I used to blog this way. I would set my laptop on my lap and begin to write, often late at night. I was always surprised about what came out and how those words, whatever they were, seemed to have these magical healing properties. I loved that long-ago groove I was in.

It is 1:36 AM. I should be asleep. I have developed a terrible sleep pattern. I have been off schedule since the holidays. Oddly, I kind of like it. I just paid the boys’ Nutrikids School Lunch bill and then signed myself up for an American Express promotion. After I signed up I had to hashtag a bunch of offers on Twitter, so I did. Now that H&M has made its way to Salt Lake City, I skipped hashtagging the H&M offer. As Dave filled in earlier this evening and before I could finish, he said, “H&M is not as special now that you do not have to go out of town to buy their clothes.”
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